OUR RECENT NET ZERO PROJECT WINS
LARGEST SPEC WAREHOUSE IN YORKSHIRE IS ALSO NET ZERO
Back in April 2023, Winvic celebrated the groundbreaking of another Net Zero scheme with the Panattoni team and we reach practical completion in February 2024. Panattoni Doncaster 420 is a 417,500 sq ft logistics facility located close to junction 3 of the M18, the M1, A1(M) and M62 motorways and it’s the largest speculative development currently under construction in Yorkshire.
The site is former Ministry of Defence land, but no historic items or military equipment were found throughout remediation works. We encountered a number of different ground types, including sand and clay, and the whole site was remediated and stabilised. A large area of made ground, was excavated, crushed and screened, and then reused onsite – all materials, in fact, are being reused or recycled.
Avg. recycled steel content
Doncaster 420 will achieve BREEAM ‘Excellent’ and an EPC rating of ‘A’. 15% roof lights will feature and the roof has been designed to hold up to 100 per cent PV panels. Outside there is a 85 metre deep yard with parking for 74 HGVs and a car park for 358 vehicles – 20 per cent of which are electric charging spaces. To help meet the project’s Net Zero goal, the 242 x 153 metre steel frame, totalling 1,150 tonnes, contains 26 per cent of recycled steel on average; this was erected in a short, 7-week programme. Other sustainable features include 100% recycled content within the rebar reinforcement, a 100% recycled polythene slip and 36% GGBS content was used in the concrete foundations. The aluminium framework on the glazing contains 40% recycled content and the glass itself contains 25%.
GREEN ROOF TOPS 361,000 SQ FT FACILITY IN NOTTINGHAM
Winvic was appointed by Barwood Capital and Premcor Estates to design and construct a two-storey, logistics facility at Blenheim Industrial Estate in Nottingham. It completed in December, achieving BREEAM Excellent and EPC A ratings and it is Net Zero in construction. It comprises a 327,700 sq ft warehouse, a 32,000 sq ft integrated, three-storey office and a 1,400 sq ft two-story hub office.
The facility also boasts a green roof canopy system – a pre-cultivated UK grown vegetation blanket, containing 12 specifically chosen species – to store and sequester carbon. The steelwork contains 23 per cent recycled content and 91 per cent of the steelwork is produced using a lower carbon footprint electric arc furnace. Works across the site and externally started with groundworks to create the development plateau and have included drainage and service installation, the creation of new estate roads and footpaths and the connection of these to existing highways. To connect to the existing utilities, we had to excavate on a road and a mini roundabout, so we delivered S278 works at the same time, removing the scars and installing fresh tarmac.
PV has been installed
We have constructed a 50-metre service yard, parking for 53 HGVs, 144 cycles and 388 cars, which includes 36 spaces with electrical or passive electrical charging facilities. 1,000 m2 PV has been installed, solar thermal controls and enhanced solar glazing have been utilised and water leak detection technology and low usage water fittings will assist the end user to operate in a sustainable way.
Adam Smith, Asset Management Director, Barwood Capital
"This scheme represents our third project working with Winvic who have created a high-quality product. It’s been a pleasure to work with their team once again and to observe their meticulous approach to delivery. With a key focus on ESG, the development has achieved BREEAM Excellent, Net Zero in construction and is Net Zero in operation enabled."
Danny Nelson, Director of Industrial, Distribution and Logistics
"It’s been fantastic that Winvic keeps being appointed due the team’s knowledge and expertise of delivering projects with Net Zero Carbon credentials. We work in partnership with our clients and our supply chain to find innovative ways to reduce the carbon footprint of a project, including having on-site concrete batching plants, selecting recycled steel and using alternative fuels. Furthermore, the repeat business we get from so many clients shows that they’re confident that Winvic can meet – if not exceed – their environmental, social, and governance aspirations; we’re proud to be leading the way."
A FOUR-FACILITY, SPECULATIVE NET ZERO PROJECT IN SHEFFIELD
PLP Bessemer Park in Sheffield, which is adjacent to Junction 34 of the M1, comprises two existing logistics facilities and in November 2022 Winvic was appointed to construct four more units as part of Phase 2 for client PLP; comprising facilities of 83,000 sq ft, 94,000 sq ft, 135,000 sq ft and 292,000 sq ft. Handover has been sequential, with one facility complete in October 2023, November, December and January 2024. We’re also working closely with Sheffield City Council to deliver benefits to local people, including training and employment opportunities.
