Civil engineer secures work on £126m factory complex in Staffordshire
WARWICKSHIRE civil engineer O’Brien Contractors has secured a contract to work on the development of a major new factory complex in Staffordshire.
The company has been signed up by Readie Construction to work on the £126.3m construction of the new Gestamp facility at Bericote Properties’ Four Ashes Park site, near Wolverhampton.
The 50,000m² manufacturing facility (see below) is intended to replace Gestamp’s existing facility in Cannock, which is struggling due to capacity restrictions. The new plant will be fitted out with new state-of-the-art stamping equipment and is designed to safeguard the jobs of 800 people at the existing factory.
Gestamp designs, develops and manufactures automotive components for carmakers including Jaguar Land Rover, BMW, Honda, Nissan-Renault and Toyota.
O’Brien will install three 6m deep factory pits, capping beam, office floor slab, associated internal and external drainage, service trenches and external works.
Peter O’Brien, managing director, O’Brien Contractors, said: “We are very pleased to have been awarded another subcontract by Readie Construction. We have an excellent track record of delivering civil engineering services across the Midlands.”
Established in 1958, O’Brien Contractors is a second generation, family-run business, Its portfolio of civil engineering projects includes: the regeneration of Longbridge Town Centre, Beacon Barracks SFA housing scheme in Stafford, Primark Distribution Centre in Kettering, New Cross Hospital’s new Accident and Emergency Centre in Wolverhampton and University of Birmingham’s campus expansion.
