{"id":20646,"date":"2015-10-21T14:02:40","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T14:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/?p=20646"},"modified":"2015-10-21T15:29:31","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T15:29:31","slug":"steel-offices-kick-start-birkenhead-regeneration-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/steel-offices-kick-start-birkenhead-regeneration-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Steel offices kick-start Birkenhead regeneration scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Tower_Wharf151022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Tower_Wharf151022.jpg\" alt=\"Tower_Wharf151022\" width=\"600\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Tower_Wharf151022.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Tower_Wharf151022-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>An \u00a311M flagship steel-framed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Multi-storey_office_buildings\" target=\"_blank\">office development<\/a> that forms one of the initial phases of Birkenhead\u2019s Wirral Waters regeneration project has been completed.<\/p>\n<p>Known as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Tower_Wharf,_Birkenhead\" target=\"_blank\">Tower Wharf<\/a>, the building is a four-storey structure offering 4,450m\u00b2 of flexible Grade A open-plan office space.<\/p>\n<p>Working on behalf of the main contractor Eric Wright Construction, Leach Structural Steelwork <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Fabrication\" target=\"_blank\">fabricated<\/a>, supplied and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Construction#Steel_erection\" target=\"_blank\">erected<\/a> 375t of steel for Tower Wharf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project delivers much needed accommodation and employment opportunities for a scheme which will boost business and generate investment into the area,\u201d said Eric Wright Construction Operations Director Jonathon Rayner.<\/p>\n<p>Wirral Waters is said to be the largest regeneration project in the UK and will eventually transform more than 500 acres of Birkenhead\u2019s former docks into a new business and leisure destination.<\/p>\n<p>Developer Longmeadow Estates said it is also set to become one of the most sustainable enterprise zones in the country as well as an exciting place to live, work and spend time<\/p>\n<p>Design plans envisage an area that is not over reliant on the car and to achieve this aim the construction of a tram network to link into the existing Merseyrail system has been mooted<\/p>\n<p>At its heart the project seeks to use the unique water assets of the city to drive growth across all sectors; for trade, for jobs, for energy, for transport and for leisure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An \u00a311M flagship steel-framed office development that forms one of the initial phases of Birkenhead\u2019s Wirral Waters regeneration project has been completed. Known as Tower Wharf, the building is a four-storey structure offering 4,450m\u00b2 of flexible Grade A open-plan office space. 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