Bliss Brickwork & Scaffolding News

CSCS Certificate of Commitment

We are pleased to announce that we have received the CSCS Certificate of Commitment Platinum Award in recognition of over 90% of our workforce being CSCS card holders.

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Apprenticeship Awards 2009

We are proud to announce that Bliss have reached the East Midlands Regional Final for the 2009 National Apprenticeship Awards in the Employer of the Year Category.
The Regional Final will be held on 2nd June 2009 in Nottingham, with the winner going on to the National Final to be held on 16th July 2009 in London.

Marathon Effort!

Well, half of one anyway. We thank everyone who took part and all those who sponsored us brave souls that embarked on what for some of us was an epic event. Eight intrepid volunteers completed the 10th NSPCC Milton Keynes Half Marathon raising £650.00 in the process.
With varying levels of fitness we are proud to say that everybody completed the course within the allotted time, but despite this we have not had any tickets turn up for Beijing!
Congratulations to Phil Cooper who was our fastest finisher in 1hr 51m 52s.

Awards Success

Bliss win the Specialist Awards Stone & Brickwork Contractor of the Year Award 2008. A massive well done to everybody associated with the company!

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Northampton Mental Health Hospital PFI

Bliss Brickwork are delighted to announce that we have recently secured the masonry subcontract package for the construction of the new Northampton Mental Health Hospital, for main contractor Balfour Beatty.

Construction began on the 26 November 2007 and is scheduled to be completed by May 2010. The hospital will be built in two phases. The new units for adults will be built first and are due to be ready by 1 December 2008. Once these are occupied the remaining Pendered buildings can be demolished and the second phase will start. This will include the new facilities moving from Princess Marina Hospital.

The new hospital will cost around 35 million pounds to build, with the scheme is being financed through the Government's Private Finance Initiative.

The new hospital will provide 135 beds - all in single rooms with en-suite facilities, along with many other care facilities such as Physiotherapy rooms, Occupational therapy rooms, a Pharmacy etc

Subcontract works started after Easter and will continue into 2009.

Bliss shortlisted for 2008 Specialist Awards

We are proud to announce that Bliss Brickwork has been chosen as a finalist in the Construction News Specialist Awards 2008, in the Stone & Brickwork category.

One of only 5 companies selected nationally for this category we look forward to attending the awards, held at The Hilton, Park Lane, London on May 7th 2008.

For further information on the awards please visit www.specialistsawards.com

Corby Pool

Bliss Brickwork is pleased to have secured the masonry package at Corby’s new Olympic sized swimming pool, for Willmott Dixon. Designed by S&P Architects, the £18million development is due for completion in March 2009.

Christmas Karting Fun

A big thanks to all those who attended our Christmas Go-Karting event and curry evening, held in Birmingham on 19th December 2007.
Congratulations to our winners, 1st place Ben Lissaman (Galliford Try), 2nd place Troy Gamblen (Norwest Holst) and 3rd place to Scott Wild (Norwest Holst), some good tussles on the track made a cracking final.
A great meal at Shimla Pinks on Broad Street finished off a good day out.
We are sure you will agree the day was a great success and we look forward to holding a similar event again next year.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas, drive carefully!

New web site

As you may have noticed we are pleased to launch our new look web site. We had identified that our previous site was looking outdated and not of the standard to reflect our position in our industry. Hopefully you will find this site both useful and informative. Thanks for looking.

25th Anniversary Charity Function

Bliss Scaffolding have recently becomes a member of the National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC). This reinforces their position as an independent scaffolding contractor with a commitment to providing standards of service second to none. A big thank you to all the hard work in achieving this accreditation. For a copy of our membership certificate please visit our downloads page.