Renaissance House Park and Ride Car Park, Warrington

Customer: North West Development Agency

Value: £0.8m

VHE were appointed main contractor for the construction of new car parking facilities for the North West Development Agency at their main headquarters, Renaissance House in Warrington. The scheme provides additional car parking for their expanded workforce Monday to Friday and a park and ride facility for weekends and public holidays.

The contract included the construction of a 107 space park and ride car park including site clearance, excavation and disposal, roads and paths, drainage and ducts, fencing, soft landscaping, lighting and electrical. The total site area is approximately 4,000m².

Works also included:

• Attenuation drainage encompassing storage tanks with a hydro-break to limit off site flow.
• A bi-folding security gate with number plate recognition cameras and PAC access facility was fitted, to allow employee access / egress. Also, CCTV cameras and movement sensors were installed.
• Associated works included the extensive planting of 16 trees and over 2,800 shrubs.

Electrical and communications ducting were linked to the existing car park. This involved close liaison with service providers and coordination of subcontractors.

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