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PTSG ACQUIRES SPECIALIST SERVICES BUSINESS, NSS
Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), the UK’s leading provider of niche specialist services to the construction and facility management sectors, has completed the acquisition of North West-headquartered Nationwide Specialist Services (NSS).
NSS is a nationwide specialist services provider, covering all aspects of external building maintenance – including window and technical cleaning, testing and platform hire – with customers across the retail, commercial property, events, healthcare and distribution sectors.
NSS has established itself as a market leader because of its commitment to offering self-delivered services, 24/7, across the UK without using sub-contractors or hiring equipment or machinery. This, with an outstanding reputation for working at height and in the safest way has led to impressive blue-chip client retention and development.
PTSG SAFEGUARDS HERTFORDSHIRE RETIREMENT HOME
Premier Technical Services Group Ltd (PTSG) has been contracted to deliver specialist electrical services at Belhaven Court in Borehamwood.
Belhaven Court is a retirement housing development for people over the age of 55. The collection of flats, bungalows and houses was built in 1972 and renovated in 2000.
In 2020, an internal reconfiguration of the flats was published to reduce the number of flats from 44 to 37. External elevation works include external cladding and alterations to fenestration. Removal of existing conservatory, new refuse store and associated landscaping were also in the plan.
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PTSG SAFEGUARDS KINGSWOOD ESTATE
Premier Technical Services Group Ltd (PTSG) has been contracted to provide specialist electrical services at a well-established residential development in Dulwich, South London.
In 1946, London County Council acquired 37 acres of which 30 was set aside for housing development and about three and a half acres allocated for schools. The following year, the plans revealed that 748 dwellings would be built in three- or four-storey flats as well as 46 cottages.
Over the years Kingswood Estate has remained attractive, a feat made easier by the enlightened retention of greensward and mature trees in the original design. Another success is the continued use of the original mansion – Kingswood House, as a focus for the community; its library being an essential anchor for this success. The average property price in Kingswood Estate is now £327,500.
PTSG APPLIES A DEGREE OF EXPERTISE IN BIRMINGHAM
Premier Technical Services Group Ltd (PTSG) has been contracted to provide specialist electrical services at the University of Birmingham.
The University of Birmingham is a public research university located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen’s College, Birmingham, and Mason Science College, making it the first English civic or ‘red brick’ university to receive its own royal charter.
The main campus of the university occupies a site some 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Birmingham city centre, in Edgbaston. It is arranged around Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower (affectionately known as ‘Old Joe’ or ‘Big Joe’), a grand campanile which commemorates the university’s first chancellor, Joseph Chamberlain.
MOD CONTRACTS DEFENCE SPECIALIST: PTSG
Premier Technical Services Group Ltd (PTSG) has been contracted to deliver specialist electrical services at MOD Lyneham in Wiltshire.
The site houses the Defence School of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering. Also here is Prince Philip Barracks, housing the regimental headquarters of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), 8 Training Battalion REME and the REME Museum.
Previously, the site was RAF Lyneham which was the home of all Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft of the Royal Air Force (RAF) until they were relocated to RAF Brize Norton. The RAF station closed in 31 December 2012.
PTSG MAKES THE GRADE AT EAST LONDON PRIMARY
Premier Technical Services Group Ltd (PTSG) has been contracted to deliver specialist electrical services at North Beckton Primary School.
This large, mixed community school is situated in Beckton, in the London Borough of Newham, has a capacity of 630 pupils, aged 3-11. Historically part of Essex, Beckton is at the western end of the London Riverside redevelopment zone of the Thames Gateway. Transport for London is planning a new bridge, the Gallions Reach Crossing, which will connect Beckton to Thamesmead on the southern bank of the River Thames.
In this contract, engineers from PTSG Electrical Services Ltd will be installing a new lightning protection system at the school. Such systems are essential in safeguarding buildings and their users in the event of an electrical storm.
THANCKES TO PTSG FOR SPECIALIST ELECTRICAL SERVICES
Premier Technical Services Group Ltd (PTSG) is currently on site at Thanckes Oil fuel Depot in Plymouth, where its engineers are providing specialist electrical services.
Thanckes Oil Fuel Depot is operated by the Oil and Pipelines Agency. The site is on a peninsular of 97 acres on the west bank of the Hamoaze, just north of Torpoint, Cornwall. It holds up to 138,000 cubic metres of high flashpoint fuel for HM ships and other customers.
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation planned a major project to update the fuel loading and fire-fighting capabilities at this Royal Navy base. As a result, the old pontoon and jetty are being decommissioned and a new jetty is being built within the confines of a ‘Special Area of Conservation’, in this case along the River Tamar in Cornwall. There also needs to be compliance with some very stringent environmental regulations.
PTSG FIRE SOLUTIONS LTD WINS INDUSTRY AWARD
Premier Technical Services Group Ltd (PTSG) is delighted to announce that Neo Property Solutions – part of PTSG Fire Solutions Ltd – has won the Training and Development of the Year Award at the Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) Awards 2021.
As the UK’s third-largest city, Manchester occupies a key strategic location in the centre of the country, at the intersection of the UK’s highly resilient “figure-of-eight” fibre-optic network. Currently there are 20 colocation data centres in Manchester.
To be considered for the award, Neo had to demonstrate how it has developed its team had broadened its knowledge and understanding within the fire protection sector through the completion of multiple courses/training.
