Elliott Off-Site Exhibiting at Health Estates, Manchester

Elliott Off-Site Building Solutions will be exhibiting at the Health Estates Conference and Exhibition at Manchester Central (formally GMEX) on 1^st and 2^nd November 2011.

With nearly 170 exhibitors and in excess of 2000 key personnel from the healthcare sector, Healthcare Estates remains the largest national event to cover the design, build and maintenance of healthcare environments.

Elliott Off-Site Building Solutions is a trusted partner to the healthcare industry with a wealth of experience in providing HTM and HBN compliant accommodation.

They will be showcasing examples of their recent project experience including hospital wards, health centres and day care centres from their stand E7.

Elliott Off-Site Making Good Progress at East Norfolk

Elliott Off-Site Building Solutions has made good progress in the construction works at East Norfolk Sixth Form College.

The ground works and foundations are taking shape for the large two-storey classroom block and the pre-cast concrete lift shaft is in place. Over the next few weeks the concrete base will be poured and the steel frame will be erected in a short space of time. The same progress will be made with the single-storey canteen building which is to be located to the far side of theclassroom block in the images included above.

East Norfolk Sixth Form College - Elliott OSBS Starting on Site

Elliott Off-Site Building Solutions has started on site for the development of the new canteen and two-storey classroom block at East Norfolk Sixth Form College.

The site set up works have been completed and the site clearance works are well underway to prepare the ground ready for the groundworks and foundations to begin.

The Elliott Off-Site team are due to complete the project by April 2012 and once completed, the whole south facing vista of the College site will include the five buildings constructed by Elliott Off-Site. The project will mark the third contract completed at the College by Elliott OSBS and continues a hugely successful relationship.

 

Carshalton High School – Final Blog

The new two-storey classroom block at Carshalton High School for Girls is now complete with all external works finished. The internal works have been completed to the client’s specification requirements and fixed and loose furniture have been added to all classroom and ancillary areas.

 

The project has been completed in time for the new term and pupils will be using the facilities with immediate effect.

 

This project continues the success of Elliott Off-Site Building Solutions in the Education sector over the last 50 years.

Carshalton High School - Week 14

External works have been undertaken over the past week and have included a mixture of tarmac and paving flag pathways connecting the new building to the existing school buildings.

 

Internally the building is completed and is ready for the delivery of furniture and other school equipment. Once complete, Elliott Off-Site will undertake the making good of the site access route to return it to its original state.

Project Win for OSBS at East Norfolk Sixth Form College

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Elliott Off-Site Building Solutions has been commissioned by East Norfolk Sixth Form College to design and build a new canteen and two-storey classroom block. This continues a hugely successful relationship with the College established in 2003. Three separate contracts in that time have included the current works, two further classroom blocks and a sports hall for a total of £7m.

The new two-storey classroom block will include 16 classrooms, toilets and office accommodation with the external elevations containing a mixture of red brickwork and grey Kingspan cladding to complement the existing buildings on the College site. The building will include a covered walkway linking the classroom block to the new canteen.

The new single-storey canteen building will include an open seating area with up to 196 people capacity. Also within the buildings footprint will be a kitchen, servery, toilets and storage provision. Sliding folding doors will lead out onto a large terraced area facing the College playing fields to the South of the site. The building will have the same external appearance as the classroom block in keeping with the existing College site.

Both new buildings will be formed using a combination of structural steel frame and timber infill panels with concrete floors throughout with all internal and external finishes and mechanical and electrical installations meeting the College’s specification.

The Elliott Off-Site team will start on site in early September with overall completion of the projects expected in April 2012. Once completed, the whole south facing vista of the College site will include the five buildings constructed by Elliott Off-Site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Win for OSBS at East Norfolk Sixth Form College

Elliott Off-Site Building Solutions has been commissioned by East Norfolk Sixth Form College to design and build a new canteen and two-storey classroom block. This continues a hugely successful relationship with the College established in 2003. Three separate contracts in that time have included the current works, two further classroom blocks and a sports hall for a total of £7m.

The new two-storey classroom block will include 16 classrooms, toilets and office accommodation with the external elevations containing a mixture of red brickwork and grey Kingspan cladding to complement the existing buildings on the College site. The building will include a covered walkway linking the classroom block to the new canteen.

The new single-storey canteen building will include an open seating area with up to 196 people capacity. Also within the buildings footprint will be a kitchen, servery, toilets and storage provision. Sliding folding doors will lead out onto a large terraced area facing the College playing fields to the South of the site. The building will have the same external appearance as the classroom block in keeping with the existing College site.

