Landscape timber engineering company HLD Ltd has helped Suffolk County Council complete a flagship school building project which promotes sustainability.

The Gainsborough-based firm supplied a boardwalk with anti-slip decking, planters, steps and a retaining wall system at the new timber frame Beaumont Primary School in Hadleigh.

HLD also made a gazebo to provide shade and a quiet play area, plus a covered cycle rack, as the council wants to encourage children to cycle to school.

The school features western red cedar cladding, a sedum roof and breathable external walls filled with insulation made of recycled newspaper.