Meadowhall keeping it local for £60m revamp contracts

Shopping centre Meadowhall is keeping its operations local after revealing that 70 per cent of the contruction budget for its multi-million pound expansion has been awarded to Yorkshire firms.
By The Newsroom
Published 21st Jun 2016, 00:32 BST
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The Sheffield shopping mall is undergoing a massive £60m refurbishment programme, the biggest single investment so far in the centre since it opened 25 years ago. The redevelopment has been designed by leading architect BDP, which has offices in the heart of Sheffield, and project managed by Arcadis.

Delivery partner Laing O’Rourke has placed 285 new roles in just three months, developing existing external relationships as well as creating opportunities to build new working relationships with local companies.

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Some of the local firms involved in the project include, Dearneside, architectural metalworkers located in Parkwood Springs, with the company designing and supplying 1,200 metres of glass balustrade and the SCS Group which is installing 3D GRG cladding and plasterboard/metal panel tile ceilings, with the work undertaken by the company’s Wakefield office

Darren Pearce, Meadowhall Centre Director, said: “Being such a key economic contributor, it is vitally important for Meadowhall to invest in the regional economy whenever we can.”

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