ADEPT GETS INDUSTRIOUS ON MAJOR NEW EAST LEEDS DEVELOPMENT

05/11/18

Adept is playing a key role in two major new industrial units that are now under construction in the city that will feature a highly complex piling system, and consist of almost 400 tonnes of steel.

The site, within Cross Green Industrial Estate, has been named Towngate Link and is being developed speculatively by Yorkshire based Towngate PLC.  The first phase of the project will see two high specification industrial units built that cover 55,000 sq ft and 62,500 sq ft.  Caddick Construction is the development’s principal contractor and work will complete in February 2019.

Towngate, working with David Stanway and Associates and architect Kilmartin Plowman & Partners Ltd, initially appointed Adept as the development’s consultant engineer, responsible for overseeing the site’s engineering requirements as well as creating tender drawings in BIM and a fully immersive virtual reality tour of the two buildings.

Adept also worked closely with ground solutions firm CGL which carried out extensive ground investigations, due to the site previously being used as an open-cast coal mine in the 1950s.  Because of the ground conditions a bespoke foundation design was then devised with Sheffield based Green Piling, featuring four different piling systems across the two buildings.

Adept Director Matthew Ramsden, (pictured above in blue hard hat) said: “We have a longstanding relationship with both Towngate and David Stanway and Associates, after working on several large-scale refurbishment projects for the firm, and this latest new build development is a really interesting one to be involved with.

“The ground conditions have been a challenge, but the whole team have worked together to create an innovative solution, featuring four different piling systems, which make it very unique.  To see the buildings now coming out of the ground is fantastic for everyone involved and we’re looking forward to working with Caddick Construction as the development evolve”

Robert Smith, managing director at Towngate, added: “Towngate Link will offer two superb industrial units with ‘very good’ BREEAM ratings that are just minutes away from both the M1 and M621 motorways.  Both buildings offer 12m eaves, generous car parking and service yards, as well as Grade A office space, which sets them apart from most other available industrial units in the area.

“The development team have all bought into our ethos of creating a truly standout industrial development in east Leeds and we’re delighted to see the buildings now taking shape.”

Both units have detailed planning consent for B2/B8 uses and are being marketed by Gent Visick and Knight Frank.