 

Both new buildings will be formed using a combination of structural steel frame and timber infill panels with concrete floors throughout with all internal and external finishes and mechanical and electrical installations meeting the College’s specification.

 

The Elliott Off-Site team will start on site in early September with overall completion of the projects expected in April 2012. Once completed, the whole south facing vista of the College site will include the five buildings constructed by Elliott Off-Site.

Carshalton High School – Week 13

The classroom block is internally very close to completion with all M&E installations complete and the final decoration and joinery works being undertaken.

 

There is a final push on the large amount of external works now to ensure that the building is ready for occupation in time for the new term.

OSBS Progress at Victory Park, Sheffield

Elliott Off-Site Building Solutions are making good progress on the new Elliott Depot at Victory Park in Sheffield. The project includes new workshop buildings, a new office building (pictured) and large hard standings for the storage of hire products.

The picture demonstrates the hybrid steel frame and timber infill panel method of construction utilised for this project by the Elliott Off-Site team. This method of construction is employed on many of the division’s projects and provides the benefit of a shorter construction programme. Using modern methods of constructing buildings we are able to provide complete design flexibility which provides tangible benefits to customers in terms of speed of construction, higher quality and efficient and adaptable space use.

Carshalton High School for Girls – Construction Time lapse Camera

Please see the link below which shows a time lapse camera illustrating the construction of the new Classroom Block at Carshalton High School for Girls.

 

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The building is due to be completed on schedule with the 18-week programme in time for the new term in September. The building has been constructed utilising Elliott Off-Site’s hybrid method of construction which incorporates a steel frame ground floor, timber frame first floor and timber infill panels.

 

The structure includes a concrete ground and first floor, pitched roof and brick cladding to the exterior providing a traditional aspect to the buildings appearance.

Carshalton High School – Week 12

The classroom block at Carshalton High School for Girls is completed externally with the brick cladding and tiled pitched roof fitting in well with the existing school surroundings.

 

The trades are finalising the internal fit out and the project is due to complete on time and on budget.

Carshalton High School – Week 11

There is now only 4 weeks in the programme until the new classroom block is finished at Carshalton High School for Girls. The development is on budget and on programme.

 

The team are currently busy plaster-boarding the internal walls and preparing the internal finish to meet the clients requirements. Externally the building is nearing completion with the brick cladding almost finished and the scaffolding will be down next week.

Office Store - Store Office - Just Like That!

Here's a portable cabin really popular with the "small builder". That's building companies that only take on one or two jobs at a time, not 5 foot tall brick layers. It's 20ft long and divided into two parts. In one end there's an office with a standard door entrance and the other end is a secure store with double doors. Ideal when space on site is at a premium. It's also from our AV range, which means it's anti-vandal; made of steel with anti tamper locks on the doors. Available from Inverness to Newton Abbott.

Check out these Temporary Buildings

I thought these were worth posting; they're from our Moduflex range of temporary accommodation and have been wrapped with a chequered pattern. The buildings will provide accommodation for commentators and sponsors and will be positioned at the start/finish line at the Goodwood festival of speed event taking place this week end.

Bye Bye to Portable Cabins

After a recent acquisition, the time came for taking stock. On a visit to one of that company's portable cabin holding depots, James, who looks after our second hand cabin sales, was shown a selection of temporary buildings that were not of a high enough quality for inclusion in our hire fleet. They included Thurston Units, Portakabin Pacemaker, Ultra , Lydney, and Caledonian Safemaker buildings. James, with the company's reputation for high standards in mind, decided that the buildings were of such a standard that it would be better if they were scrapped rather than sold. He's a true Yorkshireman and it must have broken his heart!

Farewell to Welfare Unit

James Mellars has been busy again! A customer called him with a problem; his gang of cable layers spent no more than a week at any one job and supplying them with a welfare cabin was becoming quite expensive as the transport charges for a crane offload and collect were relatively high. The solution: James sold him a second hand mobile self contained welfare unit. The customer now tows it from site to site and calls Elliott support services when he requires it to be emptied. Inside, there is a flushing toilet, a drying area, a six person seating area, hand washing facility and a microwave. The unit is powered by a diesel generator. There's a few more available across the country so, anyone interested should call James on 07774131145.

For when Work Stops inside a Workshop in Worksop.

