A major boom in commercial work and its first instruction at Manchester Airport has capped a record-breaking first half of the year for Inco Contract’s office in the North West.
The principal contractors, which specialise in turnkey commercial and industrial refurbishments, has been appointed by Quartz Project Services to complete the external decoration of the World Freight Terminal.
Valued at £1m, the project will involve replacing skylights, lining gutters, coating roofs and full renovation of external elevations on six units that will be operational throughout.
Up to 20 professionals will be involved on the contract at any one time as Inco Contracts looks to complete it in just 24-weeks.
This high-profile order comes on the back of some major commercial office refurbishments and takes instruction values past last year’s total of £8.5m. The focus now is on securing between £13m and £14m in revenue by the end of 2024.
“I don’t think any of us could predict the scale of growth we’ve enjoyed when we first decided to set-up a presence in the North West,” commented Matthew Penswick, who helped launch the Warrington office in December 2020 alongside Operations Director Sam Norton.
“We’ve gone from a standing start to one of the most respected contractors in the region, building strategic partnerships with property and management consultants keen to appoint a company that will deliver on-time, on-budget and to exacting standards.”
He continued: “The team are also growing to meet demand, with a new Associate Director, Contracts Manager, Assistant Contracts Manager, Senior Estimator and Team Administrator all now working out of our Hatton Lane office. Another two senior hires have also just been made from our competitors within the last month.”
The Manchester Airport job tops an ‘instruction heavy’ few months for Inco Contracts, including (three) industrial refurbishment projects at McBride’s Eurolinks facility in St Helens, (£2.65m), Europa Way (£1.5m) in Sheffield and Follingsby (£1.5m) in Gateshead.
Success in the commercial market has been a strong feature, with several projects awarded to fit-out Category A and Category B office space at Anchorage in Salford and WellbarCentral/Time Central – just a few minutes from Newcastle United’s iconic St James Park football ground.
(l-r) Brandon Casey, Darrell Norris, Nav Heer, Mike Puttick, Matthew Penswick, Carly Webb, Josh Sullivan and Nathan Foy
The latter will involve complete refurbishment of offices for rental, breakout spaces for tenants and a new state-of-the-art business lounge.
Sam Norton went on to add: “Industrial projects were originally our main source of growth, yet this is quickly being caught up by commercial work, which is now being headed up by our new Associate Director Mike Puttick, a real specialist in this field.
“There is still a vast amount of these projects coming online in Manchester, Leeds and the North East, and we want to break into this space, believing the Warrington office gives us the perfect base to do just that.
“Education schemes, led by expert Billy Sneddon, offer another area of expansion, with specialist school refurbishment projects underway in Warrington.”
He concluded: “The market is highly competitive, but with the strength of our growing relationships and our new approach to client management, we are sure that we will command more market share over the next twelve to eighteen months. There is even talk of a potential Scottish presence to meet demand there.”
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