People
we employ from our local area and value our team.
About Us
About Us
Built on experience. Focused on your project.
Albion Workplace Solutions is an established refurbishment and fit-out contractor serving organisations across South Wales.
Since 1987, we have helped clients improve their buildings, adapt their workplaces and make better use of their space. Today, we deliver projects across education, commercial offices, public buildings, leisure, manufacturing and industrial environments.
Our work ranges from individual improvements to complete building refurbishments, combining experienced management, skilled trades and specialist contractors.
About Us
Our story
Albion was founded in 1987 by Steve Freili as a specialist demountable partitioning contractor, based on Albion Industrial Estate at the former Albion Mine in Cilfynydd.
Steve built the business through practical knowledge, quality workmanship and lasting client relationships. Over the following decades, Albion expanded its services from partitioning and internal works to larger refurbishment and fit-out projects.
That progression has included the refurbishment of Oldway House in Porth, the University of South Wales Newport Campus redevelopment and the £2.5 million refurbishment of RCT’s Ty Elai headquarters.
While the scale and scope of our work have grown, the principles behind the business remain the same: understand the requirement, take responsibility and deliver work we can be proud of.
Albion today
Led by Managing Director Damien Freili, Albion combines the values of an established family business with a practical approach to modern project delivery.
Having spent nearly 20 years with the company before completing a management buyout in 2025, Damien brings a detailed understanding of Albion’s clients, people and operations.
Steve remains involved, contributing his experience and supporting the team.
Our directly employed tradespeople work alongside an established network of specialist subcontractors. This gives us the flexibility to bring together the skills each project requires, supported by site management, health and safety oversight and office coordination.
We work both directly with clients and alongside surveyors, architects, project managers and other consultants.
Milestones
These are the important milestones we have achieved over the last 40 years
Albion Workplace Solutions was founded by Steve Freili in 1987.
in 1995 we moved to our own unit at Treforest Industrial Estate.
Albion House developed as a company base and commercial property.
Navigated a difficult period for the construction industry and South Wales economy.
Oldway House became Albion's largest RCT project at the time (£650k).
Delivered the £500k University of South Wales Newport Campus redevelopment.
Delivered the £2.5m RCT Ty Elai headquarters refurbishment, Albion's largest project to date.
Management buyout completed, beginning the next chapter of Albion.
Our Values
Quality
we take pride in producing high standards of work environments.
Relationships
we aim to create long-term working relationships rather than one-off projects.
Consistency
clients should know what to expect from Albion.
Practicality
we focus on workable solutions and clear communication.
Community
we are proud to work for local companies and authorities and improve environments used by local communities.
Our Approach
We believe successful projects come from understanding the client’s requirements, planning carefully, communicating clearly and taking responsibility for the finished result.
Understand the requirement
Plan the works and programme
Coordinate people, materials and specialist contractors
Communicate throughout the project
Manage safety and quality
Solve problems early
Deliver and hand over to the required standard
How we deliver
Successful refurbishment requires careful coordination of the building, the people carrying out the work and the people who use it.
We take time to understand the client’s priorities, the condition of the existing premises and any operational constraints. From there, we plan the programme, coordinate procurement and organise the trades and specialist contractors needed.
Throughout the works, we maintain communication with the client and project team, review progress and raise issues early. Where requirements change, we discuss the implications for scope, cost and programme so that informed decisions can be made.
How we deliver
Our involvement continues through inspections, testing, commissioning and the preparation of relevant handover information.
Many of our projects take place in buildings that remain in use or must reopen by a fixed date.
Our experience includes school holiday programmes, phased office refurbishments, operational leisure facilities and works within industrial premises.
We plan around access, deliveries, building users and the separation of construction activities, agreeing arrangements with the client to manage disruption.
Relationships that last.
We are proud of the relationships we have built with clients, consultants and our supply chain across South Wales.
For Albion, a successful project means delivering a finished space that meets the client’s needs and earning their confidence to work with us again.
