Construction and building services firm wins hotel refurbishment contract
Scarborough-based Infiniti Group has secured a “high six-figure” contract to refurbish the interior, exterior and roof of the coastal resort’s Esplanade Hotel, for the Daish Hotel Group.
The business has also just completed three, six-figure sum re-roofing and scaffolding contracts for Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) office blocks in Grimsby, Leeds and Norwich.
Work on the Victorian Esplanade Hotel has already begun and will create jobs for between 15 and 20 Infiniti Group employees and sub-contractors throughout the contract, which is due to be completed by the end of March, 2021.
Construction will include: re-roofing the five-storey hotel with 15,000 slates, full refurbishment of 12 of the 73 bedrooms and bathrooms, installation of a new women’s toilet, external painting of all walls and window wood works, including more than 200 sash windows and redoing the external walkways.
Alex Willgrass, Infiniti Group director, said: “This is the second high profile hotel refurbishment we have won in Scarborough and follows the conversion of The Mount Hotel into the Bike & Boot Hotel.
“The Esplanade is an amazing building with a wonderful location and will be a fantastic place for us to work.
“The Esplanade and other important works for the DWP confirm our status as one of the leading construction and building services companies in Yorkshire and the North of England.”
Marcus Rowe, Infiniti Group director, said: “There are some clear logistical and construction challenges ahead of us posed by lockdown, Brexit and the hotel’s location.
“However, we’ve shown that Infiniti Roofing & Construction is more than capable of dealing with the operational impact of the Covid-19 lockdown and coping with the stringent social distancing measures required.”
The company will pre-empt any further Covid-19 lockdowns by buying the majority of the materials it needs to finish the work, while also sourcing additional fully experienced, available, skilled contractors.
The firm’s contracts manager, Sharon Lester, said: “Brexit is also an issue as, potentially, we’re faced with delays related to specialist supplies being brought in from mainland Europe including a new 4,000-litre water tank.
“And then there’s the weather – on the highest parts of the hotel exposed to the North Sea our workers and contractors will have to contend with sometimes extreme winter working conditions including very strong winds.”
Infiniti Group’s three DWP contracts, for Mitie Group, the facilities management and professional services company, include all scaffolding works and a full Sika Liquid Plastics roof system installed at DWP offices in Grimsby, Leeds and Norwich.
Established in 2015, Infiniti Group has a 10,000 sq ft HQ in Scarborough and a 4,000 sq ft depot in Leeds servicing its scaffolding, roofing & construction businesses.
