New Stanton Park, Ilkeston – Case Study

This 150-acre brownfield site was the home of the former Stanton Iron Works, a flange and pipe manufacturing facility, and former tip areas used for disposing of asbestos containing materials.

John F Hunt Regeneration were engaged as Principal Contractors to deliver the design and construction of remediation, earthworks and infrastructure works for commercial end-use. The finished development will provide a new, strategic distribution hub for the Midlands, comprising three serviced development plots, capable of accommodating buildings from 11,000 square feet up to one million square feet, with a dedicated rail hub.

Earthworks and Remediation Works

• Site clearance and tree protection works
• Excavation, processing and filing of material to make up site levels – circa 450,000m³
• Turnover and re-engineering of underlying Made Ground
• Breakout of concrete hardstandings and removal of relict foundations and obstructions to 3m depth and processing to produce granular materials
• Remediation of contaminated hotspots encountered
• Management of any asbestos impacted materials.

Infrastructure Works

• Construction of 2km of on-site estate roads
• Provision of services and drainage including:
  • Surface water
  • Foul drainage and pump stations
  • High Voltage and water supply
• Section 278 works including construction of two major new site entrances and other off-site highway improvements.