Dagenham Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company
Private Sector
Ford’s Dagenham Engine Plant stands on the site of the company’s original factory which was purpose-built on marshland in 1928 and dubbed ‘The Detroit of Europe’, producing its first vehicle in October 1931.
Adjacent to the Engine Plant is the 30,000 m2 Dagenham Diesel Centre, Ford’s ultra-modern facility for diesel engine manufacturing in the UK. This new plant is one of the most advanced in Europe.
The Diesel Centre project, led by the SDC Contractor Group and designed by architects Austin-Smith-Lord, occupies in part, a previously undeveloped 10,000 m2 part of the site. It consists of the engine assembly plant along with a three-storey design office. Royal Haskoning was asked to provide civil and structural engineering as well as CDM expertise.