Promotion
Posted on Tuesday 15 May 2012
We are delighted to announce that Pat Corrigan has been promoted to the role of Project Manager after a successful handover at St Pancras Way, Camden. Since joining the company 20 years ago in 1992, Pat has worked on many schemes and will start his new role at our 30 unit scheme for Nottinghill Home Ownership in Tentelow Lane, Southall.
We wish him success in his new role.
Bugler Footy Team put in Valiant Effort
Posted on Tuesday 8 May 2012
The cobwebs were blown off the Bugler Football kit as the eight players below (from left to right; Adam Corrigan, Karl Morris, Mitchell Cooper, Dave Culliton, Andy Bugler, Liam Kelly, Karim Najm and Ray West) represented the Company last Friday in a 5 aside football tournament organized by A2Dominion.
The venue was Isleworth, West London but surprisingly no one from Sky Sports made the 200 yard journey from their office to film/watch the event. The tournament took the form of a round robin group format and, as well as Bugler and A2Dominion, the three other teams who took part were JRP, Hill Partnerships and Silver. Only four of the Bugler team had played together previously – and that was three years ago – so a return of three closely fought defeats and one victory was not too disappointing. On the score sheet were Mitchell Cooper (2) and a goal of the tournament contender from Ray West. As the tournament progressed and the legs tired, some interesting challenges started to fly in, particularly during the match between Bugler and fellow contractor’s Hill Partnerships, but thankfully all was forgotten in the bar afterwards.
Many thanks to Rodney Ebanks from A2Dominion for organizing the event and to all the Bugler team who travelled from as far afield as Romney Marsh, Luton, Tring, Watford, Royston, Surrey and, in Liam’s case, somewhere in deepest darkest South East London.
March brings record handovers
Posted on Wednesday 25 April 2012
A very busy month of March saw us handover seven completed sites to our Clients with a total of 230 new homes. All of these handovers enabled our clients to meet the HCA funding deadline which was the driving force behind the March deadline. This achievement took a great team effort across the Company but with a number of new sites starting, there’s no time for easing up as the cycle starts again.
‘Topping Out’ at Navarino Road
Posted on Thursday 5 April 2012
Recently, we were delighted to be able to host a ‘Topping Out’ Ceremony at our 31 unit scheme at Navarino Road, Hackney. Our Client, Dr Spurstowe and Bishop Wood Almhouses are redeveloping their site to provide Affordable Housing.
The above photo shows David Horder of Dr Spurstowe and Bishop Wood Almhouses, nailing in a clip for the zinc roofing on the scheme. A brief ceremony saw the building blessed by Father Rob Wickham, the Rector of Hackney.
Health and Safety Compliance Audit
Posted on Wednesday 4 April 2012
We were delighted to hear from our Health and Safety Advisors, NHBC Health and Safety Services that we have achieved an 'Excellent' status after our recent audit. This is our second consecutive 'Excellent' rating and it follows our success at last year's NHBC Health and Safety Awards where we achieved a Gold in the Company Recognition Award.
Considerate Constructors
Posted on Monday 26 March 2012
A Considerate Constructors Certificate Beyond Compliance has been presented to Mark Beeson, our Site Manager at Pert Close, Barnet, London.
Considerate Constructors
Posted on Monday 26 March 2012
A Considerate Constructors Certificate Beyond Compliance has been presented to Liam Kelly, our Site Manager at The Coronet Cinema Site, Eltham.
Gilbert Street Completes and receives two Prestigious Award Nominations
Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012
Following a conversation which took place late one evening at the Harrogate Housing Conference in 2010, last year saw us commence our first project for Origin Housing Group and we are delighted to announce that the recently completed scheme has now been shortlisted for two prestigious Housing Awards. The development in the heart of Enfield has been named 'The Mews' and is a collection of sixty -two 1, 2, 3, and 4 bedroom houses, maisonettes and apartments. Designed by HTA Architects, the development offers 12 shared ownership and 22 affordable rent homes, along with 28 units available for outright sale.
The Mews has been shortlisted in the First Time Buyer Readers Awards 2012 and the London Evening Standard New Homes Awards 2012. The Evening Standard judge commented on; ‘the high standard of build quality, design and finish including attention to even minor detail’ also adding: ‘it was up there with the best he has ever seen’.
New Additions to the Team
Posted on Tuesday 20 March 2012
Due to our ongoing success in securing new work, we are delighted to announce we have further strengthened our team with the recruitment of the following;
Karl Morris; Land & New Business Manager
Julian Kerby; Contracts Manager
Tom McInerney; Senior Surveyor
Neil Rolland; Maintenance Operative
We wish all the above every success in their career with Buglers as we look forward to another successful year ahead.
Dual Considerate Constructors Success for Bugler Sites
Posted on Monday 12 March 2012
Bugler Site Managers Keith Franklin and Mark Herbert are likely to be entered into the Considerate Constructors Scheme National Site Awards having achieved site audit scores which put their projects in the top 10% of construction sites in the country.
At Third Cross Road, Twickenham, our 53 unit site for Thames Valley Housing Association, Keith Franklin scored a superb 35 marks which was the highest mark scored by a Bugler Site Manager to date.
Only two weeks later, Mark Herbert trumped this by achieving an incredible 35.5 marks on his first site audit. Now Mark is in the process of completing our 31 unit scheme at Navarino Road, Hackney for Dr Spurstowes and Bishop Wood Almshouses.
We congratulate both Keith and Mark on their fantastic efforts in engaging with the Considerate Constructors Scheme and working hard to ensure that Bugler sites are always viewed as good neighbours.
Considerate Constructors
Posted on Thursday 2 February 2012
A Considerate Constructors Certificate of Compliance has been presented to Tony Jobson, our Site Manager at Gilbert Street, Enfield.
Considerate Constructors
Posted on Thursday 2 February 2012
A Considerate Constructors Certificate Beyond Compliance has been presented to Keith Franklin, our Site Manager at Third Cross Road, Twickenham.
Considerate Constructors
Posted on Thursday 5 January 2012
A Considerate Constructors Certificate of Compliance has been presented to Paul Gibbons, our Site Manager at Thieves Lane, Hertford.
1982 – 2012 Celebrating 30 Successful Years in Business
Posted on Tuesday 3 January 2012
This year marks the anniversary of our 30th year in business. Formed in 1982 by our current Chairman, Tom Bugler, we have enjoyed a varied, interesting, rewarding and most of all successful 30 years building new homes for the private and public sector alongside a whole host of other buildings including schools, churches, community centres, industrial units, restaurants, shops and many more. Despite our growth, particularly in the public sector, we have never lost touch with our roots marked by the fact we are just about to develop 5 detached houses in Rickmansworth for our sister company, Bugler Homes, a mere stones throw from where our first project, a single detached house in Heronsgate, was built in 1982.
Little Hill, Heronsgate
One very strong ethos which has been an ever present over the past 30 years, is the emphasis on teamwork and the avoidance of blame culture and we look forward to the next 30 years with this philosophy firmly entrenched in the team.
