MILDREN Construction has completed work at the Cobham Gate Industrial Estate in Ferndown.

The project, undertaken for client Glenbeigh Developments Ltd, was the first major development on this new site which has consent for 405,000 sq/ft of new employment space across the 28-acre site.

Cobham Gate has direct access to the A31, the main road through the New Forest linking the areas of Bournemouth and Poole with Southampton and Portsmouth.

After a competitive tender process, Christchurch-based Mildren were successful in securing the first three phases of work on the site totalling £7.7m.

The first phase consisted of the construction of a new junction and internal access road onto the site and the second required full site infrastructure preparation, including earthworks facilitating the diversion of services and natural watercourse, and the construction of a site access/spine road. Incoming services, foul & surface water drainage and soft landscaping were also included in the works.

The final phase of the works saw the construction of a new 60,000 sq/ft warehouse constructed for incoming occupant DPD, which comprises fully fitted out offices, external storage facilities and car park areas for their personnel.