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Bigger and better
The UK’s first distribution park is continuing to expand as logistics developer GLP is constructing its largest speculative unit to date. FACT FILEMagna Park …
Steelwork in for Melton Mowbray bypass bridge
Working on behalf of main contractor Galliford Try, Briton Fabricators has installed the bridge beams for the new River Eye Bridge in Leicestershire. Forming …
Portal frames flexibility
The latest development at Mercia Park is a purpose-built warehouse, cross-dock terminal and office scheme for a global logistics
Power in the frame
Steel construction has proven to be the ideal framing solution for an energy-from-waste facility with a complex and challenging
Winvic to construct UK’s largest ever single occupier logistics park
Winvic Construction has been awarded the contract by IM Properties to build five large steel-framed industrial units at Mercia Park in Leicestershire. The …
Steel-framed parcel hub will create 750 jobs
Caunton Engineering has been awarded the steelwork package by main contractor Winvic Construction for a major DPD (Dynamic Parcel Delivery) parcel hub near …
Eastern Gateway
Huge quantities of steelwork and vast amounts of earthmoving are involved in the creation of one of the UK’s first inland ports, which will offer half a …
Work continues apace on Midland’s inland port
Covering 700 acres, a game-changing distribution hub (inland port) is under construction in Leicestershire. Known as the SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands …
Amazon flows into central England
The centrepiece of a new distribution park is a huge warehouse for the world’s largest online retailer. Distribution centres don’t come much larger than …
Retail spurs regeneration
A large town centre development is benefiting from steel construction’s ease and speed of construction. The Leicestershire town of Hinckley is being …
