Telephone: 01539 565656
Cumbria Rural Enterprise Agency
Project: Food Technology Centre, Redhills
Client:
Architect: Unwin Jones Partnership
Quantity Surveyor: Baker Mallet
Contract: JCT with Quantities
Location:
Value: £1.3m
Duration: 32 Weeks
At the heart of the development are five commercial kitchen units, shared ambient, chiller and freezer storage areas and a packing and labeling line as well as a distribution hub for tenants and for other local food businesses.
More than 1700 m3 of solid rock, about 4500 tonnes, had to be removed from the site to create the level area and footings.
The Food Technology Centre has solar paneling for water heating, a ground source heat pump for air heating and facilities for grey water recycling. Bore holes have been drilled down to about 100 meters on the site to accommodate the ground source heat extraction and the grey water recycling includes catchment of rain water that is then used in the sanitation systems.
The project was officially opened by Her Majesty The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh
