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04/07/2008

McKean & Company Secure Almost £3.8m In Contracts

Glasgow-based McKean & Company has secured a number of new contracts in Scotland worth almost £3.8m.

This includes a £3.4m contract at Eurocentral in Lanarkshire for the design and build of a new warehouse distribution facility for DSV/Roadferry, office block and concrete yard area. McKean & Company will be the main contractor on the 36 week project.

On the east coast, the company has started work on a six week £300k contract to install an overhead gantry for Invista on the A720 Edinburgh bypass and board piles at Hermiston Gait Retail Park.
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A streetscape project for Perth and Kinross Council in Perth High Street is also underway. The £90k project involves the alteration of footway and carriageway over a four week period.

Dave Noar, Group Managing Director of McKean Group, of which McKean & Company is a division, said: "The market place is very competitive at the moment so we are delighted to have secured these important contracts. The work we will carry out will enable us to demonstrate the broad spread of principal and specialist skills we can offer our clients."

Other projects currently ongoing for McKean & Company in Scotland include a £1.8m contract to refurbish Glasgow's St George's Tron Parish Church and a £1.4m design and build car park for Renfrewshire Council.

(GK/JM)

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