Castle Building & Construction Limited - Building, electrical, plumbing & heating - Bridport, Dorset, South-West.

Andrew Young

Managing Director

Andrew Young has over 35 years experience in the building trade and has built in excess of 1,000 houses, varying from one bedroom starter homes, to five bedroom luxury houses, to various offices and public buildings.

Andrew is the main customer contact for all jobs, ensuring the smooth operation and management of all works undertaken. Liaising with other professionals and suppliers, he ensures that every job is thoroughly prepared and planned for, organised and monitored for a smooth customer experience.

Andrew works with the Finance Director and his team to get the most competitive prices from suppliers; develop schedules of work that ensure the most cost effective and time efficient use of tradesmen, and personally monitors the quality of work at all stages of project completion. This attention to detail means that we can pass these savings directly to the customer.

Andrew is highly respected in the industry, sitting on various industry advisory panels.

Dr Julie Young

Director of Finance, H&S, Marketing and Training

A major aspect of Julie's role has been to develop the training and professional development profile of the company, resulting in our tradesmen qualifying and expanding their skills and knowledge through individual Continuous Professional Development programmes. We have always been committed to training our next generation and currently have three apprentices.

Health & Safety is of great importance to Castle Building and Julie has implemented an extensive H&S system that is tailored to every new job. All staff have regular Health & Safety update sessions and training to ensure that the safety of customers, the workforce and the public are at the forefront of all work undertaken.

Paul Craddock

Operational Manage Head of Electrical and Plumbing

Paul leads the Electrical and Plumbing divisions and is a qualified NICEIC electrical contractor. WIth many years experience of both domestic and commercial installations Paul is able to understand customer requirements, from simple testing and fault detection to the design of complex electrical and heating systems.

Administration Team

Company Secretary Margaret Bond and Karen Huxter (Head of Accounts) work in the 'engine room', making sure that the Management team and the Trades' Teams have all the information and materials they need to work effectively day to day.

As well as being an integral part of all Castle Building projects, Castle Electrical and Castle Plumbing undertake much independent work and are happy to quote for works, however large or small, including emergency call-out work. Paul leads a team who are all qualified and registered to practice and who are experienced in aspects of work including alarms, CCTV installation, media installations and renewable energy technology.