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Bowmer & Kirkland has been appointed on a £54m glass-research centre in Merseyside. The firm was selected through the North West Construction Hub to build the facility, for which developer Network Space has just submitted a planning application. The 160,000 square foot Centre of Excellence in St Helens will be the world’s first openly accessible research and development centre using multi-disciplinary experimental glass melting. The centre, operated by a company called Glass Futures, will deliver industry and government-backed R&D projects aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of glass pr...

Dan Whelan The developer has submitted its planning application for the 160,000 sq ft glass research and innovation facility in St Helens, and contractor Bowmer + Kirkland has been appointed to build the first phase.  The £54m Glass Futures scheme is intended to revive a 14-acre site once home to United Glass next to St Helens R.F.C.’s Totally Wicked Stadium, which Network Space also developed.   Under the plans, the glass melting facility would house a low-carbon production furnace with the capacity to process 30 tonnes per day of glass – equivalent to 60,000 wine bottles. It would al...

An aerial CGI image of what the Glass Futures site could look like A PROPOSED global centre of excellence will put St Helens “at the heart of the global glass industry”, MPs in the House of Commons have heard today. Part of the £54 million Glass Futures project, the centre of excellence will have the first openly accessible, multi-disciplinary experimental glass melting facility for research and development trials in the world. It will be capable of producing 30 tonnes of glass per day and will aim to revolutionise and ultimately eliminate CO2 from glass production. The nationall...

27 Jan 2021, 10:23 Hear from Network Space, Caddick Developments and Maple Grove at this dedicated briefing on arguably the hottest sector in property right now. Where will the supply for new sites come from to keep pace with surging demand fuelled by extra home shopping? What are the prospects for ports and rail expansion to take the strain off motorways? At this event, developers, investors and advisers will share their insight and project updates. Place North West’s annual Industrial + Logistics conference is due to be held on Wednesday 31 March and is sponsored by JMW Solicitors, Lexing...

Sarah Townsend Network Space Developments has appointed the contractor to deliver the industrial scheme that forms part of Triumph Business Park in Speke, and work has begun. The 138,000 speculative scheme, known as Spitfire Court, is being brought forward by developer Network Space on behalf of global investor Infrared Capital Partners, which bought Triumph for £30m from an undisclosed vendor in 2019. The development plot is vacant land to the south-west corner of the business park and the scheme aims to bring 12 grade A industrial units to market, expanding the park’s footprint to almost...