Leeds engineers to support £40m North Yorkshire office development

A firm of Leeds engineers has won additional work to support a new multi-million pound development of offices and logistics facilities on a strategic 45-acre site in North Yorkshire.

The move will see Park Square based RWO continue to provide a six-figure package of civil and structural engineering services for four more buildings at Opus Land’s Harrogate 47 site.

This will cover site wide earthworks and infrastructure design and structural engineering work and sees the firm currently involved in engineering work on a total of six commercial units, worth upwards of £40m.

The buildings are part of a long-term investment project that is seen as critical for Harrogate and the wider North Yorkshire economy, delivering “much-needed” land to accommodate strong regional and national demand for low carbon office and industrial accommodation.

Eventually, more than 500,000 million sq ft of new employment development will be created at the site, supporting an estimated 2,000 new jobs with transport links to the nearby A1M.

With 30 people employed and targeting revenues in excess of £2.5m in the next 12 months, the additional Harrogate 47 work comes as RWO continues to recruit additional staff to strengthen its team and meet strong demand for services.

Andrew Fairburn, head of RWO’s Leeds office, said: “This is another major success for us, strengthening the strong partnership we have with the developers. It also reflects the high-quality engineering expertise available in Yorkshire to support multi-million-pound infrastructure and inward investment projects.”

James Farnaby, development manager at Opus Land, added: “This is a site with clear potential to make a significant contribution to the local economy through job creation and also through the delivery of high-quality office and logistics accommodation to meet existing and future market demand.

“With our engineering partner RWO, who bring critical insight and big project experience to the project, we look forward to bringing the development to fruition.”