CHORLTON PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL

1 October 2019

TRITON STARTS £3.5M PROJECT FOR MANCHESTER SCHOOL AS SECTOR PORTFOLIO GROWS   Chorlton Park Primary School in Manchester is set to gain a brand-new teaching block at the start of the new term in 2020. Triton Construction has started a £3.5m contract to demolish the existing 1960’s school block and replace it with a new state-of-the-art facility including 8 classrooms, assembly hall, community sports hall, specialist education and reprographic provision, together with staff and break-out areas. During the summer break Triton began preliminary works at the school to demolish the block and make drainage alterations. The project is among eleven…

MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING 2019

27 September 2019

Today Triton Head Office staff held their annual Macmillan coffee morning. Everyone joined in with lots of amateur bakers producing some lovely cakes , muffins ,cup cakes ,cookies and clotted cream scones . A big thank you to everyone who took part and thank you to everyone who brought something in.

SUMMER WORK EXPERIENCE

17 September 2019

We are delighted to have had Emily Clarkson in the office this summer, Emily joined us at the end of July and has been undertaking work experience in our Business Development and Marketing Department, Emily who is studying, Business Management at University of Liverpool has been working on our Sector Specific Brochures, and here she is with a copy of our Education Portfolio.  Phil Dyer, Business Development Director said, “Emily has been a great help over the Summer and has worked well with the whole Triton Team producing a great piece of work, we wish her luck and success with…

MILESTONE FOR PREMIER INN

29 August 2019

TRITON SECURES FOUR NEW INSTRUCTIONS AS IT REACHES 1000 ROOMS MILESTONE FOR PREMIER INN   Triton Construction has completed construction of the new Liverpool North Premier Inn and been appointed on four new Premier Inn projects as Whitbread continues to expand the UK’s largest hotel chain. The new instructions valued at just under £5M, will mark the completion of 1000 hotel rooms by Triton which is the number one framework contractor for Whitbread. Triton, which is based in Yorkshire and the North West, has commenced construction of a 33-bedroom extension in Warrington, a 31-bedroom extension in Wigan, and a 21-bedroom…

PENISTONE GRAMMAR SCHOOL

24 July 2019

TRITON INSTRUCTED ON £2M EXTENSION TO GRAMMAR SCHOOL   Triton Construction has secured a contract worth £2 million to build a new extension at Penistone Grammar School in Barnsley. The overall investment by the local authority was for a two-phase project: 1.      Internal re-modelling that was completed in October 2018 to enable an additional 50 year 7 students to be accommodated in the 2018/19 academic year and as part of the long-term plan to accommodate a further 50 students year on year. 2.      A new two storey extension building linked by a walkway to the main school which will include…

TRITON “DROPS” INTO WOMENS TOUR OF BRITAIN

11 June 2019

Triton DROPS Team featured in the Women’s Tour de Yorkshire last month and are riding the Tour of Britain this week. Triton’s founder and chairman Michael Parkinson, a cycling fan, is married to Lisa Brambani, four-times national road and time trial champion and a silver medalist in the 1990 Commonwealth Games road race. Their daughter Abby Mae Parkinson is a former national junior road race Champion and rides for Team Drops. Drops is made up mainly of international-level riders who focus purely on road racing. Other team members include include World and Olympic track champion Elanor Barker, Great Britain riders…

NEW TRITON MD APPOINTED

23 May 2019

A new managing director has been appointed to lead Triton Construction, with Michael Parkinson becoming chairman. Paul Clarkson has been appointed to head up the business, which employs 80 people in Liversedge in West Yorkshire and Warrington. Triton founder Mike Parkinson becomes chairman and will lead other development interests for the company. Paul Clarkson was previously managing director at Britcon where he led for more than ten years. He previously worked alongside Michael Parkinson at ISG (formerly Totty). Mike Parkinson said: “I am thrilled that we have been able to bring Paul into the business after many years of pursuance.…

LIVERPOOL – TRAVELODGE OFFICIALLY OPENS

17 May 2019

Liverpool Edge Lane Travelodge was formerly opened by Luciana Berger, MP for Liverpool Wavertree today . It is the company’s 581st hotel and its 15th in Merseyside. The Triton team completely renovated the existing century old, four storeys building on the Innovation Park that was previously occupied by the prestigious Plessey’s and more recently Marconi before becoming vacant in 2006. Triton operated a seven days per week working schedule to completely strip out and refurbish the building and completed ahead of schedule, however further repair works were required after the reception area was destroyed by a disgruntled worker. Steve Bolton, North West…

DROPS TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA

15 May 2019

The Team has been announced for the 2019  AMGEN Tour of California Elinor Barker Megan Barker Anna Christian Lizzie Holden Joss Lowden Abby-Mae Parkinson Today they are racing in sunshine at the Amgen Tour of California, but just two weeks ago, they were tackling a wet and snowy Tour de Yorkshire. Everyone would like to wish all of them the best of luck over the next few days. Photographs courtesy of  Robert Noetzel     @yug_norka        

GROUND BREAKING NEW COMMUNITY CENTER FOR TRITON

3 May 2019

A new scheme for Triton got underway today as the first sod of grass was turned for the building of the new Beeston Village Community Centre. Cllr Angela Gabriel (Beeston & Holbeck) did the honours, helped by Pat McGeever, CEO of Health For All and Steven Gould from the National Lottery Community Fund. Representatives from community groups who have used the Centre and will be using the new two storey Community Centre in future together with Architect Andrew Croxall and  main contractor Triton were also present. The National Lottery Community Fund has contributed over £1.1m to cost of building the new two…

HANNAH WINS “BIG” AT LEEDS COLLEGE OF BUILDING

3 May 2019

We are delighted to announce Hannah Flaherty has won a BIG (Building Industry Greats ) award at Leeds College of Building for her hard work and commitment. Hannah is in her last year studying for HND Level 5 in Construction Built Environment. Hannah’s continued  commitment and hard working ethos is not only at College but on a day to day basis in the Estimating team  which has been reflected in her promotion from Trainee Estimator to Assistant Estimator at the beginning of the year. Justin Goodyear – Estimating Director for Triton stated ” we are all extremely proud of Hannah’s…

TRITON AT TOUR de YORKSHIRE

3 May 2019

Triton will be on location at the Stage 2 finish today at Bedale to support our DROPS cycling team who we proudly sponsor. One of the DROPS team paid us a visit yesterday to show off the team colours , thank you to Abby – Mae Parkinson for taking time out and good luck from everyone at Triton in todays race !