Allerton Bridges opens new factory

Steelwork contractor Allerton Engineering has opened a new factory in County Durham to cope with the increased demand for bridge steelwork manufacturing.

The new premises at Tursdale will be occupied solely by Allerton’s bridge specialist division Allerton Bridges. The facility will create seven new jobs initially, with another 10 expected to follow over the next year.

John Riddle, Managing Director of Allerton Bridges, said: “The bridge side of the market is very buoyant at the moment and we needed even more space to cope with the extra workload. Despite our new extension at Northallerton, there was just not enough room to handle the amount of work that is coming in.”

Group Managing Director, Stuart Beales, said: “The business is growing all the time and we needed more fabrication space to keep pace with the increasing number of orders from our key clients.”