Press Releases
July 2010
Veitchi England keep the US Airforce Flying
Veitchi acting as Principal Contractor to Defence Estates recently completed the upgrade of a 3500m² aircraft engine maintenance hangar floor. The project included the removal of the existing floor finish by road planer and grinders, substrate repairs and application of a new state of the art BASF Mastertop resin floor finish inclusive of all floor joints and line marking. The project was completed to budget over an 18 week period working around operational UASF activities.
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July 2010
Veitchi England climbing the Ladder with Staffordshire Fire Brigade
Veitchi England have procured the contract to install the BASF Ucrete DP10 two colour polyurethane resin floor systems to ten new build PFI fire stations throughout Staffordshire. Working in conjunction with Thomas Vale, Stepnell Ltd and George Law Ltd Fire Support Teams, the flooring solution evolved through consultation at design stage to provide a durable slip resistant floor finish suitable for modern whole time and fast response fire station environments.
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July 2010
Veitchi England supporting Healthcare in Wales
Veitchi England have procured a combined resin and soft floor finishes fit out package for the new Cynon Valley Neighbourhood Hospital in Mountain Ash, Wales via Vinci Construction. The financial strength of the Veitchi Group enabled the successful procurement of this flagship project which includes some 13000m² of marmoleum/vinyl flooring along with 3000m² of Flowcrete Peran resin flooring throughout the whole project.
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May 2010
Veitchi Group awarded £9.3m of new contract work
The Veitchi Group have been awarded £9.3m of multi trade packages across three significant projects in Scotland.
The projects at Inverclyde Schools for Miller Construction, University of West of Scotland for Bovis and Dundee House council offices also for Bovis cover a wide range of the Group’s disciplines including SFS framing, internal partitioning, demountable partitions, floor finishes, screeds, acoustic sound stations, suspended ceilings and joinery work.
“Our commitment on quality and delivery and our ability to offer a packaged solution for our clients has been a significant factor in securing the above projects.”
Jim Young
Group Managing Director
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May 2010
Retirals after 70 years service
After a combined service of 70 years Sadie Munro and Anne Reid have retired from Veitchi Head office in Rutherglen. Sadie (44 years) and Anne (26 years) have been outstanding servants to the Group and are pictured here with the Head Office Administration team.
Image: Sadie in Purple, Anne in White
Sadie joined Veitchi in 1966, the year England won the world cup, yes that long ago, and Anne in 1984 the year of the miners’ strike. A celebratory lunch and presentation was held and the girls go with our sincere thanks for the massive efforts they have put in over the years.
We wish them both a long and happy retirement.
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May 2010
Veitchi commence £4.2m contract at New State Hospital, Carstairs
Veitchi Interiors are currently undertaking the SFS and partition works on Phase II of the redevelopment of the State Hospital in Carstairs.
These works for the new hospital will incorporate 140 high security bedrooms along with supplementary accommodation for patients requiring maximum care and attention.
Veitchi have been commissioned to design and construct the entire loadbearing superstructure, including the roof structure, for four buildings using SFS. The internal partitions and dry-lining which also form part of the Package have been designed to achieve the exacting security and safety requirements of the hospital.
This project is the largest of its type in Britain, incorporating 29,000m2 of SFS wall panels, and an SFS roof structure covering 12,000m2 on plan.
“The award of this contract has been the result of a long process of tendering, design and value engineering which has ultimately led to Veitchi being chosen in a very competitive process.”
Colin Kennedy
Managing Director
Client: |
The State Hospitals Board for Scotland |
Main Contractor: |
Skanska Construction UK Limited |
Architect: |
Macmon Chartered Architects |
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May 2010
Veitchi Complete Internal Fit Out Works at The New Bute School of Medicine, University of St Andrews
Veitchi Interiors have recently completed the £1.4 million internal fit out of The New Bute School of Medicine, University of St Andrews for Bovis Lend Lease Ltd. Please visit this Project here.
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April 2010
Veitchi Homes Complete Purchase of Development Site
Veitchi Homes Ltd are pleased to announce that they have completed the purchase of their first development site in Aberdeenshire. Situated on the southern edge of the town of Inverurie and within the village of Port Elphinstone, the one acre Greenfield site off of Mill Road will be the setting for three large executive detached homes. The house types designs are nearly finalised and will be unique to the Veitchi brand. It is hoped that construction work will commence during the summer once all necessary consents are obtained with the company planning to have the first house complete early in 2011.
Veitchi Homes Ltd Managing Director Raymond Tedeschi is delighted that the team have secured such a terrific development opportunity in the face of stiff competition from other developers. The strong location of this our first development and the quality of the product planned for the site will set the scene for the Veitchi Homes brand and establish a strong foothold in the local market place.
Our website will be updated very soon with more details on the development at Port Elphinstone.
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March 2010
Veitchi Group in Insider Magazine's Top 500 Companies
The Veitchi Group has once again proven to be a Company of significant standing within the Scottish Business community. In a further Insider Magazine Survey on the Scottish construction industry the Group attained a ranking of the 23rd best construction company in Scotland, a survey which includes the construction giants as well as house builders. In this survey Veitchi were the highest ranked construction industry sub contractor on the list.
See a a snap shot of the listings below:
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March 2010
Veitchi Complete Tour of Duty
Veitchi Industrial Flooring Ltd have recently completed works to a new defence base in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The works in Jubail on the Persian Gulf Coast involved laying our unique Veitchiguard Conductive Flooring product. Through careful planning the materials were manufactured and shipped several months prior to our skilled operatives flying out to complete the installation within the clients’ BAE Systems timescale.
Manufactured at Veitchi’s Glasgow HQ the Veitchiguard product has been used extensively by the Ministry of Defence and within the explosives industry for many years. The product leaves a level, durable, and most-importantly uniform conductive finish.
David Hepburn of Veitchi Industrial Flooring commented “The unique properties and safety of Veitchiguard mean it is the first choice flooring within the explosives industry. Our skilled operatives are far travelled, having completed installations in Cyprus, Gibraltar, The Falkland Islands and throughout the UK in recent years.”
February 2010
Veitchi Group in Insider Magazine's Top 500 Companies
The Veitchi Group has once again proven to be a Company of significant standing within the Scottish Business community. On the same page as giants such as RBS, HBOS, Miller Construction and Bovis Lend Lease the group attained a rank of 282nd in the Insider magazine’s survey of the Top 500 Scottish Companies.
Chairman Mr Alistair Rattray said:
“Although size is important to the Group we have always put emphasis on being a financially well run organisation and take pride in the fact that we have a balance sheet to match our ranking.”
See a a snap shot of the listings below:
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