One of the UK’s biggest greetings card retailers has been working with HBPW to achieve an advanced ‘steel’ solution at its new £4m headquarters in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
Experienced main contractor, Jack Lunn Construction, recently won its bid to build the new complex which is located on the Wakefield Junction 41 Industrial Estate just off the M1.
However, JLC’s Managing Director, Stephen Bradbury, felt that the building’s complex cantilevered design required additional specialist advice and appointed HBPW to design the complicated arrangement of steelwork and cladding.
Managing Partner Paul Withers said: “Situations like this arise from time to time when main contractors require innovative thinking and advanced design to overcome a specific problem.”
He added: “As well as delivering an innovative solution we also assessed the capacity of the structure to support the new steelwork and cladding. However, despite some challenging moments, HBPW found a workable solution and the development was able to continue without delay.”
Managing Director of Jack Lunn, Stephen Bradbury added: “We have worked successfully with HPBW for many years and know the practice can deliver the kind of forward thinking needed in complex building design. They always provide the kind of sensible building solutions required by a main contractor.”
Card Factory opened the doors to its first store, in Wakefield, in 1997. Since then the company has grown rapidly and now has over 650 shops across the country stretching from Inverness in Scotland to Penzance in the South.