With family values a key decision, our small company was sought out by RCA Construction to assist them in consultancy and then design-and-build of these four new moats for this new, European-leading gibbon enclosure at Twycross Zoo.
Gibbons neither like getting wet nor will jump across water, so a five-metre width was computed, designed and then built for us to line with an EPDM membrane, supplied by our family-run supplier – Gordon Low Products. With approximately 400,000 litres of water per moat, state of the art automatic OASE ProfiClear filtration was added with eco-friendly supply pumps.
We also created three streams which are stand-alone from their lower moat, but give the illusion of a full re-circulatory system. This is now the largest Gibbon enclosure in Europe. It was an amazing project to work on, assisting and working alongside RCA who pulled off an amazing job in sometimes difficult circumstances.
