Fakenham

Project Overview

MFG Fakenham saw redevelopment of its petrol forecourt and retail facility while maintaining fuel sales throughout the construction period. The existing shop building, car wash, plant room and bin store were demolished and replaced with a modern retail building incorporating enhanced customer facilities and Burger King and Greggs offerings.

The project followed a previous MBH development to the adjacent Morrisons car park, which introduced charging, jet wash, air and vacuum facilities, and associated electrical and drainage works including HV and LV substations, two combis and an interceptor.

Scope of Works

The works included the complete demolition of the existing shop building, car wash, plant room and bin store, together with associated preparatory and enabling works. A new 27m x 10.5m shop building was constructed to house Burger King and Greggs units.

External works included the installation of a new Class 1 interceptor and associated drainage infrastructure, amendments to existing ductwork linking to forecourt electrical systems and fuel gauges.

A new incoming electrical supply was fed from the EVC installation within the adjacent Morrisons car park, which introduced six new EV charging bays with three Alpitronic HYC400 chargers, a 5m EV totem, HV and LV substations, two combis, covered and uncovered jet wash bays, an interceptor and a plant room.

The forecourt was fitted with a new bin store, two combi units, a locker hub, a laundry unit, customer parking, disabled parking, air and vacuum bays, and a delivery bay. New pavement finishes, kerb alignments, bollards and block paving were undertaken to improve the site foundations.

External landscaping included tree removal and replacement planting of fourteen trees and approximately 100m2 of hedging. Sustainability measures included solar panels and a green roof system to the new shop building.

Delivery and Programme

The project was delivered within a live operational environment, with fuel sales continued through a temporary sales kiosk that minimised disruption to the site operational capacity during construction.

Careful phasing and stakeholder coordination were employed to minimise disruption to the forecourt and main car park while ensuring safe and efficient delivery of construction works.

MBH was responsible for statutory and pre-construction requirements including F10 notification, the Pre-Construction Information Pack and Principal Designer work, providing oversight of design, risk management and compliance throughout the project lifecycle.