Northern Rock banks on steel

A new office development for high street banking organisation Northern Rock is under construction on a new business park being developed by the City of Sunderland Council.

The steel-framed four-storey building is located on the Rainton Bridge South Business Park and will consist of 40,000m2 of floorspace.

Caunton Engineering, working on behalf of main contractor Bowmer & Kirkland, will fabricate, supply and erect more than 1,100t of structural steelwork for the project.