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UMC Architects are proud to have once again been invited by Property Week and Savills to take part in a design competition to present a vision for an Urban Logistics Hub of the Future.

The new manufacturing sector project for technology company Eleather who manufacturer high-technology composition leather for rail and aviation companies worldwide has been successfully handed over a week earlier than scheduled.

The new speculatively built Wolverhampton 450 facility at Four Ashes Business Park for Panattoni has been handed over.

Accessed from a new junction on the A449, Wolverhampton 450 is ideally placed for the retail and automotive supply chains in the West Midlands. The facility comprises a total footprint of 448,089sqft including an integral 2-storey office block measuring 12,864sqft and a 10,038sqft 2-storey hub office. The unit is equipped with 60 dock leveller loading doors, 8 level access doors, a 50kN/m² floor loading and 15m clear internal height.

UMC were charged with undertaking the initial feasibility study before being appointed by Panattoni to commence with the detail design package alongside Main Contractor Readie Construction. The facility was successfully completed on time and within strict budgetary constraints and built to a BREEAM rating of Very Good and EPC rating of ‘A’.

UMC Architects are pleased to announce we have completed the assessment of our QMS procedures by Alcumus ISOQAR Ltd and renewed our UKAS accredited certification to the 2015 standard for ISO9001 Quality Management System.

UMC Architects are proud to have been commissioned by Property Week & Savills to produce a concept design for a future fulfilment centre that is ‘innovative, creative, forward-thinking and not constrained by the usual institutional standards’. No budget was specified and the brief was kept deliberately scant to encourage expression.

UMC Architects are proud to be supporting main multi-disciplinary contractor Winvic Construction Ltd who have secured the contract to build a new UK headquarters in Tolworth for supermarket giant LIDL.

The £26million speculative development known as Connexion has been delivered within budget and agreed timescales.

A 300,000 sq ft single sided Storage and Distribution warehouse facility for DSV UK Ltd has been handed over on time and within budget.

A new bespoke facility for fast growing multi-channel women’s fashion brand Apricot Clothing has been handed over on time and within budget.