Milestone reached in Milburngate scheme

The first phase of Milburngate is on course for completion in the first quarter of 2022 after the £120m Arlington Richardson development reached a milestone.Following a 54-week build programme, the steel frames of the office building, hotel, boutique cinema, retail and leisure units, as well as the three apartment blocks, are now in place.Comprising of 40,000 individual pieces of steel weighing a combined 3,800 tonnes, the structures are now visible on Durham City’s riverside.The proect is led by Milburngate’s main contractor Tolent and was delivered in conjunction with County Durham-based constructional steel company Finley Structures and structural engineers Atkins.The first phase of Milburngate is on course for completion in the first quarter of 2022 after the £120m Arlington Richardson development reached a milestone.Following a 54-week build programme, the steel frames of the office building, hotel, boutique cinema, retail and leisure units, as well as the three apartment blocks, are now in place.Comprising of 40,000 individual pieces of steel weighing a combined 3,800 tonnes, the structures are now visible on Durham City’s riverside.The proect is led by Milburngate’s main contractor Tolent and was delivered in conjunction with County Durham-based constructional steel company Finley Structures and structural engineers Atkins.