VALUE: £5 million
Duration: 50 weeks
Following on from the successful negotiation with existing client, RB Business Parks, Barnfield Construction carried out the construct the new 50,000 sq ft, PCT headquarters under a design and build contract.
Barnfield Construction successfully achieved this scope by utilising a steel framed construction which was then clad in locally sourced random rubble walling complete with cut stone window surrounds as well as a blue slate roof construction, which was laid on a composite liner system.
Features
• An amalgamation of a traditional, rural external feel with a fresh, modern internal office arrangement.
• Carefully selected high quality paving which is in keeping with the rural theme but high durability with minimal maintenance
• SUDS drainage systems
• Back-up Generator ensuring all systems at the area’s crisis control centre are fully operational at all times
• Timber windows specially manufactured by Barnfield’s highly skilled bench joiners
• Very high specification of all internal environment to exacting standards specified by the client
• The scheme is complimented by an extensive landscaping scheme complete with park fencing and a woodland walk alongside the stream, Swinden Clough
Challenges
• The site was a old landfill tip, which necessitated extensive piling work and the need for a suspended slab
• The external areas also required extensive geo grids to be installed to prevent settlement
• Liaison with the Environmental Agency due to the site being adjacent to a main river
• Liaison with British Waterways due to the site being adjacent to a canal
• Liaison with United Utilities due to the site being very close to overhead power lines
