25th year of business

Blending education, stability and progression is essentially how an apprenticeship works. The construction industry is built on great apprenticeship programmes and without them, we’re going to miss out on valuable talent. Today, we must think about redefining what an apprenticeship means. It’s more than a skills programme, it’s a route for real change. [...]

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Make sure you're better equipped to accurately identify, assess, control and monitor exposure to risk throughout the course of a project. Exposure to environmental and safety hazards, unknown site conditions, material availability issues and labour shortages all contribute to high levels of risk. Without proper risk management, your teams are liable to injury, your company liable to financial and legal risk, and your project liable to failure. [...]

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When all the talents and strengths unite effectively, the outcome can be a hugely successful and lucrative one.
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Project Management strategies in construction are vital in keeping things safe, teams productive, schedules on point and everyone communicating effectively. [...]

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We’re living in times of profound economic uncertainty, and construction output is suffering for it. Finding ways of working with greater efficiency, consistency and control over the final product is vital for the future thriving of our industry and is something that we consistently work towards at Fascel. [...]

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After decades of working on large-scale projects – from schools and hospitals to huge commercial builds – we’ve seen first-hand how often insulation is overlooked or minimised in the development process. Our very own Simon Jones is sharing some great insights here on why we need to be considering the correct Thermal Insulation at the outset of every construction project. [...]

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F&S Pipework was renamed Fascel last month – the first name change for the company since it was founded 25 years ago. MD Andy Carr explains the process of rebranding a well-established business. Planning crucial for rebrand Structural shift Spring 2014 earmarked for upturn Founded 1989 Location Luton Specialism Pipework and M&E Number of employees [...]

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Fascel have been awarded accreditation from safecontractor for its commitment to achieving excellence in health and safety. Under the safecontractor scheme, businesses undergo a vetting process which examines the health and safety procedures and track  record for safe practice. [...]

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Due to successful audits and consistency F&S Pipework have yet again been awarded the following accreditations. ISO9001 ISO14001 OHSAS [...]

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The Greenwich Peninsula Energy Centre has been designed and built to heat Greenwich Peninsula, one of London’s largest housing developments. It will be the heart of the new development, pumping hot water to the thousands of homes and businesses across the site. [...]

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Fascel are proud to announce that we have been accredited onto the Constructionline Approval System.

The Constructionline Approval System is an online database with thousands of quality suppliers, pre-qualified to the official Government pre- qualified standard. Constructionline is a great opportunity for businesses to promote their services and gain new customers. [...]

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The highly prestigious Health & Safety & Environmental awards from BAM have been presented to Fascel. These awards are handed out yearly and recognise the overall performance of a company, its staff and H&S and environmental consideration. In our industry, these awards are paramount because they demonstrate our awareness of H&S and environmental issues, commitment [...]

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The £28m Netley development project is part of a 15 year Community Investment Programme which will work with local people across Camden to identify ways to unlock the social and economic value of some of the borough’s assets in order to help bring Camden schools up to modern standards, provide new housing and improve community [...]

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Fascel Group has been assessed by CHAS (The Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme) and has been marked as Compliant according to its requirements. Set up in 1997 the aim of CHAS is to improve health and safety standards across Great Britain and to reduce duplicated safety applications for suppliers and buyers. Being CHAS approved [...]

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We have been helping a primary school to commemorate its Golden Jubilee. St Catherine’s of Siena Primary School in Garston, Watford will be celebrating this milestone after it was first opened by the Dominican Sisters in 1964. The school children are burying a time capsule that they hope will be discovered and enjoyed by people [...]

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Fresh from the success of our name change to Fascel group, the transport facilities we have built up over a number of years have been awarded a prestigious accreditation. The Fleet Operators Recognition Scheme (FORS) is a voluntary scheme for any businesses with transport, the purpose of which is to raise the quality within fleet [...]

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1st October 2013, Aaron Morby,  Construction Enquirer BAM Construction has formally broken ground at its £30m scheme to build an operating centre for Network Rail. The contractor will construct a three-storey building in Basingstoke that will act as a signalling control centre for the Wessex region. It is one of a dozen being built by [...]

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With effect from October 1, 2013, F&S Pipeworks changed its name and restructured its business to be known as the Fascel Group. The decision to rebrand and reposition the company is a strategic development to reflect its improved operational capabilities, its expertise and its facilities. The Fascel Group now consists of four divisions: Fascel Mechanical, [...]

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A 25-year anniversary is an important milestone for any company and F&S Pipeworks has made the bold move of marking its 25th year in business by renaming the company Fascel and by restructuring its operation. For well over two decades the firm has been a been a trusted, respected partner of many large organisations, delivering [...]

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30 September, 2013 | By Chloe Stothart, Construction News The number of construction firms becoming insolvent has fallen for the 10th month in a row, new figures have shown. The data from credit rating agency Experian found the number of building and construction firms going into insolvency fell from 293 in August 2012 to 210 [...]

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