Liverpool
Earlsfield: Urban Extension
- Client Marshall CDP
- Value £1.3m
- Duration May 2022 - Spring 2023
- Form of Contract JCT
- Services Earthworks, Infrastructure
- Sectors Commercial Development
Introduction
In 2021, Liverpool property developer Ion Development sold Earlsfield Park development, on Knowsley Lane in Huyton, to Marshall CDP.
The park – part of Knowsley Council’s Sustainable Urban Extension green belt release programme – will provide circa 22 acres of developable employment land alongside 3.8 acres of land allocated for leisure, retail, and services.
CORE’s package of works comprised grouting to old mine workings together with construction of a new access road. A mine shaft was also dealt with.
The grouting commenced in May 2022 with the roadworks commencing in summer 2022. The site is earmarked for an industrial scheme and has outline planning consent for 280,000 sq ft of industrial space.
Scope of Works:
- Road extension to retail/commercial development, grouting, mine shaft capping.
- Main challenges: grouting up of old shallow mine workings (500T grout), 200m new estate road, topsoil strip 28,500m3 – all in wet low-lying ground.
