14th July 2016 By Clark Contracts Ltd
Over 700 years of service has been recognised by construction, refurbishment and maintenance contractor, Clark Contracts, as the company also celebrated 10 years in its purpose built McFarlane Street head office in Paisley.
The very special double celebration, attended by the company’s current workforce, recognised 47 staff who have notched up more than ten years service, with a combined impressive total of 704 years’ service between them. Founded in 1978, Clark Contracts moved into its McFarlane Street HQ in June 2006.
Some of the long serving employees are Site Managers who started out as apprentices at Clark Contracts and have progressed through the company’s Academy, to now act as mentors to new apprentices. Others include Hailey Allan, the company’s Business Development Manager who joined as a Trainee Administration Assistant, and was supported to study at college and university, whilst working full time, graduating with a 1st class honours degree in Marketing and Management. Another is Gerry Cummins, who started as a graduate Quantity Surveyor in 2004 and is now a Director of the company.
Commenting on the double celebration, Managing Director, Gordon Cunningham said “This landmark certainly gives us cause for celebration. The construction industry has been through a difficult time in recent years but we have continued to invest in developing our people through our own Academy and we have also continued to invest in our infrastructure. We continue to develop our premises and we are planning to move to a new, bigger East of Scotland office for the second time in 18 months, to allow us to push forward with our operations across Scotland.”
Academy Director, David Cooper, who joined Clark Contracts in 1989 commented “I have seen so many positive changes over the years and the day we moved in to our purpose built office back in 2006 is certainly one I will never forget. It’s fantastic to look back and see how far we have come as a company and to celebrate this with all our employees, old and new!”.
In addition to celebrating long serving employees, Clark Contracts has welcomed 50 new employees into the business in 2016 due to continued growth. The new positions have included Contracts Managers, Quantity Surveyors and a number of Academy positions including apprentices and trainees across the company who will be supported through college and university.
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