Inviron, the leading building services and facilities management provider, has secured £4m of new business throughout the North East of England, including projects in the education, healthcare and commercial sectors.

This excellent performance by Inviron's Building Systems, North East, division, has underlined its position as a leading contractor in the region.

Alan Crozier, General Manager of Building Systems, North East, based in Washington, commented: "Having secured and now completed a number of projects during the universities and college summer shut down period, we are now entering an exciting period of activity.

"This includes our project teams moving on to site at the two 11-storey office blocks at Baltic Quay, Gateshead, as well as providing the mechanical and electrical services, design and installation at a redevelopment of offices at East Quay 5 in Newcastle, and a similar role at Bowesfield Park Plot K in Stockton on Tees.

"The success in securing these prestigious and valuable contracts is down to our ability to recognise the needs of clients, the professionalism of our workforce, delivering projects on time and to budget and also developing long-term partnerships with clients and contractors alike."

Inviron's new contracts include:

• University of Sunderland. Inviron is installing mechanical and electrical services to the ground floor and replacing the boiler as part of the Gateway Building's refurbishment programme. Also on this Campus, Inviron is installing the mechanical services, which is part of the Murray Library refurbishment.

• Newcastle College. Inviron is providing the mechanical and electrical services for the refurbishment of the Mandela Building Photo Laboratories.

• University of Newcastle. Inviron will provide the electrical services installation to the refurbishment of a number of lecture theatres.

• University of Northumbria. Here, Inviron has a continuing presence on-site and new projects include upgrading the heating in blocks on the Coach Lane Campus and the Ellison Block.

• North Tyneside General Hospital. This work involves the complete mechanical and electrical services installation within the refurbishment of two wards at the hospital, the work is scheduled for completion in January 2008.

• Finally, other works secured within the Commercial Sector includes Gladman Developments placing further orders for mechanical and electrical services at Northumberland Business Park, Berwick Business Park, as well as at offices associated with planned distribution centres at Drum Industrial Estate, Chester-le-Street, County Durham.

Working with Mansell, Inviron has also secured the M&E services fit-out to Unit 6 on Spectrum Business Park, Dawdon, near Seaham.