Mercia Park, Leicestershire

Mercia Park, Swadlincote, UK

PROJECT VALUE
£96m
CLIENT
IM Properties
END-USER
Jaguar Land Rover
ARCHITECT
MC Architects
ENGINEER
Fairhurst
COMPLETION
Sept 2022
BREEAM
Excellent
MISCELLANEOUS
Net Zero

Construction of a new 2.94 million sq ft industrial / logistics campus with associated infrastructure, utilities, and building works to create the Mercia Park development off junction 11 of the M42.

Winvic was awarded a contract by repeat client IM Properties to construct a 2.94 million sq ft global parts logistics centre at Mercia Park in Leicestershire. The five industrial units will be leased to Jaguar Land Rover, making this the UK’s largest single occupier logistics park.

Winvic undertook the preparatory earthworks, before starting construction of the first three units to the south of the estate road and before commencing units 4 and 5 to the north.

We have also constructed unusual link buildings to interconnect the three units located on the southern plateaux, plus all five buildings will comprise office space, totalling 87,000 sq ft.

  • £96M

    Project Value

  • 2.94M SQ FT

    5 Distribution units totalling

  • Excellent

    BREEAM

In addition to the industrial facilities, Winvic also delivered associated works including the construction of five yards and car parks accommodating over 2,300 vehicles, as well as surface and foul water drainage installation, and external services, including intricate underground connections between the completed infrastructure works and each individual unit.

The programme of highways work consisted of three main elements:

  • New construction of a site entrance
  • Building a new access roundabout on the B5493
  • Delivering improvements to the gyratory system at Junction 11, M42

To date, unusual project challenges have included designing the link building slabs to withstand adjacent warehouse racking leg loads and ensuring the structural frame can tolerate enhanced loading in block stacking areas.

The first phase of work to prepare the development’s main building plots was completed by Winvic; this included bulk earthwork excavations, the creation of numerous bunds that helped to screen the buildings and all of the extensive underground drainage. As part of the landscaping scheme, planting of thousands of trees and shrubs and the acoustic fencing installation programme.

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