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Gateshead engineering consultancy reaches £1m turnover milestone

Gateshead-based Portland Consulting Engineers has achieved the £1m turnover mark for the first time in its history.

The civil and structural engineering design consultancy, which launched in 2004, works across a diverse sector base including retail, care, education, manufacturing and commercial property.

Much of the firm’s recent success has hailed from project work in the the social housing sector, attributing 40% of its annual turnover.

In the North East Portland is currently working for housing provider Thirteen Group, in partnership with Sunderland Borough Council on a project where the main contractor, Keepmoat Regeneration,recently commenced work to construct a 75-unit mixed used development in Grindon, Sunderland.

Outside of housing, a substantial amount of Portland’s work stems from industrial and manufacturing projects.

Currently, Portland is working on construction of a crane workshop and maintenance depot incorporating a regional administrative centre for occupation by Mammoet Cranes, which is being developed on behalf of UK Land.

Speaking about achieving the milestone, MD Lee Barr said: “Despite a continuation of tight margins across the industry, I’m delighted to announce that for the first time in the company’s history, we have reached the million pound mark.

“This is a significant level of turnover for a single office regional consultancy which specialises in two main disciplines - civil and structural engineering - and given the size of the team, which currently stands at 17.

“In my opinion, our continued success is down to a combination of factors. These include the strength and commitment of the team to always deliver, and our ability to forge strong relationships with clients across many sectors who are impressed by the work we do and continue to give us repeat business, not only in the region but across the UK.

He added: “We have a good level of work in the pipeline and I believe by working collaboratively with both clients and project partners we will overcome the widespread problem of getting schemes to site and will continue to build on or growing reputation and market share.”

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