Lidl More Success For HBPW!

HBPW is expanding its work for German global discount chain, Lidl, after winning the contract to complete civil and structural engineering drawings for the company’s newest store in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

Due to open towards the end of this year, the supermarket will have a sales area of 1,286m² as well as a dedicated in-store bakery.

It is being built on the former McCain Stadium site in Seamer Road, adjacent to the town’s new ‘Leisure Village’, which is being constructed on the former Weaponness coach park and features a new football stadium for Scarborough Athletic Football Club as well as other sporting facilities.

Partner, Emyr Parry, said: “This is Lidl’s first move to the town and it is a particularly high profile job because it is located so close to the much anticipated Scarborough Leisure Village, widely heralded in the local media thanks to the burial of a time capsule which won’t be opened until 2066!

“We are delighted to be working with contractors, Clugstons, and will be completing all the civil and structural work on the scheme including steelwork, foundations, drainage and the car park area.”

A spokesperson for Lidl said: “We are very excited to announce plans for (this) new Lidl Foodstore. As well as allowing us to stock our full range of bakery products, there will also be a free customer car park with 99 spaces and we predict that the store will create up to 30 full and part time positions.”

This is the first Lidl store on which HBPW has provided wider engineering services, however, geoenvironmental engineer, Jay Fox has also been working with the company’s Northern region to provide ground investigation and geoenvironmental advice at a range of stores including Ossett in West Yorkshire, Driffield, Brigg near Scunthorpe and Woodseats in Sheffield.