Van Elle, the ground engineering contractor, has been awarded a scheme by Keepmoat at the former Boots site in Nottingham.
The scheme is worth up to £3m across several phases and is the largest single scheme awarded to its Housing division in the last 12 months.
This will be the 15th project over the last three years that Van Elle has delivered for Keepmoat.
This project will create a blueprint for a new strategic collaboration between Van Elle and M&J Evans; the groundworker in the housing sector, with a complementary, national capability. Under the agreement, Van Elle and M&J Evans will work closely together nationally on a customer-led basis to offer a more efficient, joined-up delivery model for housebuilders.
The news comes as Van Elle completes a capacity expansion project at the precast pile factory at its headquarters in Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. The expanded factory, which is capable of 24-hour manufacturing and utilises low carbon blended concrete mixes, sits alongside the Smartfoot precast beam factory.
This investment increases production capacity by over 30%, positioning the business well to benefit from the expected growing demand in the housing sector over the mid-term.
Chief Executive Officer, Mark Cutler said: “We are encouraged by the new Government’s commitment to accelerate the delivery of newbuild housing. We are ready to support incremental demand with our expanded capacity and breadth of expertise, including our precast modular Smartfoot foundation solution, which offers proven benefits compared to traditional methods.
“Although we anticipate housebuilding volumes to remain subdued in the immediate future, orders in Housing for the year to date are up 20% compared to last year. We believe the Company is well positioned to play a leading partner role with a range of blue-chip customers, with whom we enjoy high levels of repeat business.”
