An award-winning North Wales builder is looking for more skilled workers after landing a massive £13 million new housing contract.
Anwyl Construction are to build 127 new homes on two sites in Wrexham this year for leading social housing landlord Wales &West Housing.
Anwyls are keen to ensure that the work brings benefits to the local area and are holding a Meet The Contractor event at Wrexham’s Racecourse Ground on Friday, June 29, to identify potential sub-contracting partners.
It is the second major contract that the Rhyl-based company have landed with Wales&West in the last 12 months since starting work on Llys Jasmine in Mold, an £8.5 million Extra Care development for older people.
Anwyls, North Wales’s biggest local house-builder, have a wealth of experience of major projects and have recently worked on a series of developments at colleges across North Wales including Glyndwr University, Deeside College, Llandrillo College and Coleg Menai.
The developments in Wrexham will see them building on two sites, on Kingsmills Road, and on Rivulet Road with both due to be completed by December 2013.
The Rivulet Road site will see more than 35 houses and apartments built and a further 92 houses and apartments will be developed on Kingsmills Road. The scheme will be completed with a new community resource centre and clinic, which is expected to be finished in 18 months.
Anwyl Construction Director Mathew Anwyl said: “This is a major contract for us and a fantastic investment for the local community. We’re delighted to have been awarded the work and are looking forward to creating opportunities among the local workforce.”
Craig Sparrow, Development Manager North for Wales& West Housing, added: “This is an exciting project, providing a range of affordable housing together with a modern community facility that will benefit the wider neighbourhood.
“We are delighted to be working with Anwyls who continue to demonstrate their commitment to maximising opportunities for local labour and local supply chains.”
The new housing has also been backed by Wrexham Council and Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning Mark Pritchard, said: “This is another example of how partnership working can deliver good quality, affordable housing for Wrexham.
“We’re very keen to work with local companies and in addition, affordable housing is one of our priorities in Wrexham and this will go some way to achieving the targets we have been set by the Welsh Government.”
The new development will also be built to high ‘green’ standards, Anwyl Constructions Manager Iain Murray said: “We have considerable experience of building renewable energy systems into houses and we will be installing solar panels and solar photo voltaic panels across the development.
“Importantly too we are a local, North Wales company with an established trade base in Wrexham where we have been building for more than 15 years and we are now looking to expand that trade base.
“We have a core base of contractors but the volume of work means there are more opportunities for local workers and business to come on board. Come to the ‘Meet the Contractor’ event on June 29 and help us create a fantastic local team.
Anwyl Construction’s Meet the Contractor event is being held at the 1873 Suite, at the Glyndwr Stadium, The Racecourse Ground, in Mold Road, Wrexham, from 9am to 3pm.
Sub-contracting opportunities have been identified for: Demolition, Groundworks, Bricklayers, Roofers, Joiners, Plumbers, Electricians, Plasterers, Metal/Stud work, Floor tilers, Wall tilers, Cleaners, Landscape Gardeners, External Railings, Mastic, Brick Cleaners, Scaffolders, Fencers, Insulation Contractors, Photovoltaic Installers, Painters and M&E Contractors.
For further information and to book an appointment please contact Eirian Davies on 01970 636280 or email [email protected]
