Bridge For Turnkey Projects

At Bridge we pride ourselves on the ability to offer the complete project development service. We often work with our customers from the very initial concepts, right through to handing over the keys to a fully-equipped greenhouse. This sort of operation requires careful planning and close liaising with growers to establish their exact requirements; qualities that Bridge Greenhouses have been developing for 20 years.

The Services

Nursery Layout & Design

Planning Applications & Building Consent

Groundwork

Irrigation Systems

Environmental Control

Electrical Wiring

Offices

Reservoirs

Nursery Layout & Design

Whether its a green-field site, or a fully fledged nursery that we have to work with, Bridge not only have to consider the positioning of the glasshouse, but also the access roads, water storage facilities, inbound/outbound logistics and any office buildings that maybe required. These decisions will effect the smooth running and efficiency of the nursery for many years to come, so must not be taken lightly. With modern CAD facilities, and experience on our side, Bridge are here to help make those decisions easier.

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Planning Applications & Building Consent

Once the layout and design of the glasshouse has been established, planning must be obtained before things can progress any further. Bridge will produce the drawings, obtain and fill out the necessary forms. These days with flooding so prevalent, we are often required to account for the substantial amount of run-off water from the glasshouses' providing all the necessary calculations, and water storage plans to the relevant planning departments.

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Ground-Works

It is often said that getting out of the ground is the most difficult part of building a glasshouse. Good site levelling and preparation, are key to making this aspect of the build go as smoothly as possible. Of course preparing the site, and installing the glasshouse foundations are only the beginning; concrete pathways, working areas, loading docks, access roads, car parks.....we can do it all!

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Irrigation Systems

Hand-watering, spray-lines, booms, misting, fogging; Bridge will help decide which irrigation system is best suited, then organise the complete installation of the system(s). Collecting and using roof water is environmental common sense. This water is usually passed through a bio-filter to prevent pests pathogens and disease being spread onto the crop. This is something we can offer as part of the whole irrigation package.

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Environmental Control

A modern glasshouse cannot compete in today's tough markets, without being super efficient in terms of maximising yield and minimising energy consumption. These ways of increasing profitability can only be realistically achieved by using a state of the art environmental control computer. Bridge are accustomed to managing the computer installation, and ensuring that all the nursery equipment is compatible and effectively integrated.

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Electrical Wiring

This is the natural tying in of all of the items installed in a glasshouse project. Switching for all systems is brought back to a central panel, where the grower can simply chose between 'automatic', 'on' or 'off', giving easy access to ultimate control.

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Offices

It is often more economical to build the nursery offices inside the main glasshouse structure. For this, Bridge will liaise with the architect and grower, to achieve the most efficient and practical layout. Once the detailed design has been made, Bridge can implement and manage all of the trades, to any level of completion, from a bare shell to a fitted out building ready for the furniture!

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Reservoirs

Nowadays reservoirs form an important, and very necessary part of the nursery's existence. With most new developments a condition of planning permission will be the provision of an adequate rainwater storm buffer. At Bridge we have designed numerous reservoirs, of all shapes and sizes, to fit into the site where possible, without wasting precious growing space.

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