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We are delighted announce our own CITB Approved Training Organisation, the Loughton Contracts Safety Academy. With our own in-house CITB approved training centre, we are now able to deliver high quality training to our project managers, site supervisors, labourers and installers. Training courses range from the one day Health & Safety Awareness (HSA) and Site Environmental Awareness Training Scheme (SEATS), to the five day Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) and Site Supervisors Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS). Achieving the accreditation was no mean feat, with the stringent approval process lasting 6 months. The CITB scrutinised both Loughton’s company policies, accreditations…

As featured in the Contract Flooring Journal’s May 2018 Issue ESTABLISHED in the late ‘80s, Loughton Contracts has grown into the UK’s largest commercial flooring contractor with a turnover now in excess of £30m per annum. Employing over 90 people, like many companies in the flooring industry, Loughton Contracts is a family run business with joint managing directors Paul and Lee Smyth together with their Sister Emma Colletti - marketing director, the board has now been extended to include non-biological family members, with our chairman John Drage, Tony Mills operations director and Ian Brownjohn finance director, to name but three! To…

Having recently been through in-depth, complex audits for many of our accreditations, including transitioning to the new standards for ISO 9001 & 14001, we thought it worth reflecting on why these quality marks are so important and how managing to comply with their demands is a substantial achievement. Our many accreditation logos signify not just a promise of quality, but a sign of genuine performance, day in, day out. As Henry Ford said ‘Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.’ Uniform service At Loughton Contracts we employ robust integrated management systems which are enforced on all sites.…

When a global chain of luxury gyms frequented by millionaires and ‘A’ list celebs, wanted to open its second UK club, nothing less than perfection would be good enough. ‘Designed to the most discerning standards of its neighbourhood’ this new fitness club is housed in an expansive period property featuring high ceilings and marble columns, near Buckingham Palace in St James SW1. The main contractor knew this was a job for the experts and so chose Loughton Contracts to install the flooring. E by Equinox combines the pinnacle of personalised fitness and exercise, with lavish comfort. Featuring science fuelled, top-tier…

Across the board corporate clients and main contractors are, quite rightly, demanding more rigorous sustainable practice from their supply chains. They require documented proof regarding the materials procured for their projects, such as recycling certificates and FSC chain of custody hardwood flooring and plywood. With the dizzying array of products on the market all featuring varying ‘Green’ credentials, where do you start when trying to specify flooring and provide evidence of best installation practice? Choosing a reputable and highly experienced flooring expert who can guide you through the minefield of pitfalls is key. For example, Loughton’s collaborative approach allows clients…