Construction firm expands Northumberland facility after securing £18m in new contracts

A Northumberland offsite construction specialist has increased the capacity of its facility after securing a raft of multi-million pound orders.

Cramlington-based firm Merit has expanded its advanced manufacturing site by 40 per cent to 140,000 sq ft in order to meet increased demand for its services.

Recent new business wins for the firm include a contract to deliver the third phase expansion of the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (CGT Catapult) manufacturing centre in Stevenage, with a pipeline of upcoming bids in excess of over £50m currently under consideration.

Tony Wells, managing director at Merit, commented: “The expansion of our manufacturing facility is part of our continued investment in a strategy that puts us at the forefront of innovation in construction.

“Our proprietary technology combines advanced offsite manufacturing with the technical expertise to deliver complex solutions in significantly shorter build schedules.

“We are not constrained by traditional construction models which gives us the agility required to adapt quickly to client needs, which has allowed us to develop a range of solutions to meet the challenges of the current Coronavirus crisis.”