Case study ● Logistics Facility, Bardon

Project: 137,000 Square Feet Office &

Warehouse Extensions to Logistics Facility, Bardon Leicestershire

Client: Innovate Group

Contract value: £10m

Completion: 2007

� Logistics floorspace increased by 25% to total approximately 600,000 square feet

� Improved HGV segregated traffic flow & entrance security by construction of new logistics gatehouse

� 2 storey administration offices extended by 30% to

total 30,000 square feet � Continuous operation of existing facility during

construction required essential safety and phasing precautions

� Achieved BREEAM ‘very good’ environmental

rating � Designed to maximise the clear internal space with

use of steel lattice truss construction � Fibre reinforced floor slab designed to FM Category

1 tolerance standards � Fire engineered to suit the requirements of the

Leicestershire Fire Act � Means of escape facilitated through design of a ‘fire

tunnel’