Directline
Structures wins prestigious award
Technal makes two new
Architectural aluminium glazing specialist, Technal, has made two new appointments to further strengthen its business development team. John Higgs is now Regional Sales Manager for the South. He takes responsibility for managing a team of territory managers for the area spanning from the Midlands to the South Coast, and including London.
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Andy Pearson has taken up the position of Business Development Manager – Main Contractors. In this role Andy will work closely with main contractors across the UK, setting up framework agreements. Technal, a Hydro Building Systems brand, continues to increase its market share in the UK year on year, and these new appointments will help meet current and future demand for its façade products. As part of its expansion, Technal has also recently launched a revolutionary new low rise glazing system. Ideal for education projects, MODAL is a rapid-build modular solution, which features a number of innovations to provide an unprecedented level of security, performance and thermal efficiency as standard, and reduced time on site.
www.technal.co.uk
A Kent-based building design and construction company has been voted a winner at this year’s prestigious London and South East Constructing Excellence Awards.
Directline Structures, which has been developing commercial steel buildings since 1988, won the SME category for the design and construction of its own new showpiece headquarters, Orbital House, on Ashford’s Orbital Business Park. It’s the first time Directline Structures has entered the Constructing Excellence Awards, which attracted hundreds of entries, including some of the biggest names in the construction industry. Presenting the award at a ceremony in London’s Mayfair on July 16, judge Jon de Souza praised Directline Structures for its ‘proactive approach to lean design and construction’, which he said was exemplified by the company’s new Ashford office.
Directline Structures’ managing director, Duncan Murray, said: “Designing our own building gave us the opportunity to practice what we preach and prove that a sustainable building can be cost effective, good looking and a pleasant place to work. Sustainability also results in lower running costs and enhances the long-term value of the building. We are very proud to win this award and it reflects well on our dedicated team.” Orbital House, a two-storey building covering 1,100sq m, boasts a number of environmentally friendly features, including
a rainwater harvester which utilises all water from the roof and stores it for flushing toilets, plus air source heating which keeps the building at a comfortable temperature to provide a good working environment.
Added Mr Murray: “Building Orbital House allowed us to really push the boundaries of innovative and sustainable design. The site we chose was a challenging shape and on a steep slope but we saw this as an opportunity rather than a problem.
“By putting all of our expertise, skill and experience into the design, we saved at least 20% in materials, generated a very small amount of waste, much of which was used as building material, and didn’t have to remove any earth from the site.” The Constructing Excellence Awards, now in their fourth year, have become one of the leading built environment awards in the UK. They are held annually across nine regions in recognition of professionalism, excellence and innovation within the construction industry.
Directline Structures will now join other regional winners to compete in the National Constructing Excellence Awards in November. The company is also a finalist in the Environment Awards for Kent Business 2010, the results of which will be announced in September.
www.directlinestructures.co.uk email:
info@directlinestructures.co.uk Tel: 01233 504770.
www.constructingexcellence.org.uk Andy is the inaugural ‘People’s Choice’ winner
Dickies innovative UK Worker of the Year programme has delivered the first recipient of its People’s Choice monthly award and it goes to mobile vehicle repair specialist Andy Rose.
Throughout June people were able to vote for everyone who had been nominated for the overall UK Worker of the Year competition during the previous month and hundreds of votes were cast. Andy Rose emerged as the person with the most votes at the end of the voting period (June 30th) and recently he came to local hardware experts Drews, who are one of the major Dickies stockists in Reading where he was duly presented with his voucher for £250 worth of Dickies clothing.
Up until 18 months ago, Andy had worked in the drinks industry, with a career that spanned almost twenty years.
Building & Facilities Management – Septmber 2010
Redundancy forced a total re-think of work and, having been impressed with a mobile Alloy Wheel Repair technician who had come to look at his car, Andy sensed an opportunity and opened his own mobile vehicle cosmetic repair business. This has proved to be a good move and business has progressed to the extent that Andy has now franchised his “refresh” brand to others to start up in the same industry.
He could not, however, hide his delight at being the first People’s Choice winner and was very impressed with the whole concept of UK Worker of the Year. “It’s great that Dickies are recognising people who make a difference to others through their work. And it’s also really gratifying that the scheme gives tradesmen like myself a chance to be recognised for what they do.”
The finalists for the main, UK
Worker of the Year competition will be chosen by a panel of expert judges after August 31st - with the winners being announced at “The Dickies” gala awards night at Pinewood Studios on October 29th. To vote for someone, please go to:
www.ukworkeroftheyear.com It’s also possible to join the Dickies UK Worker Of The Year 2010 on Facebook at:
www.facebook.com/group.php? gid=471870750219
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