Friars Walk
February 2014 to February 2016
Project Overview
Client: Bowmer & Kirkland
Project Name: Friars Walk
Location: Newport, Wales
Sector: Retail / Leisure
Project Value: £12.3M
Engineer/Architect: Waterman
Project Period: February 2014 to February 2016
Friars Walk is a major new shopping and leisure scheme in Newport city centre offering more than 36,230 square metres of retail and leisure space including a department store, multiplex, shops, restaurants, car park and bus station.
As a result of Friars Walk, Newport's catchment will grow from 211,000 to 367,000 with an estimated footfall of 10-12 million per annum (Source: Javelin/DTZ). This will double retail sales in the city adding £100 million per annum.
Churngold were contracted to carry out the £12m Groundworks package.
Subcontract Works
Churngold used their nationally renowned experience in
delivering the largest UK projects to deliver the following works:
Foundations
Basements
Deep drainage in excess of 6m
Public Realm Hard Landscaping
Sika Waterproofing
New ducting and services
Challenges encountered
Existing Services
Proximity of highway and public realm
Aggressive Programme of Works