Contractor hands over £70m Burnley Bridge Business Park's biggest development

[caption id="attachment_70957" align="f-align-medium-right f-align-center" width="322"] HANDED OVER: The new Exertis National Distribution Centre at Burnley Bridge[/caption]

The biggest development scheme at Eshton’s £70m Burnley Bridge Business Park has been handed over to occupier, Exertis.

Exertis’ fit out contractors have taken possession of the building, along with the racking contractors to enable the technology distributor to move in.

“The construction method has maximised the potential of the site to create a 24-bay warehouse along with three storey offices and external yard with immediate access to the motorway network via Junction 9 of the M65.

The development scheme involved remediation to the site with cut and fill works to level the ground. The 3,911 steel piles were then installed to a depth of up to 16 metres to stabilise the site prior to construction of the foundations, the steel framework and a composite steel fibre suspended ground floor slab, containing 400 tonnes of steel fibres.

Gerry O’Keeffe, managing director of Exertis UK and Ireland, adds: “We represent 200 manufacturers and hold more than 22,000 product lines in stock, so state-of-the-art warehousing facilities in a location that enables us to access the motorway network quickly and easily are vital to fulfilling our commitment to next day delivery and the highest levels of customer service. “We have been delighted by the can-do approach of both Eshton and Bowmer & Kirkland throughout the development of our new unit and are looking forward to moving onto site within the coming weeks.”