Logistics Capital Partners (LCP) has engaged Winvic Construction to build a new depot for drinks corporation Carlsberg Britvic. It will be the first unit out of the ground at the £2bn West Midlands Interchange business park.
West Midlands Interchange (WMI) is planned to have eight million square feet of warehousing, including a rail freight interchange, at Junction 12 of the M6 motorway, near Cannock. It is being developed by Oxford Properties and LCP.
Winvic has been working at WMI since 2023 on enabling works, earthworks, utilities and road building. As part of those works, Winvic and Active Tunnelling bored a 25-metre tunnel 10-metres beneath the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal as part of the site-wide drainage works.
Now awarded the contract to build the first industrial unit on the development, a 220,000 sq ft depot for Carlsberg Britvic, Winvic has started the 37-week build programme, with completion due in spring 2026.
Danny Nelson, managing director of industrial, logistics and distribution at Winvic, said: “During our early contractor involvement and delivery of significant civils and infrastructure works, we have built collaborative relationships with Oxford Properties and LCP, so we are perfectly placed to deliver the first depot at one of the UK’s largest and most environmentally conscious intermodal logistics parks.
“Our team brings extensive experience of delivering similar sustainable, rail served sites and by working with our client, supply chain partners and the local authorities, WMI will give local people access to construction skills and employment, bringing significant economic benefit to the region and nationally.”
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