This week James sold a portable cabin to a chap who found our details via the www. He needed some space inside his factory in Worksop "for the lads to use a canteen". After visiting our Wakefield branch, where we have an extensive range of second hand portable accommodation for sale, he chose his unit and arranged delivery of the building for the following Monday. We also organised for the building to be "skated" into position which, in the words of our client, "nobody else seemed interested in doing".   And here's the one he chose.

Giant Steps are what She Takes.....

OK so it's only vaguely related to portable buildings but who cares!

Laura Poole, who organises repairs and renewals to our fleet of energy saving temporary buildings operated from our Cannock branch recently took part in the 26 mile moon walk through London.

She and her team, dressed in traditional West Midlands Saturday night costume, raised a total of £1445 in aid of breast cancer. Job well done Laura (second from right) and thanks for the picture! ;)

Growing Growing Gone!

A customer recently called in to the Elliott branch in Inverness looking for a cheap second hand portable building for him and his fellow tenants to use on their allotments. They were short of somewhere to make drinks and store tools. They chose this building which is a all steel build with steel shutters, meaning it would be ideal as secure storage. They agreed a price of seven hundred pounds and the building was dispatched with in 4 days. The guys at the allotment will be spending the next few days painting the buildings which will hopefully give them many years of use and somewhere for them to brew up have the odd beer.

Grab a lovely pair!

These two 40x12 Steel clad portable buildings were sold to a local transport company who wanted extra space to house their expanding operation. One of the buildings is open plan, and the other is split into 3 main areas; one male one female/disabled toilet, one kitchenette and a seating area for visitors.

Both buildings are platersol coated buildings with pvc coated steel interior white finish.

They are available immediately. For further information, prices and transport costs please contact James Mellars, our Ex-Fleet Manager, on 07774 131145

ALGECO SCOTSMAN ACQUIRES SPEEDY SPACE

Company Enhances Service and Product Offerings for UK Customers

BALTIMORE (April 26, 2011) – Algeco Scotsman, a leading global business services company focused on modular space and secure storage solutions, today announced the acquisition of the business and assets of Speedy Space, a division of Speedy Hire PLC.  Speedy Space’s fleet and operating branches will be integrated into Algeco's business operations in the United Kingdom, known as Elliott.

Elliott and Speedy Hire will also enter into a multi-year partnering agreement to provide customers in the UK with an integrated service that combines the expertise of each company in their respective products and services, making the full range of their products and services available to each other’s customers.

“This acquisition affords us new capabilities to better serve all of our customers, especially those with needs throughout the country,” said Mark Eburne, managing director for Elliott.  “Customers can continue to rely on us for superior service and will now have access to more units from more locations.”   

As a result of the transaction, Algeco Scotsman has added more than 16,000 units to its fleet and new locations in Chichester, Swindon, Ipswich and Derby.

“This deal underscores our ongoing commitment to enhancing the reach and scope of our business in the UK,” said Duncan Gillis, chief executive officer of Algeco Scotsman.  “We welcome the Speedy Space team to the company, as we join forces to provide excellent service and value to customers.” 

About Algeco Scotsman

Algeco Scotsman is a leading global business services provider focused on modular space and storage solutions. Operating as Williams Scotsman in North America and Algeco in Europe, the company manages a fleet of more than 300,000 units, with operations in Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and United States. The company’s reputation is grounded in exceptional customer service, effective management of business operations, and consistent product innovation. Algeco Scotsman’s global presence combined with its local market expertise provides exemplary service tailored to meet the unique needs of customers throughout the world. For more information go to www.algecoscotsman.com

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We've put Elliott on facebook. Take a look and feel free to "like" it.

 

Portable toilet blog

Take a look at our portable toilet blog, it's interesting. (If you like toilets!)

Wood you like a Log Cabin

Fancy a log cabin but have neither the time, skill or inclination to build one?

Then why not get a vinyl wrap from Elliott. These portable building wraps can transform an ugly Portable building into something you want to be seen in whilst blending in to your natural surroundings and can be used on Elliott’s Moduflex range, Modular buildings, Eco range, in fact any Elliott temporary office or welfare accommodation.

New Construction Brochure from Elliott Hire

Elliott Hire has production a new brochure specifically aimed at the construction industry.

This latest brochure in their range includes the latest information on their self powered on-site portable cabins, moduflex open plan offices and modular buildings as well as details on their portable toilets and showers, temporary fencing and site security, mobile welfare units and their effluent and fresh water tanker services.

