A SIGNIFICANT new development will breathe new life into a former steelworks site in Sheffield, creating two distribution logistics units in the first phase of development, totalling 180,000 sq ft.
BE Design, the multi-disciplinary architecture and engineering practice, has provided comprehensive site due diligence work and ongoing civil and structural engineering services for Bessemer Park, which will see a formerly derelict site transformed into a modern, logistics hub, creating hundreds of new jobs for Yorkshire.
“We worked closely with the site’s developers Peel Logistics Properties and project managers Knight Webb to secure planning permission through detailed site appraisal and design,” said Dian Coleman, associate director at BE Design.
“As part of our services, we scoped comprehensive site investigation works and reviewed historical records.
“We then completed a full due diligence assessment of the brownfield site. Not only is the site on a former steelworks, it is also on the side of an historic valley along the line of Shepcote Lane, which has been infilled. This has created highly variable ground conditions across almost 50 acres – ranging from one to eight metres – which has required careful navigation.
“We also discovered that the site has a high water table, meaning that there was a natural water level close to the surface, impacting the depth at which we would be able to dig.
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