Left to right (foreground): HLA Services contracts director, Paul Smith, and service director, Neil Henry.
The new base at Warwick Mill Business Centre is expected to create several new jobs, and has Carlisle-born HLA employee Marcus Thomson at the helm.
HLA staff are already working on a multi-million-pound overhaul of Carlisle's Rufus House, set to become the new Edinburgh Woollen Mill headquarters, and the last 12 months has seen HLA Services secure heating, ventilation and air conditioning contracts with Direct Rail Services, Cumbria Mechanicals, Lakes Catering, Croft Construction and several leading mechanical services companies in the region.
HLA Services was set up in 2003 and specialises in design, supply, installation and planned maintenance of commercial property services, including heating, ventilation, acr and mechanical services, for clients across the UK from its bases in Sunderland and Teesside.
Its fully equipped fabrication facility, based in Seaham, offers clients a complete package from design to manufacture.
Paul Smith, contracts director, said: “It is very gratifying in our 15th year to be able to continue our growth plans. Our Cumbria base will help us to consolidate our position in the North West and meet the needs of our growing client base in the area.
“Our long term plan has always been to establish a third UK office and over the last year we have picked up a lot of work in the region, both directly and through main contractors and partners, so this is the next logical step.
“Although we provide a wide range of building services in addition to heating, ventilation and air conditioning, we have developed excellent partnerships with mechanical services providers within the Cumbria area, and we are working in partnership with them to provide those particular services.”