Kier has been selected to deliver a new UK headquarters for electric-motor manufacturer YASA.
The 90,000 square foot facility will be built for client Bicester Motion at its eponymous 444-acre technology campus, located at a former Royal Air Force base in Bicester.
The carbon-efficient buildings will target BREEAM Excellent certification and EPC A ratings. They will be capable of hosting solar photovoltaic energy panels, and include “dedicated ecology and biodiversity areas [and] green-space amenities”, Bicester Motion said in May, when planning permission was granted.
Practical completion of the project, called The Range Phase 1, is targeted for summer 2025, Bicester Motion announced in a statement yesterday (14 October).
The project will include access roads and associated infrastructure, according to planning documents on the Cherwell District Council website.
Bicester Motion chief executive Daniel Geoghegan said the deal with Kier was a step forward in “boosting construction jobs and the wider local supply chain”.
Four more buildings will follow in The Range Phase 2. The combined construction value of both phases is £60m.
A contractor has yet to be picked for Phase 2 but tier one firm Willmott Dixon and SME Life Build Solutions are on Bicester Motion’s tender list, along with Kier, according to data intelligence provider Glenigan.
Last month, Mercedes-Benz subsidiary YASA announced that ground had been broken on its new HQ, although it did not name Kier as the main contractor. An image accompanying its online statement showed that McCoy Contractors was providing groundworks.
