Freight Fowarding, Frans Maas (UK) Ltd, Tilbury

The project comprised the construction of single storey warehouse of approximately 2,400 meters square, with three storey offices of approximately 1,050 meters square.

The hieght of the warehouse and offices is approximately 9m to the eaves measured from the warehouse floor slab level. The construction of the warehouse is a clean span portal frame superstructure and power floated concrete floor. External walls and roof of the warehouse comprise profiled metal cladding. The construction of the offices is a steel frame with precast concrete floors. External walls of the office comprise an insulated flat panel cladding system. The roof of the offices is insulated profiled metal cladding.

Site works comprised the construction of a service yard and trailer park for heavy goods vehicles, with surface level car parking areas. The site is fully enclosed with security fencing to all boundaries with sliding gates at the highway access/egress location.

The service yard was enlarged in 1993 and a further warehouse area of 2,400 meters square, added in 1995.