Our strong bond with Willmott Dixon continues
Finley Structures ’ longstanding partnership with national contractor Willmott Dixon has been cemented with two major contracts in our native North East region .
Willmott Dixon is one of the UK ’ s leading independent construction and property services companies which has been in operation for almost 170 years .
In 1852 , John Willmott undertook his first contract for the sum of £ 1 . Since then , Willmott Dixon has grown into a £ 1 billion business that remains privately-owned .
Group chief executive Rick Willmott is the fifth generation of the Willmott family to lead the business , aided by some of the industry ’ s most astute people and supported by a team of experts in construction and property services .
Such is the firm ’ s success that it was recognised with a Queen ’ s Award for Enterprise for sustainable development , underlining its impeccable environment credentials in 2014 .
Finley Structures – a company also founded by a John more than 20 years ago – is delighted to continue its strong relationship with Willmott Dixon , having worked on a number of projects with them over the last 10 years .
Our latest work includes a huge , multistorey car park in Gateshead involving 2,200 tonnes of steel , representing one of our biggest contracts in terms of tonnage .
And we ’ re also currently working on a 520-tonne contract to fabricate the steel for the new Morpeth Leisure Centre in Northumberland .
Finley ’ s managing director Julie Raistrick said : “ We ’ re delighted to continue our strong partnership with Willmott Dixon who , over recent years , have become one of our biggest customers .
“ We ’ ve worked on several high-profile contracts for them and we ’ re looking forward to working with them even more in the future .”
Will McCallum , senior project surveyor for Willmott Dixon Construction ( WDC ), said : “ We have worked with Finley Structures on a number of schemes and they continue to deliver an excellent service for WDC , both in preconstruction and on site .
“ They have a customer-first approach and this makes them very easy to
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