Each warehouse has an office space between 5,800 and 17,600 sq ft, and the largest also comprises a hub office and a dedicated gatehouse. The four stand-alone units will provide up to 18 metre haunch heights, separate service yards up to 84 metres and up to 6MVA of power provision. We are also undertaking all drainage, services, link road and landscaping works. As always, we will be adhering to the UK Green Building Council’s Net Zero Buildings Framework in order to achieve Net Zero Carbon in construction status – the framework, which PLP follows for all its speculatively developed properties. Furthermore, PLP Bessemer Park is has been designed to enable future occupiers to achieve Net Zero Carbon in their operations.
Built-in renewable energy features include 967m2 solar PV, air source heating and cooling, LED lighting and electric car charging points. However, future flexibility has also been built into the design, such as a strengthened roof to enable full PV coverage and underground infrastructure to facilitate all car and HGV parking spaces to become electric charging points. 66,000 cubic metres of hardcore that has been produced by on-site demolition is being reused and a sustainable alternative to conventional asphalts with a low temperature base and binder containing recycled materials is being utilised for roads and footpaths.
3-YEAR CIVILS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS CAN BE NET ZERO TOO
Winvic is delivering another Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) for SEGRO, this time as Net Zero Carbon – our first in Civils and Infrastructure – and in our hometown of Northampton. The SEGRO Logistics Park Northampton scheme comprises a 35-acre Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI), a range of highways programmes and the groundworks for five million square feet of industrial facilities.
We’ve also worked in partnership with National Highways, Network Rail and local authorities, whilst working adjacent to the Smart Motorways project. One method we used to help reduce the project’s associated carbon emissions was to construct our own on-site concrete batching plant; we could ensure each mix was to the exact – reduced carbon –specification and quantity, a continual supply facilitated flexible production and delivery and transport requirements were reduced by 50 per cent. Furthermore, 1,108,430 recycled milk bottles have been used in the manufacture of pipes for the site’s drainage system and reduced-emission fuels have resulted in a saving of 607 tonnes of carbon. We’ve negated 148,515 wagons leaving the site and saved 7,978 tonnes of carbon thanks to our strategy to retain 1,336,643.30m3 of material on site for landscaping bunds and wetland areas. The use of reduced-emission fuels has also resulted in a saving of 607 tonnes of carbon. We’ve been on site since summer 2020, conducting enabling works, including ecology, archaeology and geotechnical site investigations. The demolition of existing unsafe buildings, ecological improvements, exploratory service digging and service diversions took place from January 2021 and the SRFI connection works began in July of last year. The works to the surrounding road network are a vast undertaking, so much so the works are being carried out under a Development Consent Order (DCO) granted by central government. The National Highways infrastructure improvements have been completed and the 2.5-kilometre bypass around the village of Roade is now open to the public as a diversion route while the connection at the southern end is being completed. You can read more about the highways works on page 12.
- A total of 4.8 million cubic metres of material will have been balanced when the project is complete in 2024.
- We’ve constructed a 170-metre-long tunnel that will shield the trains from view as they enter and exit the interchange.
- A 70 degree, 2.6-kilometer mechanically stabilised earth wall bund that is 15 metres high in some places has been created.
- 400 cubic metres of concrete was used each week when constructing the 20-metre-high tunnel walls.
- 22,000 cubic metres of reinforced concrete was poured to create the 377,000 sq ft rail freight interchange slab.
- Significant carbon reductions achieved through concrete mix blends (30-45%) and use of an onsite concrete batching plant to reduce site deliveries and transportation (50%).
Recycled milk bottles used in the manufacture of the site's drainage system.
Andrew Pilsworth, Chief of Staff, National Logistics at SEGRO
“Rapid advances in construction techniques and building design are enabling developers to deliver warehouse units more sustainably, but SEGRO Logistics Park Northampton will be the first time net-zero is achieved across an entire vast industrial site, including the delivery of all on-site and off-site supporting infrastructure. This is the result of a truly innovative approach from SEGRO and our partner Winvic to source recycled materials and embed the principles of the circular economy at all stages of the design and development process. Developments such as SEGRO Logistics Park Northampton are vital cogs in domestic and global supply chains, and it is critical we can deliver them to meet our customers’ requirements for net-zero carbon warehousing and help the UK transition to a greener economy.”