Modular specialist Integra Buildings has moved into flagship self-built offices as part of a £3m investment programme
Integra is now operating from the state-of-the-art self-built modular offices on an expanded site at Paull, East Yorkshire.
The company has consolidated all its operations at the site east of Hull as part of a £3m investment programme, including building the showpiece offices.
The two-storey, modular offices are a showcase for the quality of design, build and materials Integra offers to its growing client base and features facilities that are also available to the company’s customers and suppliers.
Integra has enjoyed rapid growth, driven by its reputation for quality, project performance and innovation.
The company celebrated the successful completion of its investment strategy with a VIP event and official opening of the offices, performed by Sir Gary Verity, Chief Executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, and attended by Integra’s partners, customers and suppliers.
Managing Director Gary Parker said: “This year is the 21st of the business and it’s really fitting we’ve moved into our new offices, as part of our consolidation on this site, because it marks our coming of age. It’s a hugely important milestone for the business.
“As well as this new office building, we’ve created bespoke manufacturing facilities that have doubled our production capacity.
“We’re in a growing industry, an industry of the present and the future, and we now feel we have facilities which reflect that.
“We’re certainly putting ourselves on the map and taking the business to the next level.”
Integra manufactures modular buildings for permanent installation across a wide range of sectors, including sport, leisure, education, healthcare and commercial operations, as well as highly-durable, anti-vandal modular buildings used predominantly for office and welfare facilities on construction sites.
Parker said the company was passionate about banishing the out-dated “prefabs” image of the modular industry and added: “We believe modular building is the way forward for the construction industry.
“In fact, our new offices illustrate that perfectly. The office building is a showroom for the business, as well as a great environment for our staff.
“You wouldn’t know it was a modular building. You would also think it was constructed in situ. In fact, it was built in our new factory units, in 16 sections, craned onto foundations over a weekend and assembled like lego.
“It showcases the quality of materials and design available to our clients and we think it has a ‘wow’ factor. We can offer this quality of build and specification to our customers, or even go beyond it.”
Integra has relocated its office functions and some manufacturing facilities from a site it has now vacated at nearby Burstwick.
The new 8,300 sq ft (770 sq m) office building is unusual for a modular construction as it has high ceilings, a concrete first-floor base and no central supports, enabling the open plan layout.
The interior fit-out has been designed by Hull-based Chameleon Business Interiors to create a contemporary and aspirational working environment.
The new facilities will support further growth for the company, which is on target to deliver record turnover of £24m in 2018, up by more than £5m in just two years.
