Cladding firm wins £2m contracts to rise above gloom

NG Developments, which is based in Normanton, near Wakefield, and specialises in curtain walling and rainscreen cladding, said it had won work for five new projects in school building and hospitality in Yorkshire and elsewhere in Britain..

It has also taken on three new staff as it seeks to grow. Turnover is expected to rise from £2.2m to about £3.5m for the year to September, the firm said.

The contract wins are for three Building Schools for the Future schemes in South Yorkshire, a Travelodge on the edge of Manchester alongside contractors from construction group Marcus Worthingtons, which follows another contract with the hotel chain in Hull, and a Starbucks coffee shop.

Adrian Lee, commercial director, said: “We are really happy the way 2011 has started for us, despite the gloomy way the UK economy looks at the moment.

“The good thing for our business is we now know we have enough work to see us well into the latter stages of this year.

“However, we still have a number of other exciting projects in the pipeline and we are always looking to win new business and expand even further.

“As a company we are hoping to create jobs this spring not cut them.”

In late 2009 NG Developments was commissioned to build one of Yorkshire’s largest double-glazed domes for a mosque. It created a giant steel and aluminium-framed glazed dome for the centre of worship in Horton Park Avenue, in Bradford.

Mr Lee said the firm is now in negotiations for work on several other deals worth more than £1m.

“Investment in our manufacturing department continues with the purchase of a new Elumatec double-mitre saw, which will help increase overall productivity even further.”

The firm has previously worked on schemes ranging from Yorkshire schools and colleges to The Point, a mixed use development in central Sheffield and the redevelopment of a 1940s RAF aircraft hangar at Finningley, near Doncaster.