Ductclean (UK) Ltd awarded the RoSPA Gold Award for the7th consecutive year

Ductclean (UK) Ltd is celebrating winning one of the prestigious RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards in 2011.

 

The Gold Medal (7 consecutive Gold’s) award was presented at a ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) on Thursday May 18th, the ceremony was alongside Safety & Health Expo 2011, Europe’s leading annual health and safety exhibition.

 

The RoSPA Awards scheme is not only about reducing the number of accidents and causes of ill-health at work; it also encourages organisations to develop robust health and safety management systems.

 

David Rawlins, RoSPA’s awards manager, said: “Ductclean (UK) Ltd has shown a commitment to protecting the health and well-being of its employees and others. Organisations which do this deserve to have such dedication recognised and that’s where the RoSPA Awards come in”.

“As well as there being clear ethical reasons and legal requirements for good health and safety management, there is also a strong business case. RoSPA is delighted to publicly honour organisations which have demonstrated their work to improve performance in this sphere”.

Nigel Jones, Managing Director of Ductclean (UK) Ltd, said “I would like to say well done and thank you to everyone for their efforts and commitment to health & safety over the past years. This award would not have been achievable without this commitment”.

 

6 Ordinary Men doing Extraordinary Things

Ductclean (UK) Ltd are proud to be one of the sponsors for the North Pole Expedition 2012. Brian Amos, Nigel Warwick, Andrew Taylor, Alex Parker, Paul Taroni and John Donovan are aiming at a target of raising £250, 000 for the children’s medical research charity, Spark, and are funding the trip themselves.

 

In the UK around 700,000 babies are born every year. Sadly 1 in 30 of these babies will be born with a health condition that will affect them for life. That’s around 70 families a day that are told their baby has been born with an illness, disability or in the worst case scenario that their baby’s life is at risk.
Sparks is one of the few UK charities that seek to find treatments and cures for all conditions that affect pregnancy, babies and young children. We work with leading doctors and research teams in the UK to ensure we fund the highest quality research with the great chance of saving and changing lives forever.

 

The challenges they are set out to endure not only include immensely cold temperatures around minus 30 degrees Celsius, and long tiring days not knowing when its night or day due to constant sunlight. But they also have the threat of hungry polar bears, whose paws can rip through skin like paper, powerful storms causing zero visibility and frostbite serious enough that they could lose fingers, toes, etc.

 

The men will be joined by Alan Chambers MBE as the expedition leader and Dr Ed Coats as the expedition doctor.  Alan planned and led the first British team to walk unsupported from Canada to the Geographical North Pole. After seventy gruelling days on the ice hauling all supplies, Alan and team-mate Charlie Paton stood glorious at the top of the world.  Upon return from the top of the world Alan, aged 32, was awarded the MBE by Her Majesty the Queen for Determined Leadership in Constant Adversity. Alan is also a motivational speaker on teamwork and leadership. Dr Ed Coats was plucked out of obscurity and thrust into the limelight, when he was chosen to join James Cracknell and Ben Fogle on their epic race to the South Pole earlier this year. The race was the first of its kind since Captain Scott was beaten 97 years ago by Norwegian Amundsen.

 

This is an extraordinary challenge and a huge amount of money for a great cause…

 

Gentlemen, we wish you all the best

 

Sponsor these ordinary men on their extraordinary expedition at: www.justgiving.com/Ordinary-Men

 

Ductclean (UK) Ltd are pleased to announce that we have been appointed as the preferred supplier to Alilanz Insurance Plc for the specialist cleaning of ventilation systems and commercial kitchens.

Allianz are one of the UK’s leading insurance companies and will be recommending the services of Ductclean (UK) Ltd to their customers nationally.

 

Ductclean (UK) Ltd has now been awarded a place on the NHS Buying Solutions Building and Engineering Maintenance Services framework agreement.

