Leeds construction consultant expands health and safety team following £600m worth of projects in first year

A Leeds-based construction consultant’s health and safety team is expanding after advising on £600m worth of construction projects in its first year.

The team also has a further £200m in the pipeline, including new contracts for Waterloo International Terminus, Birmingham International Airport and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.

Projex, the building and cost consultant, launched the new division last summer in response to the growing focus within the industry on mitigating health and safety risks in construction following recent government legislation.

The team’s first year has included advising on the construction of 2,500 student accommodation beds across several UK sites, as well as advising on 1.25m sq ft of retail space, 4m sq ft of industrial space and being retained by Land Securities to provide a range of services including overseeing the installation of solar PV panels on the White Rose Shopping Centre, the largest installation of its kind in the UK.

As a result of the project wins, Projex has recruited Sarah-Jane Denniss as senior health and safety consultant to the Leeds office.

Sarah-Jane is a former senior health and safety consultant at NPS in Leeds and will be responsible for a series of projects across the Yorkshire region.

Chris thomson, head of health and safety, commented: “Both clients and architects welcome the opportunity to outsource health and safety requirements to our experienced and solutions-based team.

“Our level of repeat work is exceptional and it is great to be part of the wider Projex team, which is seen as one of the UK’s most progressive consultancies, helping clients and architects to mitigate development and construction risk from design stage through to completion.”