Parcel sortation hub

Parcelforce Worldwide is the world’s largest delivery network, reaching 99.6% of the world’s population.

Creating a large and efficient Northwest Hub at Chorley was a strategic investment by Royal Mail to increase Parcelforce’s nationwide capacity and secure future success.

With the immovable deadline of completion before Christmas, we designed the building shell to be erected extremely quickly. This enabled early installation of the mechanised conveyor machinery while the rest of the works were underway.

The resulting state-of-the-art facility can process an incredible 12,000 parcels an hour. It achieved a BREEAM rating of ‘Very Good’ for its energy efficient design and has won several awards, including the RICS Northwest ‘Commercial Project of the Year’ and an International Safety Award.