GPS Construction (Nottingham) Ltd was founded in Nottingham, in 1984, by Gordon P Smith, a bricklayer by trade. He started the company working alone with a £50 van. To date, the company now employs directly a 10 strong team and a multimillion-pound turnover, carrying out works across the East Midlands.
The company remains very much a family business, with three generations of the family now running the day-to-day management of the company. The founder's father, Don Smith, is part of the estimating team, and the founder's son, Adam Smith, is the director of the contracts management team.
GPS Construction is featured on the council's Top Contractors by value page and is currently listed at No 13. The company now carries out contracts ranging from £25k to £2million. The company are NHBC registered and approved by Constructionline.
GPS Construction have recently carried out a number of medium-sized construction projects in Nottinghamshire, a refurbishment to inham nook pavilion, valued at 100k +
Some of the latest projects for the company include a refurbishment to Bramcote leisure centre gym, Circa valuation around £250,000 and fire protection works to Newstead Abbey Park, Circa valuation around £100,000. The company also carry out adaptation works both on the public and private sector with and annual valuation of around £500,000.
The adaptation section for the company is headed by Dale Weightman, a contracts manager with over 25 years experience, not only in the construction industry as a whole but he is going to be celebrating his 25 years in the trade with one company, and that is GPS Construction.
GPS Construction have recently moved into new offices as part of their continued growth. The new offices are based at Ashbourne House, 49-51 Forest Road East, Nottingham, NG1 4HT