“ Everyone now knows about Teesside and we want to distribute our modular buildings from here .”
continues to adopt new techniques to deal with customers ’ ever-changing demands .
John said : “ We have a skillset on Teesside from a fabrication and electrical point of view . For our area it is very easy because we do have the skillset of labour here – that ' s why we ' ve teamed up with IMS .
“ Our core business is UPS . That sits in a data centre . A business will not lose power if there is any loss of mains power to its IT equipment , because of the systems we supply and install .
“ That UPS takes over until the generator kicks in . What this latest move means is that we can now do all of that in a modular building . We can adapt a 20-40ft container , bigger if you want , and that becomes a building effectively .
“ There has been a need for this for the last ten-to-15 years . It is happening now . You can deploy your data centre in the minimum time . If you have a warehouse you can have a 40ft modular building in there .”
John , from Ingleby Barwick , and Andy , from County Durham , recently oversaw another recruitment drive .
Durata has taken on five new members of staff to meet rising demand . With another project on the horizon , the intention is to recruit another five employees , taking Durata up to 30 members of staff . Work has predominantly been down south , but the Freeport is likely to change that .
The buzz between John , Andy and Alison around the boardroom table illustrates why Durata is such a good place to work – and they have every base covered .
Andy , 55 , said : “ I spent the 1990s offshore working for contractors , on platforms like Shell in the North Sea . John and I first met contracting at the Cammell Laird shipyard in South Bank .
“ Once we got together I brought my disciplines and added them to John ’ s . Our diversity means we cover every aspect of the critical power and cooling industry
“ We can have different takes on things but we work well together and it gives us confidence that we know what we are talking about .”
Boasting global financial services player Morgan Stanley among its clients , Durata has had the right approach so far . And it isn ’ t finished yet .
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