All 黑洞社区 articles in Specialist Contractor Awards 2005
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FeaturesStructural specialist of the year
Billington has a reputation within the construction community as one of the most advanced subcontractors around.
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FeaturesM&E specialist of the year
WinnerSmoke Control ServicesThe smoke ventilation expert is a minnow compared with the other companies on the shortlist, but it has to be one of the best bosses in south Wales. Each of its 18 employees gets a personal development plan, job-specific and customer services training. On top of that, engineers ...
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FeaturesSite services specialist of the year
In 1962, Jack and Noreen Coleman started a tiny demolition and excavation company.
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FeaturesRoofing specialist of the year
With a whopping 90% of its work repeat business, Prater has almost as many fans as Arsenal, whose glamorous Emirates stadium it is working on.
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FeaturesPiling specialist of the year
History has repeated itself. Last year鈥檚 winner of this category 鈥� and the overall title of best subcontractor in the UK 鈥� has done it again.
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FeaturesPersonality of the year
Anyone who has met or talked with Keith Blanshard, aka The Modular Man, is likely to have detected his passion for off-site construction.
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FeaturesOff-site specialist of the year
When Moho, Urban Splash鈥檚 swanky Manchester housing development, was unveiled earlier this year, it proved that volumetric housing developments could be, well, swanky.
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FeaturesLook at me!
Want to grab a client鈥檚 attention? And keep it? In an fiercly competitive market, you have to offer something extra if you are going to win that juicy contract. Mark Leftly looks at the increasingly inventive ways companies are pitching for work and talks to clients about what they look ...
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FeaturesInnovation of the year
Coleman鈥檚 second category win of the evening was gained by a simple idea: washing the spoil dug up by its excavation business and recycling it.
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FeaturesHidden talents
Specialist contractors have the skills that can make or break a project, yet they are still overlooked by those higher up the supply chain. Now, according to new research, the industry 鈥� and particularly the design sector 鈥� is starting to realise the benefits of tapping into specialist knowledge.
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FeaturesFlooring specialist of the year
WinnerTwintecA runner-up last year, Twintec has clinched the gold medal this time thanks to an 83% leap in turnover to 拢18m and its status as a world leader in the production of steel-fibre-reinforced concrete floor slabs. It is not resting on its laurels, though, but investing 拢45,000 in research to ...
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FeaturesDecoration specialist of the year
It sounds like Mission Impossible: roll out 150 driving test centres in locations from Stornoway to Penzance in 16 weeks.
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FeaturesClient of the year
You 鈥� the specialists 鈥� picked Stanhope for this award, and no wonder: it is one of the country鈥檚 most high profile clients, having developed more than 12 million ft2 of workspace over the past 20 years, including offices for the HM Treasury and the London Stock Exchange.
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FeaturesCladding specialist of the year
It鈥檚 been quite a year for Lakesmere: turnover rose 43% to 拢27m and profit almost doubled to 拢886,900.
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FeaturesTraining award
The fact that Eastbourne-based ductwork contractor Hotchkiss has archives that record taking 鈥淔rederick George Scarlett as an apprentice for a term of four years from the 20th day of January 1911 to the 20th day of January 1915鈥� gives an indication of its longstanding commitment to training.
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