Clowes Developments鈥� Harrier Park site in Hucknall is expected to be ready for warehouses to start going up next month.
Main contractor TanRo a is nearing completion of the first phase of an multi-million-pound programme of site preparation and enabling works to prepare the historic site for its next chapter as an industrial park.
The brownfield site was previously home to the development of the Harrier jump jet and Rolls-Royce Merlin engines. The land is now being remediated for up to 500,000 sq ft of new industrial and warehouse space.
Remediation works are nearing completion, with the majority of key groundworks finished across both Plot 1 and Plot 2. Overall progress has exceeded 90%, with practical completion anticipated at the end of January, making the site construction-ready.
On Plot 1, a 134-metre retaining wall has been installed, comprising 64 steel columns and 127 concrete infill panels. Major storm drainage works and high-voltage diversion ducting are complete, while all existing surfacing and underground obstructions have been removed. The formation of the future access road is in place and bulk earthworks are largely complete, with only minor works remaining.
On Plot 2, storm drainage diversion has been completed and a screening bund to the south of Plot 2D has been formed. Bulk earthworks are nearing completion, with only small sections remaining to achieve plateau levels.
Despite encountering several challenges, Clowes said that the project team had managed them with no material impact on the overall programme. Achievements include the connection of a new manhole into the existing storm drainage network on Dorey Way, delivered over a four-week period while maintaining a live traffic lane throughout.
Furthermore, the discovery of previously unknown underground features required re-sequencing of works. This was effectively managed through close collaboration with the local authority, Ashfield District Council, and specialist advisor Pegasus Group, who undertook a programme of building recording for the unlisted buildings, enabling works to proceed without delay.
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