ABOUT US ...
We ’ re a family-owned
company providing structural steelwork to the construction industry . Our premises are based on Aycliffe Business Park , in County Durham , providing a central location and flexibility to supply the whole of the UK . Whilst providing a wide range of structural solutions , the company specialises in the production of portals , trusses , beams and columns . We ’ re determined to ensure that customers ’ requirements are met at all times with quality and cost being at the forefront . As a team we guarantee that delivery is timely and strive to achieve a first class reputation to be at the leading edge within the construction industry . We are continuously investing to ensure we have the latest technology and software . Finley Structures was established in 2000 by John Finley and , since then , we have grown significantly . We ’ ve increased our workforce and worked on high-profile projects up and down the country . We have reinforced our position as one of the market-leading steel fabricating firms in the country .
Finley Structures Ltd Whinbank Way Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe Co . Durham DL5 6AY T : 01325 328120 E : enquires @ finleystructures . co . uk W : www . finleystructures . co . uk
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WELCOME
WE HEAD INTO 2018 BUOYED BY CONTRACT WINS
Welcome to the Winter 2017-18 edition of the Finley Structures newsletter .
We ’ ve been buoyed by a lot of positive
contract wins in recent months after what has been a tough year in the construction industry . Steel increases have been sporadic , which has been difficult to know how to forecast correctly and cost up projects , and we ’ ve had to reduce margins . As always , everyone is fighting for the same work , and we ’ ve had to be fiercely competitive . The current climate of our industry has been brought to the fore recently with the high-profile news surrounding Carillion . We have worked on numerous contracts with the construction arm of Carillion over the years , so we know them very well , and it goes without saying it has been incredibly sad and disheartening to see what has happened . But we ’ d like to reassure our staff and clients that we ’ ve been lucky enough not to have been adversely affected by it . The predicament does , however , reiterate how difficult and competitive our industry is and how tight our margins are . Fortunately , we ’ ve had a lot of orders come through and we have a lot of work going into the New Year . We ’ re also winning work with a number of main contractors for the first time , including Marshalls and Henry Boot , which is really pleasing . Two contracts which were really good for us in 2017 were the Durham Gates development and the former Vaux site in Sunderland . As previously detailed in our newsletter , we completed steelwork on the Riverwalk regeneration development in Durham city earlier in the year . Since then we ’ ve also fabricated and erected 550 tonnes of steel on the former Vaux site in Sunderland , for main contractor Carillion , and you can read more about that on page 3 . We also continue to win a lot of work in the education sector , and with a lot more educational work in the pipeline this is something we ’ re hoping to build on in 2018 . You can read more about that work on page 4 . Elsewhere , we ’ ve been working on the Ongo Building in Scunthorpe for Britcon and an oil and gas facility for Pipeline Solutions in Cramlington for Bowmer & Kirkland . And more recently we won a large contract from McLaughlin & Harvey to work on an 880-tonne project at GlaxoSmithKline in Barnard Castle . So despite 2017 being a testing year for all businesses in our sector , we remain extremely optimistic that it will be a strong year for us after weathering the mini storm . One thing that has been extremely pleasing for us recently is that we ’ ve received several letters of congratulations from Sir Robert McAlpine on the work we did at the Gates development in Durham , which is a great testament to our staff . I hope you enjoy this Winter issue , and we ’ d like to wish all our staff , customers and associates a very prosperous 2018 .
Julie Raistrick Joint Managing Director
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