Contractor to work with Highlands and Islands Enterprise over a four-year period

Rok, the maintenance and building services group, has won a framework contract worth 拢32m with the Highlands and Islands Enterprise, the Scottish government鈥檚 economic and community development agency.

Under the four year contract, Rok will undertake every stage of most of the enterprise鈥檚 building projects across the Highlands and Islands region, from design through to construction and completion, in conjunction with supply chain members.

Rok already has experience of working with the Highlands and Islands Enterprise, completing the 拢22m Centre for Health Science in Inverness, which provides academic and practical facilities to medical, nursing and dental students from the Universities of Stirling and Aberdeen, as well as UHI, the prospective University of the Highlands and Islands.

Garvis Snook, Rok鈥檚 chief executive, said: 鈥淏eing re-appointed to deliver the prime contractor framework underlines the high quality of our work and the strong relationship we have developed with the Highlands and Islands Enterprise. We look forward to continuing to work closely with HIE throughout the new framework contract鈥.