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Feb 20
The £35M Glass Works scheme, which includes retail and leisure facilities, will
deliver an improved and redeveloped town centre for Barnsley.
Known as the Glass Works, which
is a nod to the town’s industrial
heritage – this multi-millionpound
project will revitalise
central Barnsley and is being delivered over
two phases, with the initial phase having
been completed in early 2019.
IBI Group’s Seamus Lennon says: “The
regeneration of Barnsley will make a
significant difference to the local people
and open up the opportunity for further
investment into the area.”
“Acting as architects, planners and
landscape architects on this project, we are
working with the council to shape a place
that is attractive, accessible and characterful
– making a better Barnsley for future
generations.”
Currently underway, phase two includes
a number of elements, all of which are steelframed.
These consist of a multi-storey car
park that sits on top of a two-storey retail
block, further retail units and a covered
boulevard, a 13-screen cinema and a
bowling alley that incorporates ground floor
restaurants.
Local labour is at the heart of the project
as Ryan O’Loughlin, Director of locallybased
Henry Boot Construction, says:
“We are delighted to be partnering with
Billington Structures on phase two of The
Glass Works project, which continues our
commitment to investing in Barnsley-based
businesses wherever possible.
“After a successful collaboration on
phase one, we are confident Billington
will deliver a high-quality scheme on
programme and to budget, and awarding
this contract ensures a significant amount
is reinvested in local jobs and training
opportunities for the people of Barnsley.”
As with many town or city centre
projects, the steel erection programme
for this scheme is being undertaken
in a sequenced method. This is due to
the confined nature of the site and the
proximity of the existing and operating
businesses, not least the recently completed
market hall, which formed an integral part
of phase one.
The majority of the project, consisting
of the retail block (ZD), the cinema (ZB)
and car park and retail structure (ZC),
are centred around a 10m-wide covered
boulevard, which separates the three
buildings.
Spanning the boulevard and forming
the glazed canopy is a series of galvanized
rectangular hollow section (RHS) steel
members that connect to the adjoining
structures at second floor level.
These buildings and the boulevard, are
Mixed-use
Building a better town centre
FACT FILE
Glass Works, Barnsley
Main client:
Barnsley Metropolitan
District Council
Architect: IBI Group
Main contractor:
Henry Boot Construction
Structural engineer:
Adept Consulting
Engineers
Steelwork contractor:
Billington Structures
Steel tonnage: 5,000t
A central covered
boulevard will separate
the project's main
structures
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