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Team Loughton win Environmental award for site procedures at Sky Labs! We are incredibly pleased to have received the site award for our on-site environmental procedures. We make no secret of the lengths that we go to, in order to be as environmentally friendly as possible, so this makes it all the more satisfying. On this site, we recycled 5150m2 of Tarkett Palatino EcoBase carpet tiles, which was a huge contributor to the award win! There were many other aspects which contributed to this award. We made sure that we worked with our suppliers diligently, to make sure that we…

Loughton Contracts and Multiplex take the Construction Youth Trust around The Broadway, Westminster! Here at Loughton Contracts, we believe in giving young people as much opportunity as possible to create a career for themselves in the construction industry. Our Health and Safety Director, Tony, and Luciana, the Social Value and Community Manager at Multiplex, recently gave the Construction Youth Trust a tour around one of our biggest ever residential projects; The Broadway, Westminster. Construction Youth Trust is a charity whose aim is to inspire and enable young people to overcome barriers and discover a career in the construction and built…

Queen (Of Flooring) Visits Battersea Power Station!!! Loughton Contract’s Sales Director and CFA Board Member Beverley McFarlane recently got the opportunity to check out the teams progress at Battersea Power Station Phase 2, London’s most iconic residential development. Beverley was heavily involved in the tender process for this project and this was the first opportunity for her to tour the former Power Station since we commenced works over 2 years ago. With the apartments in Switch House West and Switch House East now completed there was a stark difference to the last time she visited site. Bev commented “It is…

This month, our Sales Director, Nick Perkins, featured in the Contract Flooring Journal! He talks about Loughton Contracts, his path into the flooring industry, the challenges the pandemic brought to the industry/how it is recovering from it and so much more! A very interesting read which can be read here.

Team Loughton complete 70 mile bike ride for Structure Tone Charity Sportive! Team Loughton were very busy last week, taking part in two intense charity events! Craig, Jared, Harry, Stuart and Shaun completed a 70-mile road bike ride for the Structure Tone Charity Sportive on Thursday 23rd September in aid of the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity. They completed the course in just under four hours, which is an amazing effort. The overall funds raised combined was just under £1,000. Well done all! Click on the images below to enlarge

Team Loughton complete ISG 'Move for Charity' challenge! Team Loughton took part in the ISG ‘Move for Charity’ initiative again last week, putting their stamina to the test for another gruelling seven days! Craig, Jared, Stuart and George competed against 46 other teams, and managed to finish in a very good, 9th place! Together, they covered an incredible 746.8 km. That’s further than London to Paris and back! The team helped raise a combined total between every team of £62.7K, which was in aid of Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month. One in four construction workers have contemplated suicide. With the…

Loughton Contracts contribute to £40,000 fundraising for Breast Cancer Now and Prostate Cancer UK! The team had a great day on the Golf course last Thursday! We competed with many of our friends in the industry in the Pink Tie Club Golf Day, which was in aid of Breast Cancer Now and Prostate Cancer UK, two very important and worthy causes. They managed to raise a whopping £40,000 for the two charities! An amazing achievement which will make a huge difference. It was an absolute pleasure to attend this great event, with many thanks to all the sponsors making it…

Loughton Contracts help to raise over £20,000 with Mace to complete the Boom Cycle! Last Friday, we teamed up with a few members of the Mace team to do our bit to raise as much money as possible for the MS Society. They embarked on a gruelling 7 hour Spinning Marathon, pushing themselves to the absolute limit. The team raised an amazing £20,000 overall for such a worthy cause. Many thanks to Keep Attacking for the team t-shirts. Smashed it! Click on the images below to enlarge

Team Loughton take home the ‘Flooring in Residential Developments and Social Housing’ award! We are delighted to have won Installation of the Year with Havwoods and Milliken in the ‘Residential Developments and Social Housing’ category. Newfoundland is a 60-storey residential development at the western end of the Canary Wharf Estate, designed by leading architects, Horden Cherry Lee. The completion of the project in 2020 saw a near decade long period of engagement between Loughton Contracts and main contractor, Canary Wharf Contractors, come to fruition. The project comprised of circa 55,000m2 of raised acoustic saddle flooring supplied by CMS Danskin featuring…