Lionheart Industrial Estate

Project Overview

Operating as Principal Contractor, Rainton Construction designed, constructed, tested, and commissioned a new Highways England depot in Alnwick. The depot, which consisted of offices, workshops, and salt storage facilities, was to enable the demanding winter maintenance programmes of the North East.

Scope of Works

The scope of works included:

• Resurvey and redesign of carriageway infrastructure.
• Temporary traffic management to provide safe site access and increased security.
• 14,000m² full-depth road construction, including associated kerbs and footways, under a Section 278 Agreement to tie into the existing highways network.
• 500m of 450mm drainage installation at 4-5m depths.
• Formation of a sustainable drainage system using permeable materials within the hard landscaping design.
• Bulk earthworks, including material recycling solutions, by forming an earth bund sound barrier between the facility and the nearby A1 network.
• Provision of an alternative kerb drain system to minimise highway network disruption.
• Design and construction of an office and workshop facility with a footprint of over 1,200m² and a salt barn with a 13,500m³ capacity.
• Full internal fit-out with external steel cladding finish.
• Construction of 3,500m² of concrete hardstanding areas.
• Permanent signage and street lighting.
• Steel security fencing and automated access gates.
• Street furniture installation and hard landscaping.

Sustainability

To support a wider investment programme in the industrial estate, we installed a sustainable drainage system and constructed an adjacent pond with an outfall from the depot drainage system. We also installed a tank and filtration system that cleansed wastewater of salt and debris before discharge into the pond, delivering ecological benefits and ensuring compliance.

Project Overview

This project was completed on time and within budget, to the satisfaction of the client.