Project Title: St Augustines Abbey Visitors Centre
Client: English Heritage
Project Value: £0.8m
Hulley contact: Gordon McInnes
Awarded a mention from the Civic Trust for it’s worthy contribution to the community in 1999, the new Visitor Centre at the historic site in Canterbury provides a focus for tourists at the site to relax, shop and be refreshed.
The £800,000 development required considerable thought on the servicing to reduce the impact on the site.
Underground services were restricted to a maximum of 400mm which presented drainage challenges which H&K required to overcome.