Until CRL’s ten-year structural defects insurance products were recommended to Nordic
Construction UK, the national developer and contractor had been paying over-the-odds for the
same level policies that were attached to household name providers.
Nordic Construction UK has been using
accommodation, residential, healthcare
structural defects policies would not let
CRL’s structural defects insurance cover
and commercial sectors, with plans to
them down.
on all its major national projects for the
grow in the education sector.
last two years. When its newly appointed
project manager was asked who he’d
Nordic’s challenge
previously used for insurance provision,
Nordic, a new company starting out in
he was quick to commend the products,
2009, had ambitious growth plans. At
service and cost of CRL’s compared to the
a time when the property industry was
obvious high street providers.
suffering considerably, Nordic knew it
About Nordic Construction UK
was essential to scrutinise all outgoing
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costs and keep up its values of high
Guilford-based Nordic Construction UK,
standards. Its insurance policies had to
established at the start of the UK economic
be comprehensive and exact, and quickly
recession in 2009, has continued to grow,
underwritten to prove Nordic’s security.
achieving more than a seven-fold increase
in turnover over the last few years, with a
Nordic had to demonstrate unequivocally
total project value of £44million to date.
that it was a trustworthy and cost-effective
Its major projects include multi-storey
contractor, delivering its clients’ schemes
residential and mixed-use developments
on time and within budget. Therefore,
across the UK, for clients in the student
it had to be certain that its ten-year
Mohammed Afzal, commercial manager,
Nordic Construction, said: “Our sector
is competitive and overrun with rogue
contractors so it is vital for our fairly
young company to sustain the highest
construction standards, to assure clients of
the long-term quality of the buildings.”
In 2013, the developer won a significant
£16million construction project to build
a 339-bed mixed use student facility at
Hope Street, Liverpool for which a reliable
and competitive insurance provider was
crucial.