North Durham Retail Park
Project Overview
Rainton Construction provided a range of groundworks and external works services to enable the delivery of North Durham Retail Park. MGL Earthworks carried out bulk earthworks and remediation. Surfacing was undertaken by our in-house team, which is part of Rainton Construction, and the material was provided by Tynedale Roadstone.
The new, modern retail park comprises over 55,000 sq. ft of space and is two miles north of the City Centre.
Scope of Works
The scope of works was as follows:
- Enabling works to facilitate HV/LV diversions
- Drainage, including attenuation tanks
- Foundations for new retail units
- Retaining walls
- Grouting & concrete encasement to structural steelwork columns
- Section 278 works on Old Pit Lane
- External works
- Relocation of the existing entrance to provide 267 parking spaces
- Soft strip, asbestos removal and remote demolition of previously occupied buildings
Sustainability
The demolition rubble was crushed and tested before being used to form the buildings’ foundations and construct the roads, car parks and footpaths. This helped to reduce the number of off-site lorry movements and minimise the development’s environmental impact.
Summary
The project was completed on time and within budget, to the satisfaction of the client. The site will be occupied by Home Bargains, Iceland Foods, Aldi, and a Starbucks drive-thru. The development is estimated to create up to 95 full-time equivalent jobs.
We are proud to have enabled the redevelopment of the site, which will provide greater consumer choice and create new jobs for local people.
