£1m MOD contract secured by roofing firm

A Burton-upon-Trent business has won a £1m contract for the Ministry of Defence (MOD), its largest single project in five years.Russell Roof Tiles will provide pitched roof tiles and accessories for a £250m MOD development which is currently underway on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.The development is the largest MOD housing scheme currently underway in the UK and will see 917 homes, built across two Wiltshire towns, Larkhill and Ludgershall, as well as the village of Bulford.Contractor Lovell Partnerships appointed Russell Roof Tiles, which currently employs 100 people at its two sites based on Nicholson Way and Wetmore Lane in Burton, as the sole roofing supplier.With an estimated completion date of spring 2020, the large-scale development is part of the Army Basing Programme, which includes around 4,000 British troops returning from Germany and relocating within the UK in 2019.Over the next 18 months, Russell Roof Tiles will supply tiles in two different profiles from its commercial range – Grampian in Slate Grey and Double Roman in Terracotta.