As part of a programme of further investment and growth, civil engineering contractor Ground Developments Ltd has moved its commercial and plant operation to a new high tech office and maintenance facility just off junction 4A of the M8, near Whitburn.

The offices were officially opened with a series of events including a staff presentation as well as confirmation of the company’s new management structure that sees Kevin Mackenzie promoted to managing director, and founder Peter Nicholas becoming chairman of the operation that he set up in 1998.

Peter Nicholas said: “This is an extremely exciting period for GDL as the company continues the evolution of our vision to be market leaders within Stabilisation, Earthworks and Ground Improvement sectors.

“We’ve always aspired to be market leaders, and our operation has grown to become one of the UK’s leading specialist ground engineering businesses that offers not only earthworks and stabilisation, but a range of ground improvement techniques which includes GDL’s Turbojet DSM. In addition to our new piling division, headed up by industry expert Stuart Cain.

“We’ve always aimed to employ the best people, invest heavily in plant and machinery whilst tapping into the wealth of technical expertise that we have in our team to provide innovation along the way. We’ve worked closely with the NHBC to have our stabilisation techniques under house foundations accepted by them and we’re now the market leaders in soil stabilisation in the UK. Plus we’re the only company in the UK to offer Turbojet DSM, and I’m confident that our move to our new office and maintenance facility will provide the perfect base for future innovation as our business continues to move forward.”

The new 30,000 sq ft space provides bigger and better offices, as well as space to maintain and store GDL’s ever-increasing fleet of plant machinery.

Kevin Mackenzie said: “Our new facility gives our team easy access to our clients’ ground improvement projects across Scotland as well as those south of the border, and it signals our further investment and growth for the business which this year has included the expansion of our piling division and significant investment in key plant machinery to give us one of the best capabilities in our sector.

“As our business continues to grow, we’re constantly looking at ways in which we can deliver more for our clients and their projects. Our latest investment in new offices and our maintenance facility will help us to provide the support that our teams need to undertake larger enabling works contracts and use our full range of services in order to create innovative and cost-efficient solutions for our clients.”

Ground Developments Ltd offers cost-effective earthworks, piling and ground improvement solutions to a wide range of clients. It has the geographic capability to deliver high-profile projects across the whole of the UK.