CASE STUDY OASIS ACADEMY WINTRINGHAM PROVIDING SHELTERS OVER EXISTING CYCLE PARKING FOR A NEW ACADEMY Oasis Academy Wintringham is a large Academy school built on the site of an existing comprehensive school. They had some cycle parking but the Sheffield stands had no shelter so Lockit-Safe were asked to provide shelters over the existing cycle parking area plus provide additional cycle parking for 24 bikes. The size of the cycle shelters (and therefore their weight) required extensive ground preparation works plus installation challenges not usually associated with a shelter installation. THE SOLUTION One of the main issues was the potential wind and snow loads that could be placed on the shelters and its foundations. Because of this Lockit-safe had to carry out extensive groundworks to w

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