FACADE HOISTS - Permanent Access Equipment

NEWS

2nd August 2010

Facade Hoists is pleased to announce it has successfully gained Constructionline accreditation. Meeting the health and safety standards required for accreditation demonstrates the company’s commitment to achieving the highest levels of good health and safety practices.

Constructionline is a UK register of pre-qualified construction and construction-related suppliers. It is owned and endorsed by the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform. The assessment was based upon various aspects of the company such as health and safety, financial position, training, insurance levels, quality accreditation as well as a selection of references from their customers.

15th July 2010

We are delighted to confirm that Facade Access Tech FACT will be representing Facade Hoists in India. Facade Access Tech has its head office and manufacturing facilities at Nashik Maharashtra India which is around 180 km north east of Mumbai.

If you require further details please follow the link http://facadeaccesstech.com

8th July 2010

Thanks to Direct Access Supplies we have two new Mobile Elevated Work Platforms in our factory to help with the safe assemble and manufacture of our equipment. As the demand for bigger machines increases we needed to provide safe access for engineer’s during the manufacturing process. We are currently assembling a machine which exceeds 40m in length and 4m high.

27th May 2010

Facade Hoists has successfully completed the annual audit by SAFE contractor. The scheme is designed to help health and safety practice amongst UK contractors.

Under the SAFE contractor system, businesses undergo a vetting process, which examines health and safety procedures and their track record for safety practice, which is accessible to registered users via the website www.safecontractor.com.

Over 100 major nationwide businesses, from several key sectors, have signed up to use the scheme when selecting contractors for services such as building, cleaning, maintenance, refurbishment or electrical and mechanical work.

19th May 2010

We are delighted to confirm that Vaptec will be representing Facade Hoists in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman.

VAPTEC LLC is a company established with the head office in Dubai, UAE by a group of professionals with a decade of experience in BMU (Building Maintenance Units) and EOT CRANES Design, Manufacture, Assembly, Supply, Erection, Commissioning and Maintenance.

If you require any details please follow this link http://vaptec.com/services.html or see our "Links" page.

28th April 2010

Facade Hoists has completed an audit by Achilles. We have successfully gained for the 2nd year Certification of the BuildingConfidence Accreditation.

Achilles works to identify, qualify, evaluate, and monitor suppliers on behalf of major organisations worldwide. Achilles build and support buyer-supplier communities in many industry sectors, creating unique and powerful global networks. Achilles services for sustainable procurement help create opportunities for business and reduce risk in the supply chain. Customers of Achilles include Bovis LL, Skanska, Carillion,

13th April

This was the last delivery of our systems to a large west London project. This arty picture captured by one of the site team.

We have been confirmed for two further projects in 2011. One project with our partner in Ireland Skyway for three systems. The second project is in london for a college building. Delivery for both is early 2011.

New PDF links are being added to our "LINKS" page. The first are sales sheets for our Type H power machine and the type B power trolleys. Feedback more than welcome??.

17th February

In the last month we have officially signed a contract for a project in The West end of London and just been confirmed for a project in North london, Facade Hoists will be suppliying an H series BMU. The H series was developed last year as a compact BMU for buildings upto 100m high and requiring a jib reach of 2m.

More snow on the way!! We managed to keep going through the snow and here's a nice picture of the factory.

4th January 2010

Happy 2010 from all at Facade Hoists.

After many many years of service and leading Facade Hoists, we said farewell to Dave Hill and wish him the best for the future. Dave started work with Facade Hoists in the "good old days" back in 1978, originating from Gascoigne Gush and Dent in Keynsham, Bristol. Dave was Technical Director at Facade Hoists, implementing new developments over the years. Dave has been a major part and contributor to SAEMA, BSI and more recently helping to develop the NVQ for cradle engineers.

Dave Hill's last day with Facade Hoists office employees, past and present.

25th November 2009

During this recession period we have noticed a slight decline in our workload forecast, although we have been fortunate in that we have not had to reduce our head count.

On a positive note, this has given us time to develop our products further and, after two very busy years, we are pleased to have implemented some technical developments. This month our first two H series BMU's have been tested and we are waiting to deliver these to site before the New Year.

The H series BMU's are compact machines with a multi-lay hoist drum and we hope that this will prove to be a good product for replacement projects, new builds and exports. The BMU itself can have three different base configurations and the current models are trackless (see photo in BMU section).

Our design team are busy setting up their revised CAD system, and we look forward to seeing more new products during the coming year.

This month we have firmed up two new projects, one in Scotland and the other in London. Both are due for delivery mid to late 2010.

Early 2010 will see the delivery of two systems to the Republic of Ireland and we will be working on two large projects in the centre of London.

11^th September 2009

Facade Hoists has again acheived Contractor Plus status.

Facade Management have passed the CITB Site Managers Safety training scheme. Congratulations to all.

31^st July 2009

During the last month, we have successfully been awarded contracts to supply 2-off trackless BMU and 3 full power BMU for projects in London to be delivered and installed Autumn 2009. For 2010 we have been selected to supply a 25m telescopic BMU for a hospital project in London, UK. In 2011 we will delivery various access systems for a large hospital project in Northern Ireland.

22^nd July 2009

A "new look "Facade Hoists website was launched on 22/07/2009, with a more up-to-date design and improved structure.

"The growing importance of e-communications means that it is essential for us to have a cutting edge website. The clear and dynamic image presented by the site supports and demonstrates the way we want to engage with all our clients in the future."

Special thanks, to Stephen Cox

8^th April 2009

Facade Hoists has completed a 2 day audit by Achilles. We have successfully gained Certification of the BuildingConfidence Accreditation.

buildingconfidence

BuildingConfidence is a supplier pre-qualification and accreditation service for the UK construction industry. Suppliers are using the service to:

Win new business
Monitor and improve performance in key areas such as, H&S, environment, quality and sustainability
Reduce the need to pre-qualify for multiple clients and projects
Demonstrate corporate social responsibility

www.achilles.com

23^rd March 2009

Facade Hoists has successfully completed the annual audit by SAFE contractor. The scheme is designed to help health and safety practice amongst UK contractors.