Harvey Group operations director Herbie Watterson said the move was in response to the growing number of contracts the Newtownabbey company has been winning in Great Britain.
鈥淥ver the past number of years we have won substantial business outside Northern Ireland,鈥� he said, 鈥渁nd our new office which will initially accommodate up to 15 staff has been opened with a view to increasing our employment numbers beyond our current group figure of 110 to around 150.鈥�
He continued: 鈥淚n the past couple of years we have invested around 拢2m across the business and our GB expansion will bring the total invested to around 拢4m by 2018.鈥�
This investment includes the acquisition last summer of Solmatix Renewables, a supplier of solar energy equipment.
In the past year Harvey Group has also completed projects at Sheffield Hallam University and London鈥檚 Kings Hospital. In Belfast it has worked for the University of Ulster, Queen鈥檚 University, The Waterfront complex, The Titanic Building, and the Kingspan Stadium.
Outside of Northern Ireland, the company have secured a 拢20m order book so far in Great Britain for 2016/2017 including Luton Airport, a CAT A office fit-out in Fenchurch Street, NHS healthcare works and at the Lynchill Academy in Reading.
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