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Taking its place in UK's top 10 piling contractors
14:37 04 Jun 2003
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Simplex, formerly part of the Britannia Group, was acquired by
Norwest Holst Soil Engineering in March 2000.
Norwest Holst recently changed its name to Vinci and all its piling interests have now been re-titled Simplex Foundations. A turnover of £16m - all piling - gives Simplex Foundations a place in the UK's top 10 piling contractors.
A quarter of turnover is repeat business. "I want to lift that figure to 75%," said Donovan. "My clients are mostly principal contractors such as Shepherd, Wates, Simons and Vinci.
"Most of the subcontractor work we do is designed by us. Contractors are better at detailing than consultants and when a lot of people make decent money by suggesting alternative schemes it shows someone got it wrong.
"We find that 50% of the projects we price could be engineered in a better way, perhaps for economy, speed or safe processes."
Norwest Holst recently changed its name to Vinci and all its piling interests have now been re-titled Simplex Foundations. A turnover of £16m - all piling - gives Simplex Foundations a place in the UK's top 10 piling contractors.
A quarter of turnover is repeat business. "I want to lift that figure to 75%," said Donovan. "My clients are mostly principal contractors such as Shepherd, Wates, Simons and Vinci.
"Most of the subcontractor work we do is designed by us. Contractors are better at detailing than consultants and when a lot of people make decent money by suggesting alternative schemes it shows someone got it wrong.
"We find that 50% of the projects we price could be engineered in a better way, perhaps for economy, speed or safe processes."
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