The phones were ringing almost non-stop here on Friday at the Plastic Surgeon, with both new and existing clients wanting the services of our Fine Finishers. But it was only as business was finishing for the day that our sales team realised it had been a busier day than any other, and that a landmark had been reached.

As a specialist in the repair of building components, Plastic Surgeon and its Fine Finishers all too frequently come across the damage caused to high quality products due to the everyday passage of personnel and equipment around construction sites as programmes progress: effectively nullifying all the effort...

24housing has launched its Retrofit Best Practise Campaign and Award 2010 and, as is traditionally the case, it is the social housing sector that will be leading the movement to tackle the eco-refurbishment of old homes. The rest of us will hopefully respond with some innovative, cost-effective and planet-saving projects across the UK.

The gradual recovery in construction, as well as the need to replace personnel lost through natural wastage, sees six new trainees begin their induction course with us at Plastic Surgeon this week; continuing a planned recruitment campaign that has taken Laurie King, National Operations Manager, to all parts of the country.

The English language is, we are regularly told, a living entity. This is the basis for the annual debate regarding which piece of text speak, new acronym or trans-Atlantic TV script should be included in the updated Oxford English Dictionary. What is also interesting about the way our vocabulary has developed down...

As a specialist in the cosmetic repair of damaged building components, Plastic Surgeon’s bespoke services can often seem like a lifesaver to our clients when there are deadlines to be met, or the replacement of some item is just to complex to consider. On one job our Fine Finishers have tackled this month, though...

Following on from last week’s blog about how we keep a constant watch on what new products or finishes are being brought out, in case we ever have to repair them, Plastic Surgeon can report that Ecobuild appears to have been a resounding success; with lots of indications that both confidence and activity...

Ecobuild is arguably the construction industry’s most important show these days and there will be thousands of professionals making their way to Earls Court this week, looking to learn about the latest technologies for the built environment.

It has come to our attention at Plastic Surgeon just how much time, money and effort the construction industry is putting in to recycling components such as PVC-U windows and doors, with the whole process largely being driven by onerous Government legislation imposing financial penalties for failure.

If you are an avid fan of TV’s medical dramas like Holby City and Casualty, or just someone who takes notice of the national news, you cannot fail to have realised that the cleanliness and general state of repair in our hospitals is a major talking point.