The North Shields Transport Hub has received the Low Carbon Project of the Year Award presented by Construction News. The awards took place on the 11th of July 2024 at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel in Mayfair where Willmott Dixon Construction received the trophy.
Completed at the end of 2023, the North Shields Transport Hub is the first development by North Tyneside Council to achieve net zero carbon, making it one of the first of its kind in the UK. The improvements made to the design led to the building delivering half the embodied carbon compared to the original project. This transport hub was designed to achieve net zero operational carbon by reducing energy demand while also integrating renewable energy.
Fairhurst’s multidisciplinary engineering services ensured a coordinated approach from concept design to construction. Early collaboration with Napper Architects, the main contractor and sub-contractors allowed the development of a lightweight steel frame with a bespoke lattice glulam roof and the identification of the materials suitable to reuse which ultimately led to a reduction from Stage 1 to Stage 5 of the project.
We are proud to be part of this project team and to achieve net zero in this first-of-its-kind sustainable transport hub.
At Fairhurst, we are committed to engineering a better, greener, low-carbon world and building a sustainable future for all.
Learn more about the North Shields Transport Hub here.