The brochure can be found on the company web site in the literature section.

Modules arrive in Denbighshire

The new two-storey outpatients and office accommodation development is starting to take shape with the arrival of the modular units on site at Glan Clwyd Hospital. They are being craned into position on the foundation pads set in place during the early phases of the scheme. Once all these modular units are in place the extensive fit-out can begin. 

Foundations down in North Wales

Elliott Off-Site Building Solutions have prepared the foundations and pads at Glan Clwyd Hospital for the new two-storey outpatients department and office accommodation unit. The site is almost ready for the arrival of the modular units which are to be craned onto site in the coming weeks and put in place ready for the full fit out of the building.

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Pwllheli good move Elliott!

Elliott Group Ltd acquired Glasfryn Hire on Monday 18^th February 2011

Glasfryn who are based in Pwllheli, North Wales and incorporate Green Loos, have a range of chemical toilets and luxury trailer toilets, portable buildings, welfare accommodation and secure storage units.

This acquisition means Elliott can offer an extended range of products and services across Wales.

Second Hand Portakabin Titan for Sale

Ensuring the highest standards that you would expect from the UK's largest supplier of portable buildings, Elliott have 100s of second hand temporary offices available for sale. This enables us to free up space for new containers, mobile welfare units and modular buildings. Amongst those for sale is this Portakabin Titan building.

BREEAM Assessor Role for Outpatients and Office Accommodation at Glan Clwyd Hospital

Elliott Off-Site has been selected as the BREEAM assessor on the new two-storey outpatients and office accommodation development at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Denbighshire. This follows on from being commissioned to design and build the scheme on behalf of the local health board. BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) is the leading and most widely used environmental assessment method for buildings. It sets the standard for best practice in sustainable design and has become the de facto measure used to describe a building's environmental performance. The objective is for the building to achieve a BREEAM ‘Very Good’ rating upon completion.

So Farquhar So Good!

Elliott Event Hire has strengthened their position in the North with the acquisition of RB Farquhar, a family run business based in Scotland.

Farquhar has four branches in Scotland and one in Warrington and will enable Elliott Event Hire to penetrate these areas for forthcoming shows and festivals.

The purchase will increase their stock levels of luxury trailer toilets, chemical toilets, mains plumbed toilet and shower blocks and anti vandal welfare units.

Rallye lovely Cabins

Elliott Hire are again supplying portable site offices to the Sunseeker Rallye. The event is held in Hampshire each year and is all about scaryily fast cars wizzing through mud and gravel. If you get bored with the cars there's loads of pretty blonde girls to look at! It's not my thing but then again I am a bit boring! Anyway they're having some of our energy saving Eco-Cabins which are brill.

Bye bye boring green - Hello cool grey.

All you eagle eyed Elliott spotters may have noticed that Elliott’s portable buildings, cabins and storage containers are changing colour.

The new look will show our temporary buildings painted pale grey with a blue door and our storage containers dark grey. This will bring us in line with our sister company in Europe – Algeco

Coming soon to a school, building site, health centre, retail park near you!

Algeco Video

I bumped into this video today. It's the new year's message from one of Elliott's European sister companies; Algeco.












It is illustrating the simplicity of the solutions offered by Algeco. I quite liked it.

Energy Saving Open Plan Offices

Elliott launches an energy saving version of their Moduflex open plan portable buildings.

The ‘Eco-Flex’ units are available in two sizes, 20’x10 (6mx3m) & 32’x10’ (9mx3m) and can be linked together from any side to form a large open-plan complex, ideally suited for offices.

The energy saving benefits include:

• Full insulation to walls, floor and ceiling
• Timers to heater units
• Double glazed windows
• PIR lighting

Very Handsome Portable Welfare Units from Elliott

Elliott Hire have recently supplied Elliott Off-Site Building Solutions with some of their new welfare units. The units are part of the new Elliott Eco Future range which have been developed by Elliott to help reduce energy consumption and benefit from lower energy costs.

The new units have been specially wrapped using high impact durable graphics that reflect the new Off-Site Building Solutions brand.

Paul Lang, Director for Off-Site Building Solutions stated “Apart from the the branded welfare units looking fantastic, they provide the real benefit of reducing energy costs; savings of up to 73% and annual CO2 savings of over 3,250kg per unit. These savings will help us achieve our own internal target for reducing our CO2 footprint and that of our customers”.