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Lucas passes three million hours safe working milestone
4th February 2020
Lucas is immensely proud to announce that we have now passed three million hours of safe working without a reportable accident or incident. Health and safety is an absolute priority at Lucas. It is embedded in our culture across the company and on all our operational sites. It is now five and a half years since we reported a RIDDOR incident to the Health and Safety Executive.
Read moreLucas scoops central London super fit out project
18th January 2020
Lucas has been appointed the principal contractor for a super fit out project in central London. This means the Lucas fit out team will once again take full responsibility for the management and delivery of an important London fit out and finishing development. The new project is at Princes House, Kingsway in central London between Holborn and the Strand. The grand 1920s neo-classical building is currently occupied on levels 5-7 with existing apartments.
Read moreLucas Shortlisted for Construction News Specialist Awards
25th November 2019
Lucas is delighted to learn that we have been shortlisted in three categories of the Construction News Specialists Awards 2020. The shortlistings include the Finishing and Fit Out Specialist of the Year, which is the award we won last year, the first time this category was recognised in the specialists awards.
Read moreNow Lucas top scores for environmental performance at 22 Bishopsgate
12th November 2019
Lucas has won the November “Robin Award” for best environmental performance at the 62-storey building Twentytwo, at 22 Bishopsgate in the City of London. The award reflects a 100% score and comes after the Lucas team also topped the contractors’ quality league table and the Health and Safety table at the same site earlier this year.
Read moreLucas Tops Health & Safety League at Southbank Place
22nd October 2019
Lucas teams deployed at Southbank Place have topped the league for safe working on this huge development site in Central London between Waterloo Station and the River Thames. Lucas places the highest priority on the safety of its operatives out on site, with the Lucas Site App and Lucas Team App playing a major part in our safe working culture.
Read moreLucas awarded 4.5 star rating by the Considerate Constructors Scheme
14th October 2019
Lucas has pushed on up to a 4.5 star rating awarded by the Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS), up from a 4 star rating achieved in our first year membership of the scheme last year. The scheme’s monitors visited Lucas headquarters and two of our sites on the Greenwich Peninsula and at Battersea Power Station. They comprehensively score in five key areas – care about appearance, respect for the community, protection of the environment, securing the safety of colleagues, and valuing our workforce.
Read moreTour the world of Lucas
2nd October 2019
Lucas issues a warm welcome to visitors to its Wrotham HQ with the launch of a tour programme specially assembled for clients, designers, architects, specifiers and construction professionals. The tour opens up a world of possibilities in fit out and finishing. The ground-breaking Lucas Innovation Centre showcases a wealth of colours and textured surfaces and features the launch of a new generation of exciting coatings and finishes.
Read moreLucas holds inaugural quarterly awards
26th September 2019
Lucas last night held its first quarterly awards aimed at maintaining the highest levels of safety, quality, innovation and lean working throughout the company. Senior construction manager Justas Januscevicius won the top “Pushing Boundaries” award. Justas was praised for going above and beyond the call of duty, for always being available to clients, for bringing new ideas to the table and putting feedback into action.
Read moreStarring role in the US for the Lucas Profinish brush
20th September 2019
Lucas has fulfilled its largest ever order for the Profinish brush following a global search by the Journeyman and Apprentices Association of America for the perfect professional gift for graduating student painting apprentices. The call came through from Jed Hartley who runs the Regional Training Center for the Association covering Oregon and South West Washington.
Read moreNew 3D printing laboratory comes on stream
13th September 2019
The first fruits of Lucas’s investment in the latest 3D printing technologies are now apparent with two early important commissions. Our collaboration with global 3D printing specialist Stratasys gives us rapid prototyping capabilities to produce bespoke components, design new elements, solve on-site construction problems and prevent project delays.
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