{"id":114911,"date":"2022-09-01T10:31:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T09:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=114911"},"modified":"2022-09-01T10:31:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T09:31:57","slug":"east-anglian-border-control-facility-completed-at-harwich-international-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/east-anglian-border-control-facility-completed-at-harwich-international-port\/114911\/","title":{"rendered":"East Anglian border control facility completed at Harwich International Port"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A new East Anglian border control facility has been completed at Harwich International Port in Essex, enabling the inspection of goods entering the UK<\/h2>\n<p>The new East Anglian border control facility at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harwich.co.uk\/about-us\/company-profile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harwich International Port<\/a> will be operated by Hutchinson Port.<\/p>\n<p>The project will facilitate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/featured\/construction-product-product-manufacturers-post-brexit\/109568\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the latest Brexit changes<\/a> which require new border control checks on plant and animal products entering the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Harwich International is on the southern side of the River Stour and handles North Sea freight and passenger traffic to and from Scandinavia and the Benelux nations (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg).<\/p>\n<h3>The development increases capacity at the port and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction\/construction-technology-news\/national-highways-innovation-digital-rehearsal\/113129\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">improves highway integration<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The project consisted of extensive roads, hardstandings and new buildings to provide a significate increase in customs facilities at the port.<\/p>\n<p>The inspection facility took 42 weeks to complete and features state-of-the-art, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/russia-ukraine-war-uk-steel-prices\/107530\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">steel-framed buildings<\/a> housing temperature-controlled conditions to maintain ambient, chilled or frozen temperatures, dependent on the goods being inspected by DEFRA agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the facility incorporates a newly constructed port exit road which allows freight to exit directly onto the A120, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction\/digital-twins\/how-a-digital-first-approach-is-making-teams-stronger-roads-safer-and-journey-times-quicker\/114736\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reducing congestion and allowing for free-flowing traffic<\/a>. High specification offices and welfare facilities for the Port and DEFRA staff are also located on-site.<\/p>\n<h3>Ingleton Wood collaborated with Hutchinson Port on the development<\/h3>\n<p>Cambridge-based property and construction consultancy Ingleton Wood was appointed by RG Carter on this Design and Build contract to provide Civil and Structural Engineering design services.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Miller, director at Ingleton Wood, said: \u201cWe are proud to have provided Civil and Structural Engineering services for the new secure inspection facility at Harwich International Port which will provide the very highest standards of efficiency required at this important checkpoint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIngleton Wood has a long-standing relationship with Hutchison Port and R G Carter, and the success of this major project at one of the UK\u2019s busiest ports is testament to our effective collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new East Anglian border control facility has been completed at Harwich International Port in Essex, enabling the inspection of goods entering the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[676,276,579,780,280],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-114911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-construction","8":"tag-government","9":"tag-infrastructure","10":"tag-collaboration","11":"tag-transport"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>East Anglian border control facility completed at Harwich International Port<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new East Anglian border control facility has been completed at Harwich International Port in Essex, enabling the inspection of goods entering the UK\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/east-anglian-border-control-facility-completed-at-harwich-international-port\/114911\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"East Anglian border control facility completed at Harwich International Port\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new East Anglian border control facility has been completed at Harwich International Port in Essex, enabling the inspection of goods entering the UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/east-anglian-border-control-facility-completed-at-harwich-international-port\/114911\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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