Company updates

Contracts:-

MOD

Our demolition department is currently undertaking a second contract for the Ministry of Defence in Hounslow; this involves asbestos removal and demolition of the original guardroom for this establishment. We are very pleased to be able to continue our association in carrying out projects of this nature for the MOD.

Gasworks Lane

Our Groundworks division has secured a contract with Ringway Infrastructure Services at Gasworks Lane in Ashford to provide car parks and bases for a new stores building for Southern Gas Networks Plc. This is a 10-week contract and is due for completion at the end of May, 2010.

Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway

Our groundwork department has recently carried out a ‘bridge replacement over water’ for the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway. We were particularly pleased to be awarded this contract and be involved with the continued upkeep of this major tourist attraction in the South East. This contract was particularly complex due to the regulations surrounding work on railways and was subject to a strict 3-week shutdown on the line, but even allowing for these complexities our Groundworks team excelled themselves and managed to complete the project well within the allotted rail closure time. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway for using our services and would like to wish them every success for this coming season and the future.

New Addition:-

We have just placed an order for a new specialist 13T excavator for our demolition division which is due for delivery in April. This shows our continued commitment to the demolition department after a very successful years trading.

Forthcoming Contracts:-

Our groundwork department has recently secured a contract for the Ministry of Defence to build a new assault course at Crowborough Army Camp; this project is the latest of several schemes that we have carried out at various army facilities throughout the south in the last two years. This project is due to be completed by the end of February 2010.

Openings: Deal & New Romney

On Saturday 16th January opening parties were held at the Deal and Hawkinge surgeries that we have recently constructed for Pennypot Dental. The local mayor was on hand to carry out the official opening and a very pleasant day was had by everyone who attended. Allowing for very challenging conditions and poor weather at the tail end of 2009 both of these projects came in on time and opened to the first patients on Wednesday 20th January. We would once again like to take this opportunity to wish Mr. & Mrs. Patel and everyone at Pennypot Dental every success for the future.

On Saturday 28th November we held a joint opening party with Pennypot Dental to celebrate the completion of the new practice we have constructed for them at Littlestone Road, New Romney. Shepway MP Michael Howard conducted the opening ceremony for the building which is now open for both NHS and private patients. This contract was a 15 week programme, which came in on time despite the many variations to the original contract and is already being acclaimed as one of the best dental practices in the area by the various regulatory authorities. We would like to take this opportunity to wish Dr. & Mrs. Patel of Pennypot Dental every success with this new practice and the two others that are shortly to follow in the New Year.

DEMOLITION

Brook Education Centre - The demolition department has been awarded the contract to demolish the hydrotherapy pool and associated buildings at the Education Centre for Kent County Council, to make way for the creation of a new car park which is being constructed by our parent company ‘Walker Construction (UK) Limited’.

Encombe - A local developer has instructed us to carry out the demolition of a house at Encombe in Sandgate along with associated groundworks for the construction of three new town houses. This project is due for completion December, 2009.

WASTE

Our waste disposal department is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract by Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald to supply skips and waste disposal for all of its depots on the Area 4 contract, this is a continuation of the contract we have carried out for the previous seven years for InterRoute Services Ltd.

Two further dental practices.

We have entered into a contract with Pennypot Dental to re-furbish two further buildings into new dental practices, one at Canterbury Road, Hawkinge and the second being in Dover Road, Walmer. They are both 14-week build programmes and, in line with the new Littlestone Surgery will both be available to NHS and private patients. Both of these surgeries are due for completion Christmas 2009.

Signal Box

We have been awarded a contract by Carillion Rail for the asbestos removal and demolition of the redundant signal box adjacent to the old Betteshanger Colliery. These works are of a complex nature and need to be carried out during a rail possession of 48 hours over a weekend period. Various other works are taking place during this possession as part of a major upgrade to the line meaning that organization and timing are a key challenge to our staff on this project.

New Dental Practice.

We are pleased to announce that our groundworks division has been awarded the contract to refurbish an empty building in Littlestone Road, New Romney into a new dental practice for Pennypot Dental Practice of Hythe. The project includes the creation of five new surgeries and will be available to both NHS and private patients. It is a 15-week build program, due for completion at the end of November 2009.

Old High Street, Folkestone.

Our demolition department has been awarded a contract by Jenner Contractors Ltd., for the partial demolition of a shop in The Old High Street at Folkestone. This property is to be rebuilt for the Creative Foundation as part of Folkestone’s new creative quarter. This is the first project that we have been involved in for the creative quarter and we are very pleased to be able to be associated with this wonderful scheme to regenerate part of Folkestone.

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