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GALLIFORD TRY PRAISE FOR ‘ PROACTIVE ’ FINLEY TEAM
Finley Structures has won praise from a main contractor as it continues to work on a high-profile North- East sports development .
Construction firm Galliford Try awarded
Finley Structures a contract to fabricate and erect 640 tonnes of steel for Durham University ’ s expansion of its sports facilities . Work started earlier this year on the £ 31m development at Maiden Castle , on the outskirts of Durham city . The facility , once completed , will include an indoor cricket hall , a 12 court multi-use sports hall , suitable for international and national competitions , a martial arts dojo , fitness suite , purpose-built recovery facilities and high performance weights rooms . A ground-breaking ceremony was held in August as Finley Structures started work on fabricating the steel , which has now been erected on site . Galiford Try senior projects manager Paul Mares said : “ Finley Structures have been involved with the Maiden Castle project from our initial bid , assisting the erection sequence and value engineering , ensuring both Galliford Try and our client have a robust price and programme . “ Throughout the design stage both Finley Structures and their design team have been proactive in managing the process to ensure they arrived on site as planned . “ Once on site the team have been a pleasure to work with , the frame and metal decking packages have been erected safely , to programme by a team who have identified
“ We ’ ve been working closely with Galliford Try for some time now and have struck up an excellent understanding . “ We ’ ve worked with them on several projects and we ’ re delighted to hear they ’ re happy with the job we ’ re doing .”
any potential issues in advance and worked with the wider team to resolve ensuring no delays have been incurred . “ This has not only been noticed by Galliford Try , but also our client who has commented on the speed of erection . I look forward to working with the team again .” Finley Structures estimating manager Andrew Workman said : “ We ’ ve been working closely with Galliford Try for some time now and have struck up an excellent understanding . “ We ’ ve worked with them on several projects and we ’ re delighted to hear they ’ re happy with the job we ’ re doing .” Once the new facility is ready in August 2019 , the existing centre will be refurbished , increasing the facilities for fitness classes
Finley Structures estimating manager Andrew Workman at the Maiden Castle sports facility in Durham .
and building a specialist sports laboratory . Durham University ’ s Pro-Vice-Chancellor Owen Adams , said : “ These exciting new facilities will leave us perfectly placed to reinforce our position as one of the very top sporting universities in the UK . “ We believe in the extraordinary power of sport and physical activity to bring together people of all backgrounds and abilities – whether they are students , staff , or members of the community . “ Our existing Maiden Castle centre is already very popular with local residents and all of the new facilities will be accessible to the local community on a daily basis . We think this development can be transformative for sport in the city and the surrounding area .”
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ISSUE 15 / WINTER 2018-19