On March 29th 2011, Plastic Surgeon hit the headlines in The Telegraph...

Plastic Surgeon is delighted to announce they have made the shortlist for finalists at the Construction News Awards 2011 – Best use of Technology Category...

We really can repair almost anything! The photos show a badly damaged hot tub which was expertly repaired by one of our finishers up in Scotland. Much cheaper and faster than having to replace it with a new hot tub, which is just as well for the customer, as the snow continues to fall and the temperature drops even lower.

In our research centre at Head Office we’ve recently developed a new improved stone repair system. This involves two stages, part one filling and part two coating...

Plastic Surgeon's IT Manager, Ross Gardner, outlines the benefits of cost savings analysis in the online reporting system, VisibilITy...

With the cost of airfares being taxed beyond affordability, and the tail end of the recession hitting the UK (plus, let’s not forget, poor exchange rates), many people decided to holiday at home this summer...

Everyone has an unusual tale to recount to other people about their working lives. Sharing those ‘funnies’ and strange situations we find ourselves in are part of what makes working life enjoyable...

As the IT ‘expert’ in our household (that is, I’m the only geeky one who likes to play with computers), I am constantly aware of internet/email security, even on my Mac, which is supposedly immune to attack from viruses...

Already recognised as the foremost specialist in executing repairs and snagging for the construction industry, Plastic Surgeon is continuing to expand its range of services through the development of new techniques and the purchase of sophisticated new equipment...

Plastic Surgeon is continuing to help its clients to reduce their landfill bills, saving them £104,208 in landfill taxes alone (excluding VAT) last year by preventing 78,925 items from going to waste thanks to its ‘don’t skip it, fix it’ policy...

FIND, the UK's most advanced online mapping website, has launched an exclusive London Building Heights map. This online map shows buildings with height points superimposed; just like spot heights traditionally shown on walking maps...

Fine finishing company, Plastic Surgeon Ltd, has been called in to rectify damage to internal building components at Link62 Data Centre, a huge warehouse facility which will be used to store digital information...
 

Plastic Surgeon's IT Manager Ross Gardner, reports on the latest IT developments to the bespoke Mobile Finisher software and the new VisibilITy online reporting system...

Working in the building and construction industry we need to constantly innovate to keep pace with the latest developments in interior and exterior surfaces. At our head office in Devon, our research centre is constantly developing new repair techniques...

The Link62 Data Centre is a huge warehouse facility, approximately the size of 12 football pitches which has been constructed by Laing O’Rourke. A large number of interlocking internal cladding panels with a highly reflective paint finish to the steel became damaged...

Plastic Surgeon were challenged to finish 40 10m tall lampposts to an exacting metallic finish. Clearly painting them using traditional hand techniques was not an option...

A recent assignment for Plastic Surgeon was caused by vandalism, where an intruder attacked four doors in a medical research building.

The contract focused on the new Biomedical Building at Strathclyde University...

While the Fine Finishers – as per usual – were plying their trade up and down the length of the country, back at the company’s head office, the company’s top trainer, Ian, was turning his attention to a rather different class of candidates.

 

An urgent repair carried out recently by a couple of our Fine Finishers at a hotel in the south west started me wondering about how our work ought to be classified. Basically rain had been getting through a car park deck into the swimming pool hall of the Derwent Hotel in Torquay; unfortunately causing some quite serious...

Watching television last night reminded me of why I love the English language so much, the reason being that it is so immensely adaptable. It can be ambiguous, saucy or ironic, as well as sarcastic or bitingly rude – it can be descriptive, poetic or political, while in law and medicine it has to be totally unequivocal.

Concerns about the health of the Prime Minister’s eyesight have led to a number of articles in the press over recent days, with some of the stories setting out to explain the way in which the human eye functions.

Much of the coverage concentrated on the occurrence of so called ‘cobweb’ tears in the retina and the effect on a person’s vision, but ignored this fragile filament’s

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