CONSTRUCTION work is continuing apace at Quorum Business Park, with steel work being erected at one of the site’s biggest buildings.
Totalling 107,913 sq ft, building Q10 at the Quorum office development in Newcastle will be larger than its neighbouring Tesco Bank building and will see construction work continue for the next nine months.
Due to be completed by the end of this year, Q10 forms part of the current construction phase covering 10 buildings from 26,000 sq ft to 107,000 sq ft.
This phase of the development has provided much-needed construction jobs in the region, with Quorum employing more than 1,000 construction workers on site sine 2008.
Over the past three years a total of 400,000 man hours have been worked by contractors on the site.
These include Seaton-based steel fabrication company Ivanhoe Forge, mechanical and electrical installation firm Norstead and plastering contractor Able Contracts, both from Killingworth, and County Durham-based industrial cladding and roofing firm Alderclad.
Quorum Business Park development director Fergus Trim said: “The fact that buildings of the size and proportions of Q10 are still coming out of the ground is a great sign of confidence for the region during the current economic climate.
“The construction industry is going through some tough times, but at Quorum we have continued to build speculatively off the back of our recent letting success.
“Quorum has let over 230,000sqft of office space over the last 18 months to six new tenants.”
Norstead managing director Bill Thoburn said: “Quorum Business Park’s continuing building programme has been a great asset to the region, and it has secured jobs during a difficult time for the construction industry across the country.
“The park has always supported local contractors, which is important for the North East’s economy and employment rate.”
Project manager Jonathan Ryder, from main contractor Grantside, said: “Quorum Business Park’s rolling build programme has seen the same contractors move their expertise from building to building over a five-year phase of development.”