We are delighted to have completed our stage 1 assesment for our Integrated Management System for 14001 Environmental and 18001 Health and safety management systems.We anticipate stage 2 and full accreditation complete by August 2013 which enables the company to improve and progress to an even higher level.

DU Construction Ltd from Holyhead has been awarded a major contract with Horizon Nuclear Power for demolition activities and associated ecological works to support the proposed new nuclear power station site at Wylfa.

The contract will see DU construction build alternative roosting sites for protected wildlife, such as bats and barn owls, followed by the removal of around fifteen unsafe and uninhabitable buildings on Horizon’s proposed site.

News of the new contract award follows a 12-month extension to the company’s existing ‘call-off’ contract with Horizon for work including maintaining and refurbishing properties, so they can be let out to local families, and improving pathways and hedgerows.

Horizon’s Head of Site Development, Alan Smith, said: “We were very pleased to see local companies bidding alongside others for this work, and are delighted that a Holyhead-based firm has been awarded the contract. This is important work to remove a number of unsafe buildings, many of which were already boarded up and in a state of disrepair before they came into our ownership at the end of 2011. Despite our best efforts since then, these buildings have suffered from numerous break-ins and vandalism meaning they now pose a health and safety risk.”

All the structures earmarked for removal are currently home to legally protected wildlife; for example, any works regarding the rehousing of bats requires a European Protected Species Licence, and approved, alternative roosting locations for protected wildlife species must be provided before any demolition work can begin.

Mark Blackwell, Director of DU Construction Ltd, said: “We are extremely pleased to have won this contract. From our previous experience of working with Horizon, we know they set very high standards, and I am very confident that our workforce is fully able to meet those standards.”

Speaking about the company’s work with Horizon to date, he added:

“As well as making use of our in-house team, we’ve also been able to sub-contract other local specialist companies where required, including mechanical and electrical firm Lloyd Morris Electrical Ltd from Amlwch (LME) and J Taylor Plumbing and Heating from Holyhead.”

“We have been able to add to our workforce of 33 full-time staff, and we’ve recently appointed a new contracts manager.”

All work will be closely monitored by the north Wales-based independent ecological specialists Cambrian Ecological Partnership to ensure strict guidelines are met during the work, which is expected to be completed by the end of June, subject to Horizon receiving the necessary permissions.

Horizon can be contacted via the Wylfa hotline on 0800 954 9516 or via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Our new development of 12 houses is well underway in Holyhead.Work is progressing well with our first frames being erected this week,there has been plenty of interest on the sales side.We have six sold already to Tai Eryri under their share equity rent scheme.

We are delighted to have commenced work on internal and external works at 19 Stanley Street in connection with the Heritage grants available within the centre of Holyhead.Work will comprise of sensitive repairs and alterations of the building using traditional mforms of construction including lime plaster work,timber replacement windows, new shop frontage along with major structural works internally.Works will last for a duration of 20 weeks