Our staff and contractors have recently come to the end of an enormous project.
A new nine-unit business park has been created on a brownfield site in Abermule, between Welshpool and Newtown.
Contracted by Powys County Council, we designed and built the sustainable flexible site to provide options for start-up businesses and local companies, boosting the local economy and improving local employment prospects.
What we did
SWG constructed two steel frame business units, one with a mezzanine floor and office space the other split into six business units.
Work included blockwork and stud internal walls, external facing brick and cladding panels - a Kingspan insulated sheet 100mm thick on the roof and 60mm thick on the walls.
Inside glass partitions create meeting rooms and there are toilets and showers installed on both the ground floor and first floor - connected by a steel staircase with glass balustrade.
As well as full electrics, SWG installed a ribbon window to the mezzanine floor and automated sectional doors on the front of the units.
Outside, the car park has been created with porous paving construction and a low energy lighting scheme.
Sustainability
We designed and built an effective and efficient facility, along with associated groundworks, as sustainable as possible.
The business park boasts numerous electric car charging points and solar panels.
An essential element was also to take into consideration the surrounding area. The work also included building on and increasing the native species planting across the whole site.
Why here?
You can read more about why the project was undertaken in our previous blog here
And here’s what Councillor Jake Berriman, Cabinet Member for a Connected Powys, has to say about it:
“Having been earmarked for employment uses within the Local Development Plan for over 20 years, it is very exciting to see these new business units being provided in an area with strong demand for employment premises.
“The Abermule Business Park is a high-quality development which will positively contribute to the economy in Powys. The location will capitalise on the county’s main road and transport infrastructure, with the site also contributing towards the council’s climate change resilience through the use of renewable and low carbon energy sources.”
