Value Engineering Exercise Trims 30 Tonnes Of Steel

Asda supermarkets are in the black after an exercise in value engineering delivered a 15% saving in steel costs at a new development site.
Clugston Group were invited to lead the design and build of Asda’s new 6,500 square metre store which is being constructed as part of a £5m redevelopment of the former Vesuvius Works site in Worksop, East Midlands.

“It is an incredibly tight timescale,” said Paul Withers, HBPW’s Managing Partner, “with projected completion earmarked for January / February of next year.

“However, there is always time to save money and, with cost in mind, we value engineered the structural steel drawings, taking 30 tonnes out of the original 200 tonnes calculations.
“When you have initial drawings to work from it allows you to focus on the ‘value’ elements and with some lateral thinking it is amazing what can often be achieved.”

The overall scheme, which will involve developing an Asda supermarket and petrol station is expected to create up to 200 jobs. HBPW will complete engineering work on the ancillary structures as well as the main supermarket structure.

It is also hoped, over time, that additional retail, leisure and entertainment facilities will be drawn to the site, which has lain derelict for more than a decade after the factory closed in 2006.

HBPW has worked with the Asda brand before and, towards the end of 2012, was involved in the ‘ground up’ design and build of a new £3m Asda store in Shepshed near Loughborough in Leicestershire.