ASH worked as masterplanners, landscape architects and environmental management systems auditors for the award winning Falkirk Wheel project
ASH worked as masterplanners, landscape architects and environmental management systems auditors for the Falkirk Wheel project, the showpiece of the £78 million Millennium Link project, restoring navigation on Scotland’s historic Forth and Clyde and Union Canals.
The Millennium Link project was one of the biggest canal restoration projects in Europe at the time, and brought the 110km of canal from Glasgow to Edinburgh, back to life.
The 35 metre high Falkirk Wheel was the world’s first rotating boat lift and dramatically connects the routes and levels of the two canals at the Falkirk Interchange. The giant wheel transfers barges from one level to another in approximately 15 minutes.
The project was awarded the Saltire Civil Engineering Award in 2002, selected as a project advancing the art of civil engineering in Scotland.
Key Tasks
EIA coordination and project management
Landscape and visual impact assessment
Landscape mitigation
Masterplanning
Stakeholder consultation
Public consultation
What we did
ASH had a multi-facited role in this prestigious project, working for Morrison Bachy Soletanche, as masterplanners, landscape architects and environmental management systems auditors.
ASH also carried out an environmental impact assessment for the development providing in-house landscape, visual and ecological expertise and co-ordinating specialist inputs from archaeologists and noise consultants.
As part of the landscape masterplan, ASH ensured that once inside the site, car and coach parking would be hidden from view by areas of planting, so as not to detract from the wheel experience.
The development was opened by The Queen in summer 2002.
Find out more
We’re always happy to answer your questions. If you’d like to find out more about the services we can offer for your project, you can email us on info@ashglasgow.com or call 0141 227 3388.
