Frame up for speculative Widnes warehouse

Work is nearing completion on an 18,580m² speculative warehouse at Viking Park in Widnes.

Located on a 12-acre former brownfield site, the project is part of the Mersey Multimodal Gateway development and other nearby businesses include Eddie Stobart, Tesco and Warburtons.

Being developed by Liberty Properties, the steel-framed structure is 16m-high, founded on 3,200 driven piles and features a total of 16 dock levellers. The structure also includes an integrated two-storey office block.

Working on behalf of main contractor Hargreaves Contracting, James Killelea fabricated, supplied and erected 750t of structural steelwork for the project.