At a Glance
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51K
m2 Distribution
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11k
m2 Service Center
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BREEAM
Excellent
- Location
- Rochdale, United Kingdom
- Offices
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Client
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Asda Wal-Mart
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Architect
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Chetwoods Architects
- Location
- Rochdale, United Kingdom
- Offices
- Client
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- Asda Wal-Mart
- Architect
- Chetwoods Architects
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Asda selected a 44-acre (18-hectare) site on the Kingsway Business Park in Rochdale for a new mega distribution and service center to serve their stores across the North West. They appointed our team to deliver geotechnical, civil, structural, and highways engineering services.
Our key challenge in the design of this dual distribution and service center was to develop an alternative solution to piling. Our ground engineering design uses a combination of dynamic compaction and lime and cement stabilization to achieve a cost-effective solution. We also designed off-site infrastructure works. This included the diversion of public sewers, three watercourses requiring Environment Agency consent, a new adopted access road, and a United Utility sewer diversion to accommodate the development site and future plots.
Completed in just 40 weeks, the landmark center has achieved a BREEAM Excellent rating with features such as collecting waste heat from the refrigeration plant to provide under-floor heating in the ancillary and office area, LED lighting, photovoltaic cells, and a rainwater harvesting system. The facility provides first-class logistics for Asda’s superstores and supermarkets. Handling up to three million cases of chilled and frozen food per week, as well as other food products for the supermarket chain, the site initially serviced 49 Asda stores across the M62 corridor and has the capacity to support growth beyond 2030.
" }At a Glance
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51K
m2 Distribution
-
11k
m2 Service Center
-
BREEAM
Excellent
- Location
- Rochdale, United Kingdom
- Offices
-
-
Client
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Asda Wal-Mart
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Architect
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Chetwoods Architects
- Location
- Rochdale, United Kingdom
- Offices
- Client
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- Asda Wal-Mart
- Architect
- Chetwoods Architects