{"id":1185,"date":"2017-08-02T11:59:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T11:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmsltd.co.uk\/?p=1185"},"modified":"2025-02-19T16:30:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:30:19","slug":"nms-awarded-prestigious-2m-accrington-town-square-redevelopment-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nmsltd.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/08\/02\/nms-awarded-prestigious-2m-accrington-town-square-redevelopment-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"NMS awarded prestigious \u00a32m Accrington Town Square Redevelopment contract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Works on the historic \u00a32 million public square in Accrington are set to begin this month after a contractor was appointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hyndburn council has awarded the contract to NMS Engineering Ltd from Wigan and the project is set to be completed by July 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The area in front of the Market Hall and Town Hall will be transformed to commemorate the sacrifice and bravery of the Accrington Pals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will also include the restoration of historic, retail and commercial buildings in the town centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first phase of the works will target the public realm area before the second phase to restore buildings on Blackburn Road between Eagle Street and St James\u2019 Street begins in the New Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coun Clare Cleary, cabinet member for Accrington town centre, said these are \u2018exciting times\u2019 for the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said: \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to seeing the works progress on site as a new phase of history unfolds, with the creation of a new town square and public realm scheme outside Accrington Town Hall and Market Hall to commemorate the Accrington Pals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Townscape Heritage Initiative team have worked hard to finalise the details of the scheme since the planning permission was granted in January this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA detailed tendering process has taken place and the team are pleased to announce that the contract has been awarded to NMS Engineering Ltd from Wigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHyndburn Borough Council and Lancashire County Council (LCC) will continue working together to make the plans become reality over the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHonouring the Accrington Pals is at the heart of this scheme and this will be realised through six bespoke benches supported by granite pieces, containing text and images depicting the last 300 years\u2019 history of Accrington with the battalion as a central theme.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designs for the \u2018simple, high quality and flexible\u2019 square have been created by Landscape Architects IBI Group with funding secured from Hyndburn council, LCC and the Heritage Lottery Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

County Councillor Keith Iddon, cabinet member for highways and transport, said the scheme will \u2018deliver a high quality public space\u2019 and also provide a \u2018focal point for events and creating an attractive environment which helps to support the local economy\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Below is a copy of the press release posted by the Accrington Observer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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L-R Annette Birch, THI Officer; Councillor Clare Cleary, cabinet member for Accrington town centre; Roger Thistlethwaite, managing director of NMS Civil Engineering; Hyndburn council leader Miles Parkinson; and Nick Stafford, LCC landscape team manager.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Artist impression of new town square and public realm space in Accrington<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Works on the historic \u00a32 million public square in Accrington are set to begin this month after a contractor was appointed.<\/p>\n

Hyndburn council has awarded the contract to NMS Engineering Ltd from Wigan and the project is set to be completed by July 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nmsltd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nmsltd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nmsltd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmsltd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmsltd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1185"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmsltd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1352,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmsltd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185\/revisions\/1352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmsltd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nmsltd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmsltd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmsltd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}