PTSG OPERATES AT A HIGHER LEVEL FOR GAMES GIANT
Premier Technical Services Group Ltd (PTSG) has completed a specialist building access project at the European headquarters of Sony Interactive Entertainment.
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), formerly known as Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), is a multinational video game and digital entertainment company wholly owned by Japanese multinational conglomerate Sony Group Corporation.
Engineers from PTSG Electrical Services Ltd recently commenced a significant lightning protection and earthing installation project at the data centre. An action plan was agreed for rapid mobilisation and to get the scope of works on track immediately. Step one was to carry out site visits and get the design finalised within a week.
PTSG ON SITE AT MANCHESTER DATA CENTRE
Premier Technical Services Group Ltd (PTSG) is involved in a project for a multinational Tier 1 construction company to deliver specialist electrical services at a data centre in Manchester.
As the UK’s third-largest city, Manchester occupies a key strategic location in the centre of the country, at the intersection of the UK’s highly resilient “figure-of-eight” fibre-optic network. Currently there are 20 colocation data centres in Manchester.
Engineers from PTSG Electrical Services Ltd recently commenced a significant lightning protection and earthing installation project at the data centre. An action plan was agreed for rapid mobilisation and to get the scope of works on track immediately. Step one was to carry out site visits and get the design finalised within a week.
PTSG REPAIRS GRADE II LISTED WWII TOWER
Premier Technical Services Group Ltd (PTSG) has completed a project to deliver specialist access services at Stenigot Tower in Lincolnshire.
Stenigot Tower is a radar tower that was built in 1938 as part of the Chain Home early-warning radar network. Initially, the site’s main feature was an octet of aerial towers. These were supported by some low-lying buildings.
It is a Grade II listed structure because it is the best preserved and most complete Chain Home transmitter tower surviving in its original location in the British Isles. The site is still in use by the RAF Aerial Erector School for selection tests for possible recruits.
PTSG HELPS KEEP HERITAGE RAILWAY ON TRACK
Premier Technical Services Group Ltd (PTSG) has completed a specialist services project for the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR).
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England, that runs through the North York Moors National Park. First opened in 1836 as the Whitby and Pickering Railway, the railway was planned in 1831 by George Stephenson as a means of opening up trade routes inland from the then important seaport of Whitby.
As of 2020, the Railway ran for 24 miles (39 km). It is owned and operated by a charitable trust, with 100 staff who work full time, 50 seasonal staff, and over 550 volunteers. The complement includes 30 engineers. Also in 2020, the NYMR was named “the UK’s most popular heritage railway” according to a news report.
PTSG TO PROVIDE FIRE SOLUTIONS AT STUNNING MANCHESTER DEVELOPMENT
Premier Technical Services Group Ltd (PTSG) has been contracted to provide specialist fire solutions at the new Trinity Riverview development in Manchester.
Designed by architects Denton Corker Marshall, this 35-storey residential tower is located on the doorstep of the city’s central business district. It consists of 318 apartments with communal spaces. The first three floors are set back from the street to draw views through to the river allowing the opportunity to incorporate four triple-height, freestanding columns to dramatically signal the main entrance to the scheme.
Engineers from PTSG Fire Solutions Ltd are contracted to deliver both residential sprinklers and wet riser systems to ensure the new building is fire safe. PTSG routinely provides more than one type of specialist service from a single division, such as sprinkler systems and wet (or dry) riser systems. Increasingly, the Group also delivers one complete specialist services solution for customers, encompassing services or products from two or more of its business divisions. This kind of ‘bundled services solution’ streamlines the whole process, saving time and money.
OUTSTANDING WORKMANSHIP LEADS TO FURTHER PROJECTS FOR PTSG
Premier Technical Services Group Ltd (PTSG) recently performed a specialist electrical works at the Clitheroe site of client Homebase.
Engineers from PTSG Electrical Services Ltd delivered planned preventative maintenance and remedial works to the lightning protection system in place at the Homebase’s site in Clitheroe – one of over 150 hardware stores across the UK and Ireland. At the site, customers can visit departments for a whole range of home improvements from painting and decorating to gardening and outdoor, building and hardware and tools.
PTSG is the UK marketing leader in lighting protection services. From offices situated throughout England and Scotland, the Group’s engineers ensure buildings and users in all industry sectors remain safe in an electrical storm via a fully operational lightning protection system.
Image: Shutterstock - New York, USA - 15 February 2021: Homebase website in browser with company logo, Illustrative Editorial
PTSG SAVES THE DAY AT QUARWOOD HOUSE
Premier Technical Services Group Ltd (PTSG) has completed a specialist electrical services project at Quarwood House, taking over from another provider that was unable to meet the client’s requirements.
Quarwood is a Victorian Manor near Stow-on-the-Wold in Gloucestershire. It was owned for 27 years by The Who’s bassist, John Entwistle. The Rhenish Gothic house, which has 55 rooms, was built in 1856-59. When Entwistle bought the home, he installed two recording studios, one on the main floor and one on the top floor, and a bar with game rooms. Known for a macabre sense of humour, Entwistle kept skeletons in the master bedroom to frighten guests.
Prior to PTSG being contracted, another lightning protection company tested the system in place at Quarwood House, but was only able to install additional rods, while the client’s insurer insisted on 10 ohms or less per position (three individual systems).
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