News: ISG bag new Rotherham Tesco contract
ISG, the international construction services company, has secured the £19m contract to build the new Tesco Extra store in Rotherham town centre.
Planning permission for a new 110,000 sq ft superstore was granted last year which also includes 540 parking spaces and a petrol filling station on a five-acre site that has been home to a number of council buildings.
Procured by developers, TCN UK via a two-stage tender process, ISG will demolish the vacated buildings, construct the store and carry out substantial improvements to the town's traffic management system.
The first phase of the project sees the construction of a new road junction onto Centenary Way, paving the way for the demolition of the Centenary Way flyover. During this phase, ISG will also demolish the Civic Building, Norfolk House and Central Library, retaining the crushed demolition material and re-using this across the site.
Following this extensive ground works phase, which includes major service diversions, ISG will then commence the construction of the new superstore on stilts, which features under-croft car parking. The Tesco Extra will incorporate large areas of glazing and attractive larch cladding to its façade.
The development is set to create 450 jobs (200 full time and 250 part time). 200 of these are additional to the current store on Forge Island and all staff at the current store would be guaranteed a job at the new site.
As part of the project, ISG will undertake improvements to the road system and remove and relocate a grade II listed clock, currently occupying the Civic Site, to Effingham Square, which will also see a major upgrade. The existing pedestrian shopping area in the square will be remodelled with new external paved areas and an attractive landscaping scheme introduced. A new taxi rank will also be created as well as a number of disabled parking bays, with the entire project scheduled for completion in late 2014.
John Gittins, managing director – North East for ISG, said: "Working closely with TCN UK, our two-year involvement has proved vital in progressing this important regeneration scheme to a stage where we are imminently due to break ground on site. Rotherham has ambitious plans for growth and greater inward investment and we are confident that this major new development for Tesco will act as the catalyst for further town centre regeneration and a corresponding increase in regional influence."
ISG has already played a key role in the Rotherham Renaissance project, constructing the mixed use Old Market and Keppel Wharf developments for Iliad.
ISG website
Images: TCN UK
Planning permission for a new 110,000 sq ft superstore was granted last year which also includes 540 parking spaces and a petrol filling station on a five-acre site that has been home to a number of council buildings.
Procured by developers, TCN UK via a two-stage tender process, ISG will demolish the vacated buildings, construct the store and carry out substantial improvements to the town's traffic management system.
The first phase of the project sees the construction of a new road junction onto Centenary Way, paving the way for the demolition of the Centenary Way flyover. During this phase, ISG will also demolish the Civic Building, Norfolk House and Central Library, retaining the crushed demolition material and re-using this across the site.
Following this extensive ground works phase, which includes major service diversions, ISG will then commence the construction of the new superstore on stilts, which features under-croft car parking. The Tesco Extra will incorporate large areas of glazing and attractive larch cladding to its façade.
The development is set to create 450 jobs (200 full time and 250 part time). 200 of these are additional to the current store on Forge Island and all staff at the current store would be guaranteed a job at the new site.
As part of the project, ISG will undertake improvements to the road system and remove and relocate a grade II listed clock, currently occupying the Civic Site, to Effingham Square, which will also see a major upgrade. The existing pedestrian shopping area in the square will be remodelled with new external paved areas and an attractive landscaping scheme introduced. A new taxi rank will also be created as well as a number of disabled parking bays, with the entire project scheduled for completion in late 2014.
John Gittins, managing director – North East for ISG, said: "Working closely with TCN UK, our two-year involvement has proved vital in progressing this important regeneration scheme to a stage where we are imminently due to break ground on site. Rotherham has ambitious plans for growth and greater inward investment and we are confident that this major new development for Tesco will act as the catalyst for further town centre regeneration and a corresponding increase in regional influence."
ISG has already played a key role in the Rotherham Renaissance project, constructing the mixed use Old Market and Keppel Wharf developments for Iliad.
ISG website
Images: TCN UK
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