Caunton have be awarded a major contract by the major Scottish contractor, McLaughlin and Harvey, for a massive new £114 million base for United Parcel Service(UPS), the American multinational package delivery and supply chain management company. This will be an airport gateway logistics centre located at East Midlands airport, which is currently UK’s busiest pure cargo airport. Over 300,000 tonnes of flown cargo is handled there per annum.
The building itself is 450,000 sq. feet in plan area, and is a multispan portal frame requiring over 3000te of structural steelwork and designed by architect and engineer Aecom. The steelwork connections are designed by the Caunton technical team. The site itself has an area of 28.5 acres and is situated between the East Midlands airport and the M1 motorway.
Caunton are most pleased to be active in what is such a such a vital part of the UK economy.