Making an impact - Centre Square
has received award nominations.
MIDDLES B ROUG H N E WS
DENTAL SPECIALIST
LAUNCHES NEW
ECO RANGE
CENTRE SQUARE UP FOR
PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS
T
he Centre Square project, which it is
hoped will revitalise Middlesbrough
town centre and kickstart the area’s
economy, is in contention for several
prestigious awards.
Both Centre Square’s buildings – One and
Two Centre Square – have been nominated
in the inaugural Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors (RICS) Social Impact Awards, which
recognise the built environment’s “positive
and transformational contribution to society”.
Meanwhile, judges from the British Council
for Offices (BCO) came on a fact-finding visit
to Middlesbrough after One and Two Centre
Square were nominated for best Commercial
Workplace Award.
The Centre Square project was launched
five years ago by developer Mark Ashall after
the influential think-tank Centre for Cities
concluded that Middlesbrough town centre
needed Grade A offices to attract large
QA Weld Tech marks
40th anniversary
companies offering well-paid jobs which, in
turn, would have a beneficial impact on the
local economy.
Last July, Two Centre Square, a three-
storey 35,000 sq ft office building, was
completed. One Centre Square followed
two months later. It is bigger – 60,000 sq ft
over four storeys – with a large space for a
restaurant/café on the ground floor.
“The aim was to create buildings which
have a stunning visual impact, but also
provide high-quality space that is adaptable,
economic and sustainable,” said Mr Ashall, of
Ashall Projects.
“Employees are a business’ greatest asset
– and that was our starting point.
“We are delighted with the endorsement
from two sets of judges. It underlines our
ambition to create the very best, capable
of attracting business and employees to
Middlesbrough.”
Middlesbrough-based
independent dental handpiece
firm, Trigiene Dental, has
announced the launch of a
reusable Eco Repair Box and a
new eco range of sustainable
products that aim to greatly
reduce the sector’s heavy
reliance on single-use plastic.
Single-use products are
synonymous in the dental world
with decontamination and
reduction of cross-infection and
are considered vital to meet
HTM01-05 standards.
So plastic-wrapped instruments
alongside numerous single-use
items including face masks, tips,
gloves and cups are the norm.
The family-owned business’s
new cardboard Eco Repair Box
offers a sustainable alternative to
traditional plastic padded repair
envelopes.
Celebrating the perfect
partnership
A cleaner,
greener Symbol
QA Weld Tech, the Middlesbrough-
based international specialist engineering
company, is celebrating its 40th anniversary
with ambitions to grow its export activity.
The firm specialises in the welding and
fabrication of complex components for
severe service applications such as subsea
production systems for the oil and gas
industry, in addition to critical components
for marine, chemical and nuclear
applications.
Employing a workforce of more than
60 and with a turnover in excess of £7m,
QA Weld Tech has expanded since it was
founded from a single unit on Riverside Park
Industrial Estate to an additional eight units
on the same site.
Learning Curve Group and Building Heroes
are celebrating after the first cohort of
military veterans completed their training
in the region.
LCG’s Construction Academy in
Middlesbrough provides fully-funded
training to members of the armed forces
and military veterans.
Aimed at helping veterans back into
employment and preparing serving
personnel for life after the military, the
servicemen and women on the Property
Maintenance course have gained a range
of skills including painting and decorating,
plastering, joinery and bricklaying.
Having now completed the course,
LCG and Building Heroes have hosted
a celebration event with 15 per cent of
graduates gaining full-time employment
immediately following completion.
Middlesbrough print firm Symbol
has revolutionised the way it
operates to make it greener than
ever before.
The company’s new HQ at
North Road, Middlesbrough, has
been transformed into a modern
manufacturing plant with some
of the largest digital printers and
cutters in the UK.
The changes have resulted
in significant cost savings for
customers and an 80 per cent
reduction in waste materials and
energy costs.
Digital printing is better for
the environment than traditional
screen methods and the new
technology also means customers
can print on demand.
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