Expansion plans for Maber after raft of new projects

MABER, the Nottingham-based firm of architects and designers, has underpinned its ambitious strategy for growth with the appointment of 13 new architects, technologists and graduate trainees.
The company, an Invest in Nottingham Club member, has boosted its workforce over the past six months following a number of prestigious new contract wins across the UK with both new and established clients.
Managing director of Maber Mark Hobson says that the firm’s expansion comes after picking up project work with a total construction value of more than £200 million across the East Midlands and nationally.
Mark said: “This growth is quite a leap but is representative of a number of strong relationships with existing clients such as Rolls-Royce Aerospace, Miller Birch and Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club to name just a few with whom we have worked with for many years.
“We have continued to grow during the downturn, and have acquired some major new projects which we believe is due to longstanding relationships with clients, and as a result of some high profile awards we have won in recent years.”
As well as adding to its East Midlands workforce, Mark has revealed that the practice is setting up a London base this month (Dec). Maber currently has offices in Nottingham’s Lace Market, Derby and Leicester and now employs a total of 50 people.
He added: “Despite the tough economic climate, we have seen a greater demand for our services. While much of our work is in Nottinghamshire and the wider East Midlands, we are carrying out more projects further afield and need a London office in order to support clients in the south of England.”
Current Maber projects include:
• the £20 million E.on development in Guildhall Street, Nottingham which is currently on site
• the new £6.5 million Energy Technologies Building at Innovation Park in Nottingham which is also on site
• five major interior design projects at the new Center Parcs in Woburn, Bucks
• a manufacturing and HQ facility in the West Midlands on behalf of Aero Engine Controls
• a 22-storey student accommodation scheme in Leicester for Megaclose
• a brand new 750-pupil community school in Tibshelf, Derbyshire
• the new Corby Urgent Care Centre for Northamptonshire NHS
• a new innovation centre at Leicester Science Park
• the £14 million Leeds East Academy working with contractor Interserve, the international support services and construction group
• a number of key projects for South Staffordshire College

In 2010, Maber won the RICS Project of the Year national award for its design of The Roundhouse Campus project in Derby – beating 450 other publicly funded projects throughout the UK. To put this in context the prize was previously won by significant London projects including the renovation of St Paul’s Cathedral and the refurbishment of St Pancras Station.
Other Maber projects recently completed include the Bioenergy & Brewing Science Building at Sutton Bonington for The University of Nottingham which houses state-of-the-art laboratories and research facilities for food technology and brewing; the Nottingham Geospatial Building, also for the University – a cross-disciplinary research building; the new Bridgford Road Stand at Trent Bridge Cricket Ground; the pioneering Speedo International building at NG2 and the Nottingham High School Sixth Form Centre.