Bliss Brickwork & Scaffolding News

NASC Membership Audit

Bliss Scaffold Division is pleased to have passed our biennial NASC inspection/audit with flying colours to renew our membership for a further two years.

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.

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.

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.

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.