Location

Millbrook

Sector

Leisure

Type

Design & Build

Weight

650 Tonnes

Scope of work:

Center Parcs, Woburn

  1. Structural steelwork
  2. Metal Decking
  3. Westock beams
  4. Cold Rolled
  5. Glulam

Hambleton Steel delivered the design and build steelwork package for the Center Parcs Woburn Forest development on behalf of B&K, comprising approximately 650 tonnes of structural steel. 

The scheme included Center 2, a multi-use leisure facility featuring rectangular hollow section columns and long-span cell beams, designed to accommodate open, flexible interior spaces. It also comprised the Pancake House, a small but prominent steel structure constructed on a concrete frame, forming a key visitor destination within the village centre.

A key challenge on the project was the delivery of complex, bespoke connection details, particularly the integration of steel columns into glulam rafters. This hybrid solution required precise engineering and close coordination to successfully combine structural steel with engineered timber elements while maintaining both structural integrity and architectural intent. 

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Earning industry experience and a qualification has been invaluable. Not every opportunity gives you on-the-job experience and I've found that this has really helped my development

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Charlie Fixter, Trainee Contracts Manager

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One of the reasons I chose an apprenticeship was because I could earn and learn at the same time. Working at Hambleton Steel has provided me with day-to-day training and experience which has helped me understand the industry and business.

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Jake Dolan, Apprentice Estimator

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Working with Hambleton Steel on Manchester City Campus College was an enjoyable experience for ourselves and the wider design team. Hambleton brought their knowledge and skill by collaboratively working with the whole team from RIBA Stages 2/3 until completion by problem solving, giving advise on buildability and bringing efficiencies to the design to ensure it maintained within budget.

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Latifah McIntosh - Willmott Dixon

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They’ve done a cracking job on here for us and I personally would have no hesitation in using them again.

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Lee Hughes - Vinci

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Pleasure working with you and your team, and great turnround on the scheme and a good finished product with no major issues on site along with a final account agreed, cant do much better than that. Happy to put you forward where we can and would definitely work with yourselves again.

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Peter Dodd - Vinci

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