Wye College

Special Site Considerations

Heritage Elements

The College of St Gregory and St Martin at Wye, commonly known as Wye College, was founded in 1447, and with nearly 600 years of history there were extensive heritage elements that were to be retained, and therefore protected, throughout the demolition works. This included furniture, windows, fireplaces and whole sections of the buildings. GDL worked closely with the client, their team and historical preservation societies to determine the most efficacious ways to transports and store items that could be removed, and install sufficient protection for elements which remained in situ.

Community Considerations

Due to the sensitive nature of both the building itself and its surroundings, we had to implement special measures to allow us to deliver our works, including additional mitigation methods for noise, dust and vibration, as well as extensive Community Liaison with the surrounding stakeholders (incl. residential properties, businesses along the High Street and the St Gregory and St Martin Church). GDL Contract Managers and SHEQ Team members attended stakeholder consultation meetings, to explain the works to the local community and answer any questions which they may have. Working with Telereal Trillium we produced literature to assuage the fears of those who lacked confidence in the suitability of the protective measures and mitigation methods, and delivered our contractors without incident or complaint, to the satisfaction of the Client and external stakeholders.