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ABP – Shed 36

Associated British Ports - Shed 36

Immingham, North East Lincolnshire
£10,000,000
43 weeks

Following successful completion of the Shed 35 project, through a competitive tender, our client, Associated British Ports (ABP), required a further bulk storage and handling facility to be constructed. This large scale design and build project was completed within the boundaries of the ABP Immingham HIT Terminal in Immingham, North East Lincolnshire, adjacent to Shed 35. The 7,300m2 warehouse building now provides a vital facility for storing imported grain before it is shipped around the country for various uses as part of the Viterra network.

Project work elements included:

  • Site clearance.
  • Pile foundations
  • Surface water drainage system, tied into the existing.
  • Single span steel portal frame structure erection.
  • Construction of reinforced concrete load bearing retaining walls.
  • Moveable concrete louvered wall system.
  • Concrete non-load bearing external and partition walls.
  • Concrete floor-slab.
  • Roof cladding, including roof rainwater goods.
  • Lightning protection.
  • Cantilevered canopies.
  • Internal and external M&E installation, including fire
  • hydrant system and ATEX rated electrical fittings.
  • Automated roller shutter doors.
  • Emergency escape personnel doors.
  • External HGV specification concrete paving.
  • Installation of shed protection posts and vehicle restraint systems.
  • Perimeter fencing and CCTV system.
  • Weighbridge civils works
  • DSEAR and Fire Risk Assessment.

The Project Works

Our Construction Director was responsible for delivering both projects on time and budget. He led the appointment and management of a number of specialist designers to develop the coordinated design. In addition, in collaboration with our in-house Technical and Design Manager, he coordinated the application of our combined knowledge and experience of civil engineering and construction to devise economic and efficient design solutions which reduce construction periods and minimise costs. Examples included:

• Ground engineering rigid inclusions and driven piles, both of which have high rates of output for rapid installation.

• An innovative combined building and wall foundation to give efficient 44m clear span storage facility.

• An efficient steel frame design minimising the amount of steel required to construct the portal frames by maximising portal frame spacings (up to 8.5m).

The 10,000m2 external areas were designed to heavy duty pavements for docks to allow the safe operation of dock equipment and include reinforced concrete aprons, attenuated and flow controlled drainage systems, ducting, weigh bridges, welfare facilities, signs and road markings.

Our project delivery team worked in close collaboration with the client, their on-site project management representatives, and design team from pre-construction through to successful project handover. Ongoing regular Progress Meetings were supplemented by Design Team Meetings, and daily discussion with the client’s project management team to ensure works were progressing to the programme and required standards.

Result

Despite working adjacent to a live agribulk handling facility and working within a busy port environment, CR Reynolds Limited successfully delivered this high-quality turnkey project for ABP and their tenant, Viterra. This building project is the latest we have completed for our valued client on their HT Terminal.

The Difference We Made

The 7,300m2 warehouse building now provides a vital facility for storing imported grain before it is shipped around the country for various uses as part of the Viterra network.

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