Lime Technology - lime-based building products: Marks & Spencer, Cheshire Oaks. Client: Marks & Spencer Project:Cheshire Oaks Location:Ellesmere Port, Cheshire Architect:Aukett Fitzroy Robinson Product:Hemclad® Completion:2012 ‘Sustainability’ is a term often attached to construction projects which are far from being truly sustainable, especially when compared to the industry’s continually evolving standards.
However, when done properly sustainable construction can deliver truly outstanding results – as demonstrated at the soon-to-be completed Marks & Spencer Cheshire Oaks store, near Ellesmere Port on the Wirral. In construction, there are traditionally three major factors to consider when choosing location, companies used and specification of materials – these being price, quality and time. In recent years, sustainability has become the fourth and an equally important point for consideration, affecting the choice of the aforementioned three factors.
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Lucy Young went to find out how its Plan A sustainability initiative affected the design and build The M&S store currently being finished at the Cheshire Oaks retail park in Ellesmere Port underlines its ambition to be the world’s most sustainable retailer by 2015. It is the company’s third sustainable learning store and part of its Plan A intitiative to operate in the most sustainable fashion possible throughout its business, whether that’s product procurement, food or the stores themselves. It’s essential to point out that the efficiencies so far achieved by M&S resulted in a £70m benefit in the last financial year and that figure is expected to grow. Munish Datta, Plan A’s head of property, says: “We worked very hard to achieve that £70m benefit and it’s audited by Ernst and Young, so we can back up our success.” Marks & Spencer: Plan A - Cheshire Oaks Sustainable Store M&S Cheshire Oaks is the largest store we've ever built and it’s also one of the largest sustainable retail stores in the world.
Designed to be the most carbon efficient premier store, it takes a holistic approach into key sustainability factors such as water, carbon, biodiversity, the community, materials and zero waste to landfill. It’s the third in a series of sustainable stores, following Ecclesall Road and Stratford City. It achieved a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating which is the leading and most widely used assessment method. It created employment opportunities in the area, many of them through our Marks & Start programme, which helps disadvantaged groups into the workplace. Roll over the numbers below to find out more. FSC project certification reference: TT-PRO-003615.
Marks and Spencer opens huge store in Cheshire Oaks and says 'it'll be the greenest in the world' By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 07:28 GMT, 27 January 2012 M&S bosses are going green with a vast new store, currently under construction.
Their soon-to-open Cheshire Oaks branch, near Ellsemere Port, on the Wirral, will be the biggest after the flagship store at Marble Arch, London. And it will have the most environmentally conscious credentials of any Marks and Spencer - and has taken almost seven years to create. Www.recampus.com/documents/book05_c01.pdf. Marks & Spencer. Introducing: M&S Cheshire Oaks. Marks and Spencer's Cheshire Oaks store - in pictures. Marks & Spencer is opening its second largest store in the UK at Cheshire Oaks, near Liverpool.
The 151,000 sq ft 'hi-tech' store is the retailer's flagship for the north-west and showcases the latest shopping technology including 70-inch 'inspirational' display screens, browse and order hubs that let customers flick through online ranges and shop assistants armed with iPads on the shop floor. Other features include a deli in the food hall which boasts a fresh pasta bar.