Wirral Waters development: contractor appointed ahead of groundbreaking ceremony

A groundbreaking ceremony marked the appointment of the main contractor to deliver a flagship office building in Wirral Waters.

Eric Wright Construction of Bamber Bridge is now on site in Birkenhead and the 11 million Tower Wharf scheme is due for completion in October 2015.

The building, which is expected to provide accommodation for around 800 new jobs, is the first of its kind to be started within the Enterprise Zone, and follows the start of work on a new campus for Wirral Metropolitan College across the road.

Karl Bergh, managing director of Longmeadow Estates who are building the new development, said: We are extremely pleased to have Eric Wright Construction on board with this project given the companys outstanding track record and well-earned reputation.

The local authority has been extremely helpful throughout the planning and pre-commencement process, and we are also grateful for the support of the European Regional Development Fund, and the Homes and Communities Agency, who were the former landowners.

Its a very exciting scheme for us. We have done other office and commercial developments, but this is our biggest project to date.

Wirral Waters: View from Tower Road

Longmeadow Estates has previously delivered schemes for Magenta Living and Merseyside Estates Ltd, as well as local Birkenhead-based call centre business, The Contact Company.

The Tower Wharf project will see construction of a four-storey office building comprising 48,000 sq ft of on what is currently a cleared but partly contaminated site.

The development was approved by Wirral council in the summer.

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Wirral Waters development: contractor appointed ahead of groundbreaking ceremony