Head for heights nets Darlington family firm a mix of County Durham contracts
Stone Technical Services is progressing with its predicted growth plans as it continues to win a mix of contracts to complete projects on buildings and structures both old and new.
The family-run Darlington business has recently completed a detailed and sensitive project for St Mary's Church in Horden, County Durham to re-make the cross on the upper tower, some 45 meters feet high.
The original iron cross had fallen into severe disrepair so Stone's craftsmen erected specialist scaffolding to remove the cross which was then taken to their workshop on Kellaw Road in Darlington.
Using traditional methods, so as not to further damage its delicate structure, Stone's craftsmen have re-made the cross using a stainless steel solid frame which has then been covered in oak and copper clad to ensure it remains protected from the elements but also looks authentic.
St Mary's Church, which dates back to 1911, is often known as the ‘Miners' Cathedral' or the ‘Cathedral of the Collieries' because of its location at the heart of a former mining community.
Still in County Durham, Stone has also won another contract to complete health and safety-related work at the Cornmill Centre in Darlington. Stone will be installing safety nettings to the glass atrium area to protect shoppers from any potential breakages or falling debris caused by bad weather.
Managing director, Dave Stone said: "These two recent projects are so very different and are another example of the wide variety of contracts that Stone is regularly winning. Each project is vital in its own way- St Mary's Church is at the heart of Horden's community and ensuring it remains so for future generations is very important. And the Cornmill Centre is a hugely popular shopping destination where health and safety is a top priority."
Stone Technical Services specialises in all aspects of high level maintenance, lightning conductor installation and steeplejack services as well as restoration and masonry refurbishment projects on churches, museums, clock towers, castles, spires and historic buildings.
The company works all over the UK on a variety of high profile buildings such as Westminster Abbey in London and for organisations such as English Heritage and the National Trust as well as for well known industrial clients such as INEOS Plant Utilities and Teesside Power Station.
Earlier this year, Stone launched a new office in Cheshire and re-located its London site to a more central location. Stone now has premises in Cheadle Hulme near Stockport, close to Piccadilly Circus on Orange Street in central London, Pinner in Middlesex and its headquarters in Darlington.
