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Lucas tops quality league table at 22 Bishopsgate
10th June 2019
The Lucas team working at the 62-storey building Twentytwo, at 22 Bishopsgate in the City of London, has topped the contractors quality league table just weeks after being named top of the Health and Safety table at the same site. Lucas site manager Ivan Gazavov and the team are producing top quality, snag-free finishes to the shell and core, basement and back of house areas, and specialist coatings in the car park and on metal staircases and fire escapes throughout the building.
Read moreLucas partners with German software specialist
22nd May 2019
Lucas has forged a partnership with the German construction project management software specialist Sablono that will enhance substantially the Lucas site app and our paperless management systems.
Read moreDanny Lucas joins AkzoNobel judging panel for Paint the Future start up challenge 2019
20th May 2019
Danny Lucas joined a nine-strong panel of expert judges for this year’s AkzoNobel challenge for new start-ups as part of the company’s Paint the Future programme. The international paint giant, whose brands include Dulux, holds a challenge for new companies wanting to collaborate in paints and coatings technologies to harness new ideas and help develop them into commercial realities.
Read moreRepeat triumph for Lucas at the National Technology Awards
18th May 2019
Lucas has won the Manufacturing and Construction Technology category of the National Technology Awards 2019 for the second year running. This national award was only extended two years ago to cover our industry, so it is especially thrilling that Lucas is its only winner to date. We received this accolade last night at a gala dinner to announce the awards at the London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square in Central London.
Read moreThe Lucas Show Officially Launches
13th May 2019
We are pleased to announce, The Lucas Show has finally launched and our first guests are Marianne Shillingford the Creative Director for Dulux and Ted Szuman, Head of Innovation at AkzoNobel. In this first show we share, how through our partnership with AkzoNobel Dulux, we are helping to create the future of paint and colour using digital tools and innovation.
Read moreLucas Top of Safety League at 22 Bishopsgate
30th April 2019
Lucas are proud to have been recognised at the very top of the Contractor Performance League Table from Multiplex, the main contractors, at the prestigious 22 Bishopsgate site. The recognition highlighted the excellent efforts of Lucas manager Ivan Gavazov and the team, the Lucas Team App as an innovative new way of conducting training on site, the excellent presentation and housekeeping of the Lucas operatives, the pro-active approach to health & safety processes and very diligent near-miss reporting from the entire team.
Read moreTraining up our mental health first aiders
18th April 2019
A team of senior Lucas managers has completed a two-day training course with Mental Health First Aid England to become qualified first aiders with skills to spot the signs of mental health issues among colleagues in the workplace and provide effective further support. The initiative is part of Lucas’s continuing mental health awareness campaign and our support for the construction industry’s own “Building Mental Health” initiative.
Read moreLucas – performance beyond compliance
16th April 2019
Lucas has completed its first year membership of the Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) and has been presented with a “Performance Beyond Compliance” award by the CCS. The scheme’s monitors visited Lucas out on site during the 12 months to March and found we excelled in each of the scheme’s five key areas of concern – care about appearance, respect for the community, protection of the environment, securing the safety of our colleagues, and valuing our workforce.
Read moreLucas shortlisted for two KEiBA 2019 awards
3rd April 2019
Lucas is proud to learn that we have been shortlisted for two Kent Excellence in Business Awards (KEiBA) this year. The judges have shortlisted us for their Commitment to the Environment Award, impressed by the high standards we maintain for environmental excellence throughout our business. These include our membership of internationally recognised schemes and our adherence to their stringent demands, our reductions in wastage, our development of Lucas Breathe, and our “lean” operating standards.
Read moreLucas wins Construction News award for Finishing and Fit Out
28th March 2019
Lucas is absolutely delighted to have won the Construction News Specialist Award 2019 in the category of Finishing and Fit Out. We have been deemed by experienced construction industry professionals to be the best in the sector for our achievements during the last 12 months and the great projects we’ve started and completed. We would like to think our continual development and introduction of new technologies to our operations, which saw us win the National Technology Award last year for manufacturing and construction, also counted in our favour.
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