Leading security and fire safety solutions provider for industry and businesses, Chubb Fire & Security Limited, has broken new ground with the opening of a high performance workspace in Blackburn.

The scheme is set to transform the company’s existing office campus in Blackburn into an integrates, advanced and suitable space for Chubb, along with UK affiliate firms Carrier Controls Limited and Otis Limited; showcasing the capabilities of all three brands.

Chubb operates under UTC Climate, Controls & Security, which is a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).

Chubb Fire & Security Managing Director, Alastair Reynolds, said that the opening of the new facility is an exciting event for the company.

Reynolds commented: “With this new building we are creating a safer, smarter and more sustainable environment that will be a great place for our employees to work, and an asset to the local community in terms of our efforts to blend in with the local environment, and also the investment in Blackburn.”

Barnfield Construction Contracts Director, Steve Riley, said that the firm is delighted to have secured the contract to construct the brand new 55,000 sq ft office space for a company as prestigious as Chubb.

He added: “The first of the three former buildings has already been demolished to make way for Chubb’s brand new facility.”

The project will see the three current Chubb buildings on the Shadsworth Business Park demolished, with employees relocated to a temporary site while the work is carried out.

The end result will be a modern, high performance building for the company’s hundreds of employees to conduct their work in information technology, finance, supply chain and customer service.

The site will also be used as the home for Chubb Community Care and Chubb Systems, which will include their engineering, development and research teams.