North east building contractor Gus Robinson Developments has started work on three new schemes with a combined value of over £9m.
The business has employed 11 new members of staff over the last year, is working towards a financial target of £20m turnover by September this year.
Since January, the company has started works on two projects with Karbon Homes, at the former St Mary’s School in South Shields and at the former Newbottle Community Centre near Houghton-le-Spring, which will see 54 new homes being completed throughout 2017.
Works have also commenced on the firm’s first collaboration with Bernicia Homes with 11 new bungalows and houses under construction in Fawdon, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Bernicia Homes is working with Newcastle City Council and the Homes and Communities Agency to deliver 11 affordable homes in a popular area of the City.
In June, works will commence in Shiney Row, transforming a disused brownfield site into 24 new affordable homes, further strengthening the relationship between Gus Robinson Developments’ and Karbon Homes.
These new developments are part of the company’s growing pipeline of work and business plan, which is set to exceed £20m in each of the next two financial years.
Gus Robinson Developments Managing Director Steve Bell said: “We’ve grown over the last three years and what we are seeing now is the culmination of a lot of hard work from everyone within the company. To deliver these projects onto site we’ve needed to add to our team in order to keep pace with the growing volume of work across a much broader geographical area to that which we have operated in over the last few years.”
Steve added: “We’re a family business and the people who work with us are the lifeblood of the company. Skills and experience are really important in the delivery of our projects, but so too are people who fit in with our ethos of being a trusted and reliable contractor partner.”
Image: Steve Bell, Managing Director of Gus Robinson Developments Ltd with new team members
