Robertson, the infrastructure, support services and construction group with offices throughout Scotland and the North East of England has announced its expansion into the North West of England by opening a new office in Manchester.
The office at Oldham Broadway Business Park by Junction 21 off Manchester’s M60 arterial motorway, will be run by Operations Manager Peter Mattimore and Business Development Manager Chris Snow.
Employing over 1100 people in the UK Robertson has an impressive pedigree throughout the country including building and maintaining 63 schools and 11 community based hospitals. In the North East of England alone they have built and serviced 10 multi-use community facilities.
Peter and Chris worked together for several years at Gleeson Homes in Manchester. Peter’s CV includes building the North Stand at Old Trafford Football Ground, the £100m Manchester Housing PFI and £65m Cheshire Extracare PFI.
Over the last few years Peter has been working in asset management with responsibility for the procurement and delivery of a £130m investment programme.
Chris’s experience includes successfully bid managing major urban regeneration projects in the north of England, including major housing projects, student and key worker accommodation. He has also been responsible for developing residential, commercial and industrial premises and growing construction businesses in the north west of England.
Chris Snow said: “A variety of projects are targeted and early signs are very encouraging with enquiries already in the car retail sector, a major public art gallery extension, primary care facilities, schools extension work and energy services sector and we have secured two projects in Cumbria, a Community Hospital at Cockermouth with a construction value of £9.4m and a Health Centre at Cleator Moor, circa £4.2m.”
“Robertson has an excellent track record in health care construction and this area will be particularly targeted and we will also be looking for contracts in the commercial and industrial sectors. Developing existing Robertson relationships with clients and consultants who have operations in the North West of England will also be important in growing the business.”
In addition to construction, Robertson also offers Facility Management, Timber Engineering and property development across the North East including Northumberland, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Hull and Liverpool.
Andrew Cowan, CEO of Robertson Group said: “The opening of the Manchester office forms part of our business strategy to create regional operational centres. This new office demonstrates our commitment to the area and our clients and our determination to continue growth locally.”
Robertson clients include blue chip private sector companies such as Tesco, ASDA, M&S, Travelodge, Northumberland Estates, Diageo, Inchcape, NNT LIFT Company and the public sector with repeat work from the NHS, local authorities, Ministry of Defence and housing associations. The current construction workload is circa £230m.