Liverpool Waters

This transformation of Liverpool’s derelict docklands from Princes Dock to Hill Dickinson Stadium is delivering major economic benefits – it is providing sustainable homes and quality commercial office accommodation, vibrant social and leisure facilities, whilst unlocking value and investment opportunities. 

Liverpool Waters is Peel’s 30-year vision to completely transform the city’s northern docks, creating an environmentally friendly, high-specification, mixed-use waterfront; bringing life back to the historic docklands. It is the largest single development opportunity in the Liverpool City Region; a seamless extension of both Liverpool’s Commercial Business District and its iconic waterfront, extending over 2km along the banks of the River Mersey.  

Spanning 60 hectares and valued at £5billion, the scheme already features premium offices and residential towers at Princes Dock, Everton FC’s £500m Hill Dickinson Stadium, the Isle of Man Ferry Terminal, and many new landmark homes. Backed by Homes England and Liverpool City Council, the project is currently rejuvenating the central docklands with improved infrastructure, a new public park, and the creation of development plots - propelling this neighbourhood into a hugely transformative phase.  

Curtins has been involved with the Liverpool Waters project since the formation of the Princes Dock Development Company in the early 1990s; a collaboration between Mersey Docks & Harbour Co. and David McClean. We were engaged by the PDDCo as civil and structural engineers for the original Princes Dock masterplanning design, when we worked extensively on the initial site preparation and enabling works across the former derelict docklands.  

Curtins is providing civil, structural and geo-environmental technical advisory services to Peel in relation to the new Central Park & Central Docks infrastructure project across Neighbourhood C of the Liverpool Water’s masterplan where Graham Construction is currently on site; a pivotal step towards realising the wider vision. Curtins also supported the delivery of several of the Princes Dock developments completed through the 1990s, including the Crowne Plaza Hotel, the MSCP on William Jessop Way, and two of the office buildings located on Princes Parade (Number 8 and Number 10).  

Having worked extensively for Peel Land & Property, Curtins has gained considerable knowledge and vast experience across the Liverpool Waters site, providing invaluable insights into the history of these docklands, as well as an in-depth engineering knowledge of the design and construction of the Liverpool Waters infrastructure, past and present.