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Delving Into The History – And New Basement – of Durham Cottage, Chelsea.

Delving Into The History – And New Basement – of Durham Cottage, Chelsea.
Posted on 28/05/2025

Built in 1850, for almost 2 decades it was the love nest of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh between 1937 and 1956. Being just 2,042 square foot in size, according to Zoopla, this cosy little cottage was sold in 2014 for just £6.8 million (apparently in totally unmodernised condition). But major works are now being…

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Brighton & Hove Albion Elite Football Performance Centre Pitch Replacement

Brighton & Hove Albion Elite Football Performance Centre Pitch Replacement
Posted on 15/05/2025

Brighton & Hove Albion FC’s state-of-the-art training and teaching facility, American Express Elite Football Performance Centre, is a Category One status training centre under the Premier League’s Elite Player Performance Plan. The facility includes 11 full and half size natural grass and artificial pitches, plus a half size covered indoor pitch, ensuring playing facilities are…

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Charleston Trust Festival Overflow Car Park

Charleston Trust Festival Overflow Car Park
Posted on 15/05/2025

Charleston Trust – 2025 Festival – Overflow Car Park Ground Protection The Charleston Trust is a charity set up in 1980 to restore and maintain the home of the Bloomsbury Group artists for the benefit of the public. The unique collection at Charleston is illustrative of the art and lifestyle of the influential Bloomsbury Group…

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Vacancy: Hire Desk Operations

Vacancy: Hire Desk Operations
Posted on 15/05/2025

Full Job Description Job Overview: Job Title: Hire Desk Operations Hours: 8am to 5pm, Monday-Friday (overtime available) Location: Recently built HQ, Henfield, West Sussex. Expected start date: TBC. Salary: Hourly – Rate dependant on experience Benefits: Working with an SME where you can make a difference. Company pension, free on-site parking. Who We Are: The…

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Vacancy: Welder Fabricator / Machinist

Posted on 13/05/2025

Full Job Description Job Overview: We are seeking a skilled Fabricator/Welder to join our Hire, Transport and Engineering business. The ideal candidate will possess a strong mechanical aptitude and be proficient in various welding techniques, including TIG welding. This role involves fabricating and assembling metal components to create high-quality products that meet our specifications. The…

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Vacancy: HGV + HIAB Driver

Posted on 13/05/2025

Full Job Description Job Summary HGV + HIAB Driver. Local & regional deliveries for construction, plant hire & infrastructure sectors. Expanding due to demand. HIAB experience essential. Plant experience helpful. Based from our new facility in Henfield, West Sussex. Job Type/Schedule: Job Type: Full-time. Schedule: 10 hour shift. Mon to Fri plus Weekends/nights are available….

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Instant Sporting Event Temporary Car Park on Very Boggy Ground

Instant Sporting Event Temporary Car Park on Very Boggy Ground
Posted on 08/04/2025

Photo courtesy of Rob Lines, South Downs Orienteers. The challenge When Mole Valley Orienteering Club approached us about ground protection mats at the Holmbush Estate near Horsham for the British Middle Distance Championships event in mid-March, we were happy to help. We met their mapper, Mike Elliot, on site to determine the right ground protection mat and layout on…

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Up, up and away

Up, up and away
Posted on 18/03/2025

There are many ways to attempt to lift a road plate, from hooks in corners, magnets and suction lifters, through to engineered solutions such as threaded holes for lifting eyes. Even the latter requires careful use and diligent and regular inspection in order to monitor threads used repeatedly in roadside environs. But honestly, if you’ve…

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Bogmat Focus

The Southdown team deliver and prepate to install a large section of Bogmats.
Posted on 21/02/2025

Bogmats, Ekki mats, timber mats – call them what you will. Despite the development of a raft – pun intended – of modern polymer, GRP and alloy systems, there’s something about solid lumps of timber bolted together with HT studding that will always have a low tech ruggedness that is hard to beat.  Especially where…

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20-tonne boiler exchange

One factory floor protected by a steel runway, courtesy of 15 anti-skid road plates
Posted on 14/02/2025

A regular client had a job calling for a 30 metre runway to cover a cracked and distressed boiler room service corridor in order to skate out a couple of heavy old boilers. To facilitate this we dispatched 15 pieces of 2m x 2m x 25mm anti-skid road plates, plus a teletruck and operator who…

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