“Originally, we concentrated on landscape contracts which, more often than not, comprised a mixture of hard and soft elements to achieve the landscape architect’s wishes”
task with experienced operators.” 2009 has been a challenging year for CLS. The national growth in synthetic sports field construction, an area in which CLS specialises, had slowed since 2008. So, although in the past the company has been at ease and comfortable, offering a total package from design through to construction, with or without the inclusion of maintenance to both ‘all weather’ facilities and amenity sports areas, there has been no room for complacency. John explained “With the usual synthetic turf work not being as forthcoming from private customers, and the available projects increasingly diversifying away from Local Authorities, we have targeted other areas to develop. This has presented us with significant opportunities to work with the ‘blue chip’ multi-skilled companies such as Morgan Ashurst, Wilmot Dixon, Kier Northern, Laing O’Rourke, Carillion, Balfour Beatty, and BAM Construction. We have effortlessly expanded into the area of Civil Engineering which, very often,
incorporates many elements of the services we can offer, such as road, car park and footpath construction, bulk earthworks, highway crossings, asphalt base wearing course including specialised finishes.” “An interesting development of potential work that is both worthwhile, and one that we as a company would like to champion, is the ‘Building Schools for the Future’ programmes. We have obtained a significant amount of work from renovating existing sports facilities, or replacing with new, and take a keen interest in the ethos behind the Government’s push to encourage and redevelop sports facilities within the education system.” “This has a positive effect, not just on the stimulation of large scale construction and renovation projects but, ultimately, on the present and future generations of students and the wider community which benefit from the state of the art sports facilities available to them.” In order to promote the services and
skills CLS have to offer, February 2010 saw CLS exhibiting at the BSEC (Building Schools Exhibition and Conference) at Excel in London on the 24th and 25th. To comment on, or influence, the way an industry operates or is perceived, it is essential that you take an active role in the organisations set up to assist or monitor it. For this reason, CLS is not only a member of the major trade organisations, including SAPCA, CECA, BALI and the LDCA, but Contracts Manager, Andrew Earnshaw, is a representative for SAPCA and Stephen Miller, Projects Manager, is a representative for the LDCA. CLS also have many accreditations: ISO 9001- 2008, Construction Line Registered, CHAS Accredited, Members of the Considerate Contractors Scheme and Investors in People.
The biggest change for CLS in the past two years has been the radical overhaul of the plant hire operation to provide a comprehensive range of plant and equipment, available on either a self
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