LEEDS ENGINEERS WIN MAJOR NEW CONTRACTS

Leeds civil and engineering specialists RWO Associates has won a raft of new house building projects after it recently opened in the city.

The Park Place based firm, which provides locally based technical engineering services and expertise, has won an undisclosed six-figure worth of work in the last three months.

This includes pre-planning drainage and flood risk work, detailed highways and drainage design services and earthworks analysis for over 1,700 new residential properties being built by Persimmon Homes, Gleeson Homes, Barratt Homes, Harron Homes and Mulgrave Property Group across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

The office is also providing structural engineering services and technical expertise, which includes sub-structure and super-structure design, for these developments, supporting further the local requirements of national developers. 

Targeting the £1.5m turnover mark in the next 12 months, RWO Associates is seeing its presence grow on the back of new work, which is part of a wider strategic growth plan. 

It is also recruiting for several new engineering roles in Leeds as the volume of work ramp ups.

Ongoing demand from housebuilders looking to tap into its engineering services to support their own development, construction and infrastructure plans, is contributing to a strong performance said managing director Ross Oakley. 

He said: “The opportunity to provide services and expertise to bring forward the development of much need new housing stock, is a big boost for our Leeds office. It’s another step on the path to strategic growth, providing a platform for further success and development as we move into 2020.

“It also creates new jobs and increases opportunities for current employees to progress, strengthening our position as a leading providing of highly skilled civil and structural engineering services in Yorkshire.” 

RWO Associates specialises in a range of work including flood risk assessments, residential, commercial, industrial and leisure structural engineering. Civil engineering services cover road design, drainage, external works and SuDS (Sustainable Urban Drainage). The company operates from modern offices in Newcastle upon Tyne, and Leeds, Yorkshire. More at https://rwo.group/

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