Construction of New Cemetery at Bunkers Park, Hemel Hempstead

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Supply Hertfordshire awarded a contract to ATBone and Sons Ltd for the construction of a new cemetery at Bunkers Park, Hemel Hempstead, with a contract value of AUD 1,299,962.

The works included development of an access route from Bedmond Road, reinstatement of a crushed stone roadway to a car park for dog walkers, installation of utility service ducts and water supply, and installation of new timber boundary fencing.

Additional scope covered stripping, contouring, and grading of the site with arising material stored in easement areas on the north side, construction of a 5.1 m roadway loop with associated drainage, construction of transverse hard pathways of 1.5m and a radial and circular pattern to the east with junction features, construction of a carpark area and works compound, construction of a workshop and administration building, and construction of balancing ponds utilising a natural ground feature with piped outfall into a borehole soakaway.

The project also included installation of a system of catchment surface water French drains with outfall to the balancing pond or direct to the outfall route, installation of mains distribution water pipes and stand pipes, landscaping, forming and seeding of the site after all roads, pathways and drainage works completed, and soft landscaping and tree planting.