Sutcliffe complete construction on Yorkshire soft drinks giant’s second factory

Skipton-based construction company Sutcliffe Construction has finished work on a second factory for the rapidly-expanding soft drinks manufacturer, Cawingredients, at its head office in Leeming Bar.

The new factory, spanning over 95,000 sq ft, has been specifically built to function as a product mixing operation and warehouse.

The construction of the factory is part of a £45m investment by Cawingredients at its Leeming Bar site, which is set to create more than 100 new jobs over a three-year period.

To finish the project in the requested time of 10 months, Sutcliffe used a cut and fill operation, and also built a complete new roadway and car parking facility for 150 cars.

Cawingredients, established in 2010, currently resides in a 26-acre site and supplies a range of manufacturing, bottling, packaging and product development and other advisory services to major drinks manufacturers. It had a turnover of £44.5 million in 2013

James Sutcliffe, managing director of Sutcliffe Construction, said: “We believe in building smart and there’s no better testament to the quality of Sutcliffe’s project management, design and construction skills than being given another complex multi-million pound project by Cawingredients. The biggest challenge in this project was the time frame. Cawingredients was keen to proceed with its expansion plans so design work that would normally take months for a project of this size and quality was done in weeks.”

Andrew J Cawthray, chairman & chief executive of Cawingredients, said: “Our experience of working with Sutcliffe on the first build gave us the confidence that they could deliver on time and that they understand the specifications we are working to. The Sutcliffe team as a whole bring added value to any design parameter. They are competitive and not precious about any changes or additions we want or need to make.”

James added: “We believe in being active partners in every project. As principal contractors, we work hard to understand what’s important to each client and their business and what are their objectives and values. We excel at providing design and build improvements based on a ‘value-engineering’ concept that is more cost-effective and reduces build time. Having our own steel fabrication factory also helps us control what can be a critical aspect of a build.”

Cawingredients is Andrew Cawthray’s re-entry into the soft drinks category having sold his firm Macaw Soft drinks to the Cott Corporation in 2005 for £76m.

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