Buying Solutions is the national procurement partner for all UK public services and is part of the Efficiency and Reform Group within the Cabinet Office. The framework agreement is for Building and Engineering Maintenance Services, the lot we have been awarded is for Air Handing Units (AHU’s), filters, ventilation and extraction. This covers the cleaning, decontamination, sanitization and servicing of fixed and flexible ductwork and associated areas, including the maintenance and testing of fans, motors and filters.

This is a nationwide framework, awarded on a regional basis covering the whole of the UK and is in compliance with the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) policy standards. Ductclean (UK) Ltd has been awarded the framework agreement for all regions nationwide.

This framework agreement is accessible by all NHS bodies, trusts, strategic health authorities and collaborative procurement organizations, giving them details of the suppliers, including rates, and allowing them to save time and money in tendering contracts.

With over 10 years of expertise within the healthcare sector Ductclean (UK) Ltd provides expert guidance in maintaining all aspects of ventilation systems, and by being on this framework are now conveniently available for guidance and quotations based on the competitive rates provided by the framework.

To view our supplier profile please click on the link below,

http://www.buyingsolutions.gov.uk/suppliers/details/supplier-2769/contact/contactsupplier/

Please contact Charmaine Paraskevas on 0870 112 9196 or charmaine.paraskevas@ductclean.co.uk

 

Ductclean (UK) Ltd is proud to announce that we have been recognized by Investors In People with a Bronze Award.

 

The Investors in People standard assists organisations in improving business performance and competitiveness, through a planned approach to setting and communicating business objectives and developing staff to deliver these objectives. This ensures that the business makes the best of all our people, recognises their contribution and helps maintain a culture of continuous improvement; with a clear link between individual performance and the achievement of business objectives.

 

The Investors in People Standard also helps to celebrate success, as well as sign-post areas for further improvement and provide additional personal development for those who want it.

 

23rd September 2009 Ductclean (UK) Ltd is one of the latest group of successful companies to join a leading edge scheme, designed to help industry improve its safety record. We have now received full accreditation from SAFEcontractor, a programme which recognises very high standards of health and safety practise amongst UK contractors.

Our application for SAFEcontractor accreditation was driven by the need for a uniform standard across the business. It is expected to enhance the company’s ability to attract new contracts and its commitment to safety will be viewed positively by its insurers when the company liability policy is up for renewal.

Under the SAFEcontractor system, businesses undergo a vetting process, which examines health and safety procedures and their track record for safe practice. Those companies meeting the high standard are included on a database, which is accessible to registered users only via a website, www.safecontractor.com

Over one hundred and twenty major nationwide businesses, from several key sectors, have signed up to the scheme when selecting contractors for services such as building, cleaning, maintenance, refurbishment or electrical and mechanical work.

 

Ductclean (UK) Ltd have designed and developed our first generation of intelligent ventilation system sensors. This innovation is notably the first of its kind, but captures the real meaning of ventilation system condition based monitoring.

After successfully trialling the sensor at AEG O2 arena and throughout Centrica portfolio, we are pleased to announce the launch of Vanguard Sensor Technology’s ‘Lexie Sensor’ to the public.

Please see our Vanguard Page for more details on our sensor.

 

Ventilation systems are a key element of the O2, not only for air supply and extraction, but also for kitchen extract systems where fire prevention is a priority requirement throughout the O2.

Therefore they have installed the sensors into the air ventilation systems and have been specified to be incorporated into the next development phase at the O2 next year as part of our drive to reduce costs.

 

In Centrica’s objective to constantly reduce energy consumption year on year, Vanguard is now to be used to assist them in the overall management of sites.

The sensor is to be installed within the air ducting systems throughout the estate to measure the level of cleanliness within the system to assist in the measurement of the air quality within the environments.

The system once installed will form part of our overall strategy of developing our strap line of “Buildings that can talk”

From the 26th June 2009, Ductclean (UK) Ltd will be located at our new offices in High Cross, Hertfordshire.  The move, to the beautiful surroundings, has given our staff a fresh and de-stressed environment to work from and all continue to strive towards the best in quality, value and professionalism.