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Barr closes Solway steel plants

16 Jan 12 Barr has confirmed that it is closing its steelwork division, Solway Structural Steel, with the loss of 80 jobs.

Solway Steel is working on the 2014 Commonwealth Games pool
Solway Steel is working on the 2014 Commonwealth Games pool

Both plants in Creetown and Killoch are being closed.

The company blamed tough trading conditions in the construction sector.

Barr , but has taken little time to reach a conclusion. Staff are being consulted with a review to redeployment elsewhere across the group.

The decision to close came even as the company was at a critical stage on Tollcross Aquatic Centre's new extension for the 2014 Commonwealth Games swimming events. On 20 December Solway erected the main 78m-long 152-tonne steel truss that supports the roof. This box-section truss, fabricated at Creetown, was even larger than the one that Solway had previously delivered and lifted into place at Ryanair's maintenance hangar at Prestwick Airport.

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