AN ALCESTER builder and landscaper has landed an unusual project at Fife Zoo in Scotland, 400 miles from his home town.
Jake Grainger, of Grainger’s Construction and Landscaping, is more familiar with garden transformations but has agreed to carry out works to build an enclosure for a fossa, a Madagascan carnivore.
Fife Zoo had been struggling to appoint a local contractor since 2021 to carry out works as part of its ten-year masterplan which would see animals such as tamarins, fossa and wallabies added to the 10-acre zoo located south of St Andrew’s.
Zoo bosses appointed Worcestershire marketing agency Talking Tortoise to handle its promotion and the company sourced Grainger’s Construction and Landscaping as a suitable contractor to accelerate development of the zoo’s new enclosures ahead of the upcoming peak period.
Jake said: ‘’The project at Fife Zoo is incredibly exciting and, after carefully viewing the specifications for the works, we were able to source the best team and materials for the job at hand.
“We spent some time breaking ground at the zoo in late March and have already mapped out the foundations for the expansion project.
“It’s certainly the first time I have completed works under the watchful gaze of a herd of endangered zebras.
“As our business continues to expand we are gradually increasing the number of industries which we serve and we are now building a team that has the relevant expertise and ability to carry out all our projects to the highest possible standard.’’
