Newtownstewart Construction Ltd undertook enabling works in the early summer of 2017 prior to the main contract commencing in August 2017 – this involved relocating ducting for power and communications to the existing building and the construction of a mezzanine floor.

The main works began at the start of August 2017 and included;

• New drainage lines – both storm and sewer
• Installation of a storm water pumping chamber and control valve chamber
• Reduced dig and installation of a piling mat
• Construction of reinforced concrete slabs for the installation of the Mock tunnel, gantry crane and rail track
• Installation of ducting and chambers throughout the site with associated street lighting/ CCTV column bases
• Works to new aligned road to include kerbing and surfacing
• Installation of reinforcement and concrete to composite floor decking inside the existing building to create additional office and training space
• Construction of the reinforced concrete upstands for the installation of railway track