The project

The Project was commissioned in order to develop the Benfleet area situated in Essex, focusing mainly on the improvement of the facilities surrounding the railway station.  Essex County Council established that they wanted to pour in a significant amount of investment into this area in order to benefit the Benfleet community and users of the railway station.   It was also highlighted that Benfleet railway station is a major railway link into London, and in light of the up and coming 2012 Olympics the improvements to the surrounding area would be much welcomed.

Workplace Products Role

Workplace Products worked closely with Essex County Council to ensure that their project requirements were fulfilled.  We had to attend site on a number of occasions in order to encourage open dialogue, this ensured that we fully understood the needs and requirements of the Council.  WPP took control of the project and using its wide network of resources presented the council with a number of options to improve the cycle storage around the railway station.  Two different types of storage options were decided upon and the project started to gather momentum.  We attended site to complete a full site survey to ensure plans and drawings could be drawn up to enable everything to run seamlessly.  The Project in total took approximately 2 weeks to complete and was completed at the end of March 2010.

Feedback

“We were really happy with the service we received from Workplace Products, and the quality of cycle storage supplied,” said Jayne Sumner, Senior Area Infrastructure Coordinator with Essex County Council. “The shelters have made a vast difference to the existing provision with 60 covered storage places and 40 cycle spaces within a fully secure cycle compound, with entry gained from a key fob. The response from cyclists wanting to use the compound has been really positive. With the 2012 Olympic cycle event taking place at Hadleigh, the provision of cycle storage will be a great asset.”

Last update: Aug. 13, 2010