Siemens takes step to honour Hull commitment
Siemens have awarded a major contract supporting
the employment of more than 250 people to independent Humber-based business
Clugston as part of its huge Hull development.
The family-owned business has been selected to build a 12,300sqm service
and logistics facility at Hull’s Alexandra Dock which will support a wind
turbine blade factory already under construction at the site.
The building will house facilities for the service and maintenance of wind
turbines as well as the storage of parts and equipment required in pre-assembly
and operational phases. It will also be the logistics hub for Siemens’
UK onshore and offshore service business.
Clugston, based in Scunthorpe, said it would draw on its extensive local
workforce and supply chain to retain and create jobs within the region.
Shaun Cray, Siemens’ General Manager, Real Estate and Construction, for
the Hull project, : “Clugston supplied the most competitive bid,
in terms of programme and price, as well as proposing an innovative engineering
solution to deliver enhanced value to Siemens, in order to secure this
contract against significant competition from other high-quality regional
and national construction companies"
“We are very pleased to be able to award a major contract to a company
with a long history in the Humber region and, once again, deliver on our
commitment to support local procurement wherever possible.”
Steve Radcliffe, Managing Director of Clugston Construction, said:
“As a local business whose involvement in the Humber area stretches back
almost 80 years, we are excited to be playing a part in building this facility
which will play such an important role in the growth of the offshore wind
industry and establishing the region as the centre of renewable energy
in the UK."
“In delivering this scheme we will draw upon our local construction skills
and supply chain which will create further economic benefits for the region.
"
Radcliffe furhter commented: “As members of UK Build, the trade
body formed to represent main contractors and specialist sub-contractors,
we support the drive to promote the economic advantages of using local
construction skills and resources. This is based on evidence that every
£1 spent on construction output generates £2.84 of total economic activity,
with much of that retained locally due to the structure of the construction
industry."
Clugston was founded in 1937 by the father of the present Chairman, John
Clugston, and this year recorded the highest turnover in its history at
just over £250m. Clugston employs more than 500 people, with its head office
and support operations in Scunthorpe, significant employment in Yorkshire
and the North East, and operations across the UK.
The investment partnership between ABP and Siemens will create a turbine
blade manufacturing, assembly and storage facility on the River Humber.
An annual capacity of 600 blades is expected from the site, benefitting
both UK and international wind farms. Siemens is investing £310m in the
development. The facility will create 1,000 direct jobs and many more during
the construction phase and in the supply chain.
Construction of the facility will begin in November and is due to be completed
in early autumn 2016.
