Major production plant to be built for furniture manufacturer

The contract has been awarded to develop a 332,626 sq ft production warehouse facility in South Yorkshire.

GMI Construction, a main contractor to a growing portfolio of public and private clients throughout the UK, has been awarded the contract by The Symphony Group – the UK’s largest privately owned manufacturer of fitted kitchen, bedroom and bathroom furniture to build this facility at its Barnsley HQ.

The property, which has been designed by Architect Garnett Netherwood, will be constructed next to the existing Symphony production plant.

It will provide Symphony with much increased storage and production capacity, along with the enabling of key equipment to enable the business to fulfil its plans for growth.

The build is expected to take 38 weeks with the expectation that the facility will become fully operational later the same year.

Lee Powell, GMI divisional managing director, said: “We are very pleased to have been instructed by Symphony Group to construct this important new production plant and warehouse to enable their next phase of expansion.

“GMI is well known for its work and credentials in the production and warehouse sector and we look forward to working with Symphony and the full project team to deliver this building on time/budget.”