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...

For some of our colleagues in the construction industry it may seem a little soon to be focussing on problems that arise out of recovery, but for those of us who have survived previous recessions, there certain situations which appear cyclical...

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...

We regularly encounter the same causes of damage to the same surfaces, the type of damage that happens so easily, usually resulting in a few choice words. We’ll be compiling a ‘top 5’ of the regular offenders in each issue...

Damage on a busy site is costly. Repairing rather than replacing can save money, time, landfill and most importantly your reputation. Big or small, ceramic or glass, metal, plastic, stone or wood – these are the top ten items we’ve repaired so far this year...

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...

While we were telling you about our new intake of trainee Fine Finishers in last week’s blog, our sales team were working flat out with the phone lines ringing virtually non-stop as new and existing clients called in needing our specialist...

Down the years, many man made objects have been referred to as the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’ because of their size or majestic appearance – the Taj Mahal, Sydney’s Opera House and, in its time, even the Crystal Palace used for the Great Exhibition of the Victorian era.

The bank holiday weekend saw your blogger and other members of Plastic Surgeon’s workforce get together at the Cromwell Arms – where all of the Fine Finishers stay when they’re training at our nearby headquarters – for an Eighties theme night. The landlord had hired a tribute band which not only hammered...