Westex House, New Industrial Units

We built three new terraced industrial units at Westex House on Winterstoke Road, Weston-super-Mare. It’s a 4,650 sq ft scheme built to a flexible, ready-to-use spec that suits B2, B8 and light-industrial occupiers, with the groundwork already done for mezzanines, EV charging and signage so the units were lettable as soon as they were finished.

What we delivered

• Three terraced steel-frame units with a mono-pitched, insulated steel-profile roof (10% translucent panels) and elevations in part insulated profile, part brick.
• Power-floated concrete floors rated to 30 kN/m², with concrete loading aprons outside each unit.
• Generous height for the size of unit — 6.7m at the eaves rising to 8.2m — with each unit designed to take a mezzanine of up to around 1,550 sq ft.
• A ground-level electric loading door to every unit.
• Mains water, drainage and three-phase electricity, plus provision for EV charging points and an Openreach connection.
• Two parking spaces per unit, with access, hardstanding and loading areas.
• Illuminated signage zones to the gable facing Winterstoke Road, with consent already in place.

The challenge

A compact plot right off a busy main road, next to the Shell garage, built out to a spec that would suit a range of occupiers without tying it to any one fit-out. The units needed to work from day one: flexible inside, ready for a mezzanine, and with the services and signage consents sorted.

Our approach

We kept the spec simple and robust so incoming tenants have room to adapt it — good height, heavy-duty floors and the routes for mezzanines, EV charging and signage already planned in. We ran the programme and sequencing tightly and finished to a high, end-user-ready standard the client could take straight to market.

Outcome

Three flexible units, finished and brought to market for B2, B8, light-industrial and trade-counter use, available on their own or combined (775 to 4,650 sq ft), with one already pre-let. The scheme adds good commercial space to the Winterstoke Road corridor, a couple of miles from Weston town centre and within four miles of Junction 21 of the M5.