Connecting People to Places, Public Realm Works
O’Brien take our client’s vision, from design to reality! We are experienced in creating public places for communities that are sustainable, environmentally and ecologically friendly, that also respect and acknowledge the surrounding area and the communities in which we work, for people to live, work, interact and enjoy.
With over 50 years of successfully delivering civil engineering and landscape solutions, O’Brien continues to work collaboratively with our clients to achieve high quality public realm spaces which are innovative and bespoke across a diverse range of sites, including universities, town centres, cemeteries, new town developments and public parks.
Turnkey Solution
By offering a complete turnkey solution, O’Brien can add value and deliver cost, quality, and program certainty to clients across work packages which include, hard and soft landscaping, roads, paving, drainage requirements, utilities installation and diversions, lighting, fencing and bulk earthworks.
Collaboration
We work across all sectors of the built environment with a broad range of stakeholders from clients, consultants, planners, local authorities, architects, highways departments, utility providers, and ecology, environmental and archaeological specialists. Working collaboratively is central to the successful delivery of our schemes.
Public Interface
Our projects require the need for us to interface with members of the public, sometimes in very sensitive environments. We establish clear lines of communication and liaise with all stakeholders before and during the delivery of our projects to keep them fully informed of planned activities and on going operations. This is done via letter drops or using Social Media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.
Early Contractor Involvement Benefits
Early contractor involvement enables O’Brien Contractors to add value through increased input on design and construction decisions. Working collaboratively with the client and the design team throughout all stages of a project allows us to provide clients with early access to project information and helps forge a trusted relationship. Not only will early engagement save time, but it also allows for the mitigation of risk, improves project performance, ensures cost effectiveness, and enables delivery which is right first time.
Recent public realm projects include (please see links to projects below):
- Wixam’s Bedford Wixams, Greenway and Town Park, Public Realm Works, Bedford
- Port Loop, Birmingham – Urban Splash Port Loop Development, Birmingham, Phase 3b
- New Canalside Cemetery, Rowley Regis – New Canalside Cemetery, Rowley Regis
- Shire Lodge Cemetery Extension, Corby – Shire Lodge Cemetery Extension
- University of Birmingham – New Library External Works and Route to the Vale – https://obriencontractors.co.uk/projects/university-of-birmingham/