News Archive

Thursday, 28th October 2010
Shire Pile System of Foundation Stabilisation and Structural Masonry Repair training day proves very popular
A third shire pile and helical masonry reinforcement training day is to be held at Gelder Groups Training Academy in November, the date to be announced shortly. Initially one day had been planned during September but was so oversubscribed a second was held on 5th October. The day, which includes three separate sessions for installers engineers and surveyors teaches the science behind the syste...
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Thursday, 28th October 2010
Gelder Group secure four year "Blue Skies Consortium" place
The Gelder Group has been successful in securing its place on the midlands “Blue Skies Consortium” meaning that we can bid for the delivery of schemes tendered by the east midlands housing associations that make up the consortium. Gelder Groups Housing Manager Robert Porter (pictured) commented that “despite the reduced funding to housing associations generally they still rem...
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Wednesday, 27th October 2010
Greentech Rebrands Logo and Launches New Website
A division of the Gelder Group, Greentech was originally set up to service the waste management requirements of the Group’s construction activities in 2006. Since then Greentech has expanded its customer base to include, amongst others, the Lincolnshire Showground and Jackson’s Building Centres’ Lincoln HQ. Due to this expansion of the business, it was decided to rebrand Gree...
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Monday, 25th October 2010
James Hill engages delegates with ethical building speech at British Research Establishment, Watford
Gelder Group Environmental Officer, James Hill, gave an outstanding speech from stage at the British Research Establishment, Watford, after being requested to speak at a National Subsidence Forum event on the merits of sustainable construction. Gelder Group are members of the National Subsidence Forum, a group made up mainly of insurers and companies specialising in subsidence related prope...
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Friday, 22nd October 2010
BBC Look North interviews Gelder Group MD on Government spending review
Gelder Group MD Steve Gelder recently appeared on BBC Look North to discuss the governments October spending review and its effect on the construction industry with an expected 100,000 job losses across the industry. During the interview Steve was pushed to discuss the effect on Gelder Group and possible job losses at the company but refused to be drawn on the subject, concentrating instead on the...
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Thursday, 21st October 2010
Leif Davy brings home sustainable contract four weeks ahead of schedule
Site manager Leif Davy has completed a £1.9m Design & Build contract that has delivered seventeen properties on Bottesford Road, Ashby to Longhurst & Havelock Homes four weeks ahead of schedule. The scheme, a combination of homes & bungalows constructed to level three of the code for sustainable homes wasn’t due to be handed over until November 2010 but completion was r...
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Friday, 8th October 2010
Speed Drying is a Hit with the NHS....................
When you arrive for work to find that your office has suffered a burst pipe over the weekend and it’s flooded to 2 inches deep, you know you are in for a difficult week. This is exactly the scenario that greeted 45 NHS Trust staff at their Sleaford offices recently and which gave Gelder Group company Home & Dry the opportunity for it to show off its new trailer mounted speed drying kit. ...
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Wednesday, 6th October 2010
North Midlands Office welcomes its first female apprentice
Area Manager Mick Millership is delighted to take on the very first female apprentice at our Barlborough branch. Emily Murdoch had to fight off tough competition from over 40 applicants who applied for an apprenticeship at Barlborough. 17 year old Emily from Rainworth near Mansfield after leaving school attended the West Notts Construction College where she acquired the talent to become a ...
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Friday, 1st October 2010
A day in the life of a Gelder Group Employee
‘’Over the past four days, we have been whirled round the Gelder group business. From reception work, to surveying; web design, to stores; we have experienced a wide variety of Gelder group jobs, in a short period of time. We never knew that the company had so many sections, which makes it a thriving business. On the first day of work experience within Gelder group, I was ...
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