Foremans Relocatable Building Systems has announced the appointment of Steve Docking as General Manager, as part of its ambitious expansion.
Foremans appoints General Manager
Steve joins Foremans after nearly 20 years with the Portakabin businesses. He has worked as a Hire Centre Manager in Sheffield and Nottingham and for the past five years he was Regional Hire
Manager with responsibility for five Portakabin hire centres in the Midlands. In his new role, he will help drive the Foremans business in the South of England, which includes setting up a new operational base in Hemel Hempstead. He will also assist in generating new business nationwide, with a particular focus on developing partnerships with main contractors involved in health, education and utilities projects, including ProCure21 and BSF/PCP. This will include applications for Foremans’ recycled and refurbished modular buildings for contractors’ project and design offices, and school and ward buildings for high quality interim, decant and permanent uses.
For further information about Foremans’ recycled building solutions, email
info@foremansbuildings.co.uk or visit
www.foremansbuildings.info.
Monthind Ltd continue growth
Contract cleaning provider Monthind Limited continues to expand and has announced the acquisition of Sanitec Cleaning Services of Norwich for an undisclosed sum. This follows the recent acquisition of B&G Services, an Ipswich based contract cleaning services company.
Colchester based Monthind Limited is East Anglia’s leading independent cleaning contractor and enjoys a long established reputation for delivering high levels of service to a broad range of clients in both the private and public sectors. The acquisition of Sanitec includes its portfolio of commercial clients in Norwich and the surrounding area, together with materials and vehicles and expands Monthind’s coverage in the region.
Sanitec is a family business providing a whole range of cleaning services encompassing daily office cleaning, retail, builders cleans and a portfolio of specialist cleaning services including window cleaning, carpet cleaning, PC and electronic cleaning.
Tony Clarke, Managing Director of Monthind Limited comments, “We are delighted that this significant acquisition includes the 170 Sanitec employees who have chosen to come with Monthind as we expand our operation. We firmly believe that a successful organisation is driven by the employees within it. The relationships our staff have with our clients and the pride they take in their work are key to the continued growth we have achieved and will continue to develop.”
L-R: Nick Scrivens, Sanitec; Tony Clarke, Monthind
The acquisition of Sanitec Cleaning Services brings Monthind Limited’s total workforce to in excess of 1000 employees. The Monthind service offering includes day to day cleaning for a wide range of premises such as commercial offices, manufacturing and warehouse sites, schools, transportation terminals, power stations and public sites. The company also has a Specialist Services division, which provides kitchen cleaning, high level cleaning, window cleaning, and other specialist work.
Sanitec was formed in 1997 by Nick Scrivens with an initial focus on specialist technical cleaning services which remains a key strength area within the range of cleaning services delivered. “We are delighted that Monthind has taken over the Sanitec business”, says Mr Scrivens. “Monthind has an excellent reputation in contract cleaning and I am pleased that the future of our employees will be secure and that our customers will continue to receive a high quality service. My family and I will work with Monthind over the next few months to ensure a smooth transition, before we move on to concentrate on our wedding limosine business and the management of Lenwade House Hotel, which we have recently purchased”.
www.monthindclean.co.uk
Memco’s Memcom Emergency Elevator Telephone Achieves Austrian TÜV Certification
Memco’s hugely successful Memcom elevator emergency telephone has achieved another milestone, achieving certification by the renowned TÜV AUSTRIA Group. One of Europe’s leading and most respected certification bodies, the TÜV AUSTRIA Group is a fully independent institution providing testing, accreditations and certifications to companies from across Europe. Its certifications are recognised worldwide as being of the highest standard. The Memcom was tested in collaboration with the ÖWD, the largest service centre for elevator emergency calls in Austria
www.notrufcervicecentre.at. As part of the certification process
Building & Facilities Management – October 2010
Memco’s ETR software was installed to monitor EN81-28* test calls and technical calls to check the battery, microphone and loudspeaker. Pressing the emergency button in the elevator cabin automatically connected the phone to the ÖWD service centre. A pre-recorded location message then identified the elevator location, allowing the call handler to effect a rescue. The Memcom incorporates a variety of features to make installation, setup and continued use as easy and simple as possible. An on-unit keypad, backlit LCD and microphone all help to ease programming of numbers and messages, and the MPS (Multi Point Station) accessory is suitable for the motor room,
pit and under-car locations instead of needing
different units for all three. The flexibility of the product means that it also fulfils EN81- 28 safety requirements across Europe. For more information about the TÜV AUSTRIA Group please see:
http://www.tuev.at/start/browse/ Webseiten/TUV Austria Services/Aufzugstechnik
*EN81-28 2004 requires that an elevator emergency telephone device is checked every 3 days or less by simulating an emergency call (automatic test), and that any battery supporting the system has a minimum of 1 hour of life.
www.memco.co.uk
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