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Toomebridge firm Creagh Concrete plans 50 new jobs amid Scottish growth

Creagh Concrete's Spantherm product is one of the main driving forces behind its growth period
Creagh Concrete's Spantherm product is one of the main driving forces behind its growth period Creagh Concrete's Spantherm product is one of the main driving forces behind its growth period

TOOMEBRIDGE firm Creagh Concrete said it plans to create 50 new jobs to keep up with demand for its products.

The company is also adding 30 position to its Edinburgh operation thanks in part to a major contract with Dounreay Site Restoration worth up to £27 million.

It is also riding high thanks to the success of new product Spantherm, a pre-insulated precast concrete flooring system.

The new Edinburgh deal will see Creagh provide up to 6,000 half height ISO concrete containers for the storage of low grade waste from the decommissioning of the Dounreay Nuclear Power Station and will run until 2023.

Creagh Concrete currently employs 650 full-time staff and sub-contractors, across its seven.

It has 130 people working in Scotland alone where it has completed a string of major contracts in recent months.

They included a £2m contract to build 77 apartments in Aberdeen, on behalf of Barratt Homes, as well as a £12m contract to build 250 apartments for Dandara, again in Aberdeen.

Creagh Concrete has also recently completed work on the building of seven railway platforms on behalf of BAM Nuttall on the Border Railways, worth £2m and completed work at Blackhillock substation worth £1m.

Creagh Scotland director James McKeague said it had a future as "a major player in the Scottish construction sector".

“Creagh Concrete is growing rapidly, based on the success of our business model which combines a family business focus on customer relationships and our corporate approach to quality and innovation.," he said.

"The Dounreay project is particularly important to our company development, and we are proud and delighted to have won so many significant construction projects across Scotland.

"Meanwhile our Spantherm and Precast plant in Edinburgh will continue to grow and we expect to create at least 30 new jobs there in the near future.”

The company is also working on a range of exciting projects across Britain and Northern Ireland, such as a £3m flooring project at the new Ulster University campus, a £2.1m car park in Leeds and a £1m new school project in London. It will also announce further infrastructure and construction projects in the coming months.