Construction News
05/08/2021
Winvic Construction To Deliver Infrastructure Works At Peddimore
Winvic Construction has been selected by IM Properties to undertake significant civils and infrastructure works at Peddimore, Birmingham.
The major new high-quality employment park is located in Minworth, close to Royal Sutton Coldfield. Winvic started on site in July 2021 and handover is scheduled for June 2022.
IM Properties is Birmingham City Council's development partner for the first phase of Peddimore, which comprises all infrastructure works and the development of 37-hectares of the 71-hectare site.
Winvic will be delivering all of the site’s infrastructure including earthworks, utility and drainage installation – including telecoms and water diversions – a new roundabout on the A38, estate access roads, landscaping, lighting, footpaths and cycleways.
Currently Winvic's team are stripping top-soil from across the site and constructing screening bunds to the north and south of the site; these vary between 80 and 300 metres in length and between 2 and 3.5 metres in height. Cut and fill works will be undertaken next to create the warehouse plateaux, reducing the ground adjacent to the A38 to meet existing carriageway levels. Subsequent programmes will include laying 4,500m of drainage pipes, extensive planting of thousands of trees and creating the new roundabout; roundabout works east and west of the existing A38 will be undertaken off-line, then traffic will be switched onto the alignment of the new roundabout so that the on-line works can be constructed, including the centre of the roundabout. Furthermore, a 60m pedestrian footbridge – which will span the width of the A38 and provide a new walking route into the development – will be constructed.
IM Properties and Winvic have made a long-term commitment to deliver a programme of community benefits, which has in part been informed by the Birmingham Skills Investment Plan, Birmingham City Council’s skills strategy to 2026. In addition to supporting thousands of jobs, helping local people access new employment opportunities and improve their skills, Peddimore will deliver a long-term social return on investment and create a positive legacy for years to come.
Rob Cook, Winvic’s Director of Civils and Infrastructure, said: "This major new employment park is supported by a comprehensive programme of community benefits and as Winvic has worked in partnership with IM Properties on many projects, we're well placed to deliver on every level. We are already working with a number of partners to deliver our social value commitments – creating opportunities for training and skills, employment and business engagement and donating time and money to the community and its charities – and it’s exciting to be able to help people local to Minworth in a wide range of ways. The programme of civils and strategic infrastructure works is significant across the 71-hectare site, however, our experience of undertaking similar projects, including IM Properties' Mercia Park, means we are confident of delivering on budget and to schedule."
The major new high-quality employment park is located in Minworth, close to Royal Sutton Coldfield. Winvic started on site in July 2021 and handover is scheduled for June 2022.
IM Properties is Birmingham City Council's development partner for the first phase of Peddimore, which comprises all infrastructure works and the development of 37-hectares of the 71-hectare site.
Winvic will be delivering all of the site’s infrastructure including earthworks, utility and drainage installation – including telecoms and water diversions – a new roundabout on the A38, estate access roads, landscaping, lighting, footpaths and cycleways.
Currently Winvic's team are stripping top-soil from across the site and constructing screening bunds to the north and south of the site; these vary between 80 and 300 metres in length and between 2 and 3.5 metres in height. Cut and fill works will be undertaken next to create the warehouse plateaux, reducing the ground adjacent to the A38 to meet existing carriageway levels. Subsequent programmes will include laying 4,500m of drainage pipes, extensive planting of thousands of trees and creating the new roundabout; roundabout works east and west of the existing A38 will be undertaken off-line, then traffic will be switched onto the alignment of the new roundabout so that the on-line works can be constructed, including the centre of the roundabout. Furthermore, a 60m pedestrian footbridge – which will span the width of the A38 and provide a new walking route into the development – will be constructed.
IM Properties and Winvic have made a long-term commitment to deliver a programme of community benefits, which has in part been informed by the Birmingham Skills Investment Plan, Birmingham City Council’s skills strategy to 2026. In addition to supporting thousands of jobs, helping local people access new employment opportunities and improve their skills, Peddimore will deliver a long-term social return on investment and create a positive legacy for years to come.
Rob Cook, Winvic’s Director of Civils and Infrastructure, said: "This major new employment park is supported by a comprehensive programme of community benefits and as Winvic has worked in partnership with IM Properties on many projects, we're well placed to deliver on every level. We are already working with a number of partners to deliver our social value commitments – creating opportunities for training and skills, employment and business engagement and donating time and money to the community and its charities – and it’s exciting to be able to help people local to Minworth in a wide range of ways. The programme of civils and strategic infrastructure works is significant across the 71-hectare site, however, our experience of undertaking similar projects, including IM Properties' Mercia Park, means we are confident of delivering on budget and to schedule."
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