New contracts boost for Severfield-Rowen

STRUCTURAL steel group Severfield-Rowen today said it is continuing to deliver growth across all its main operations with an order book which will keep it busy for the next 12 to 18 months.

The North Yorkshire-based group, which provided the steel structures on time and budget for Heathrow’s Terminal 5, said that the prospects for “prime projects” in 2009 looked strong with contracts including the new Olympic stadium in London where preliminary construction work is due to start this month.

Other projects for the Thirsk group include Dublin Airport’s Terminal 2, Heron Tower and Cannon Place in London, the Westfield retail centre in Stratford, East London and Union Square in Aberdeen and Thameside Hopsital in Cheshire.

It also said it has recently won a contract to supply the steelwork for a new UK power station, its first in the power generating sector for some time.

The group said: “Productivity levels have remained high across all companies, continuing to provide high standards of customer service and timely project execution.”

Its Atlas Ward business, also based in North Yorkshire, is involved in the Westfield Retail Centre in Bradford, construction of a new Tesco store in Oldham, a new IKEA store in Dublin and the construction of a data centre in Gloucester.

While its Irish subsidiary, Fisher Engineering, Ireland’s leading steelwork contractor, is working on “numerous” large contracts including a studio office project for Harlequin BSkyB in Brentford, Erneside Shopping Centre in Enniskillen and the National Conference Centre in Dublin.

The group added: “Whilst the current economic conditions have created a degree of uncertainty, our involvement in a wide range of construction sectors and the strong pipeline of work has resulted in little impact upon our performance as we continue to gain new contracts. The company’s financial position remains strong and in line with management expectations.”