The design featured nine reinforced concrete piers founded on precast concrete manhole rings laid to the load-bearing sub-bed of the pond. Each pier was then filled with compacted hardcore. Once the reinforced supports were in place, we carried out a GPS survey to ensure safe and environmentally responsible precision manufacture and installation of over seven tonnes of stainless structural steel support beams and cross-braces. We then installed the raised timber boardwalk, utilising resin aggregate and bonded castellated decking boards to allow for a non-slip walkway. Hardwood handrails and galvanised steel mesh panels completed the balustrading to provide a safe yet aesthetically pleasing, environmentally sensitive construction.