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Redcar vertical pier steel framework completed
by Karen McLauchlan, Evening GazetteFeb 7 2012
A NEW pier which will dominate the skyline of a Teesside seaside resort is starting to take shape.
Finley Structures has completed the steel framework for the vertical pier, due to open later this year, as part of Redcar and Cleveland Council’s multi-million pound redevelopment programme.
More than £290m is being spent in the borough to regenerate the area, while an estimated £4.5bn of private investment is expected to create around 14,000 new jobs and 600 new businesses.
A total of £40m is being spent on Redcar seafront, including £30m on new sea defences and enhanced landscaping, and £8.3m on The Hub, a creative industries centre on the site of the old Palace Theatre.
The new vertical pier, costing £1.8m, will stand at 80ft high and will provide spectacular views up and down the coast.
Construction firm Willmot Dixon Group sub-contracted the steel fabrication and installation work to Newton Aycliffe-based Finley Structures.
Andy Braid, construction manager for Finleys, said: “It’s a pleasure to be working on an exciting project which will have such an obvious impact on Redcar seafront.”
Each level of the vertical pier will be accessible by lift or stairs and open to the public free of charge.
The building will be open seven days a week between 9am and 10pm during peak season.
There will be constantly changing exhibitions housed within the building
by Karen McLauchlan, Evening GazetteFeb 7 2012
A NEW pier which will dominate the skyline of a Teesside seaside resort is starting to take shape.
Finley Structures has completed the steel framework for the vertical pier, due to open later this year, as part of Redcar and Cleveland Council’s multi-million pound redevelopment programme.
More than £290m is being spent in the borough to regenerate the area, while an estimated £4.5bn of private investment is expected to create around 14,000 new jobs and 600 new businesses.
A total of £40m is being spent on Redcar seafront, including £30m on new sea defences and enhanced landscaping, and £8.3m on The Hub, a creative industries centre on the site of the old Palace Theatre.
The new vertical pier, costing £1.8m, will stand at 80ft high and will provide spectacular views up and down the coast.
Construction firm Willmot Dixon Group sub-contracted the steel fabrication and installation work to Newton Aycliffe-based Finley Structures.
Andy Braid, construction manager for Finleys, said: “It’s a pleasure to be working on an exciting project which will have such an obvious impact on Redcar seafront.”
Each level of the vertical pier will be accessible by lift or stairs and open to the public free of charge.
The building will be open seven days a week between 9am and 10pm during peak season.
There will be constantly changing exhibitions housed within the building
