Omega, a 226 ha site straddling the M62 near Warrington, is considered to be one of Europe’s most important strategic development sites. It will be a mixed-use development comprising offices, industrial space, leisure facilities and hotel and conference facilities. The development is expected to create over 12,000 jobs for the region with the development planned to take place over the next 25 years. The site comprises a large part of the former RAF/ USAF Burtonwood Airbase and has two distinct parcels: The site to the south of the M62 extends to approximately 181 ha. To its south-western boundary is Lingley Mere, the headquarters of United Utilities (formerly North West Water plc). Lingley Green Avenue and Burtonwood Road border the southern and eastern boundaries, and lie adjacent to the residential areas of Whittle Hall, Kingswood and the emerging Chapleford Urban Village. We are presently building a fully automated warehouse on the Omega South estate which is WalMart’s single biggest investment in the world. This 400,000 sq.ft. fully automated distribution warehouse incorporates 6 linked mezzanines totalling 220,000 sq.ft which connects the double deep autopallet store via conveyors and sortation equipment to the 2 High Dynamic Stores. It has clear haunch heights of 18.8m and 28.2m. and we are also coordinating the £50million state of the art MHE installation. The northern site comprises approximately 45 ha and incorporates five former aircraft hangars that remain from the former airfield use. The site is surrounded by land that is designated for use as statutory green belt which will be precluded from future development. Chetwoods have successful developed the three main plots on the Northern site. A new postal sorting facility and distribution warehouse for Hermes at plot 1A, comprising of 12,678sq.m warehousing facility, 1,496sq.m office accommodation, 270sq.m vehicle maintenance unit and 275sq.m 2 No. gatehouses provision. The site area is 18.43 acres with the provision of 275 car parking spaces and 262 HGV parking spaces. A new state-of-the-art logistics centre building forming part of the national distribution network for the storage and distribution of ambient, chilled and frozen goods for Brake Brothers at Plot 1B with a site area is 17.90 acres with the provision of the 320 car parking spaces and 162 HGV parking spaces. The new storage distribution warehouse of trade building supplies at plot 1C for Travis Perkins that consist of 55,741 sq.m warehousing facility,1770 sq.m Office accommodation,990 sq.m 2 storey Goods-in Office,30 sq.m Gatehouse and 40 sq.m Driver Welfare Building. The site area is 38.25 acres with the provision of 400 car parking spaces and 134 HGV parking spaces. The unit has been designed to achieve BREEAM Very Good.