Solution

This project was an opportunity for CAHD to further demonstrate its capability to deliver high-quality and competitive large industrial, logistics and manufacturing schemes for its clients. Along with the complex and challenging construction of the Boxer MIV manufacturing unit, CAHD specialists also constructed a new access road and remodelled the existing car parking space to significantly increase capacity and to house 12 new electric vehicle (EV) charging points for WFEL staff.

The build consisted of the following:

• Removal of the existing Spaciotempo temporary buildings.
• Breaking up and crushing the existing floor slabs and service yard, utilising a mobile tracked crusher that provided the recycled stone that was used to stabilise the ground for the construction of the new floor slab following the removal of below ground obstructions.
• Construction of mass filled and reinforced concrete foundations.
• Erection of a steel framed portal building up to 14m high that required heavy duty steel columns to support the 3 internal 25t cranes.
• Insulated roof and wall cladding systems to achieve the specified air permeability testing requirements.
• Construction of the internal floor slab laid to the specified FM2 4th edition 2014 specification.
• Construction of the CMM high tolerance machine pit bases constructed to the German specified design to accommodate the manufacturing machinery.
• Construction of the concrete external service yard, access roads and loading bays.
• External concrete ramp access roads to the rear higher level storage areas.