DPD Skypark
Purpose-built industrial depot
The Project
Increased capacity and greater process efficiency were the focus for a leading UK postal delivery company when it came to replacing its 20-year-old depot with a new and improved ‘super depot’.
With a £3.5 million investment, DPD’s super depot in Exeter, which was completed in early 2016, has double the capacity and is four times as efficient as the old depot, creating 35 new jobs and handling a staggering 25,000 parcels a day.
The Challenge
Located at the Skypark business park near Exeter Airport, the depot needed to be a practical industrial building large enough to house a vast number of parcels with the capacity to accommodate a growing workforce.
The purpose-built depot forms part of the largest ever expansion for DPD following a period of sustained growth within the company, which employs more than 9,000 people in the UK.
The Action
ElitePLUS 51 System was used on the walls and the ElitePLUS 1 System was used on the roof. Although the depot was a large-scale development, project costs also had to be considered and so quality, cost-effective profiles were used on both the roof and walls.
The Euroclad trapezoidal wall profiles in both metallic silver and slate grey gave the building the modern industrial look that was specified by the architects.
The Outcome
Euroclad Group products provided the high quality industrial feel that the 5,618m² building needed. The project’s installer Progressive Systems chose the Euroclad Elite wall and roof systems, offering easy installation.
The roof consisted of 5972m² of trapezoidal profile sheets in Alaska grey and 1600m² of Elite 1 rooflights, 32/1000 external profile sheets and 19/1000 liner profile sheets were used on the building.
“DPD’s purpose-built super depot was a huge investment for the company and so it was vital that the cladding of the building was not only practical but hard-wearing and long-lasting too. Using the right products was essential and, having worked with Euroclad Group on a number of projects before, we knew that that they would be able to offer us the best products for this large-scale build.”
Chris Phillips, Director, Progressive Systems Ltd