After a rigorous selection process, I am delighted to announce that Durabilis have once again been successful in renewing our contract for the supply of Office Moves and related construction works for the John Lewis Partnership Head Office Sites. 

Maintaining the long standing relationship with the Partnership is greatly valued by Durabilis and I’d like to extend my personal thanks to our Senior Contracts Manager, Colin Marsh, who works tirelessly to ensure the Partnerships high expectations are consistently upheld.

Both Colin and I look forward to continued working with the JLP Facilities and Construction teams in the future.

Jonathan Stone

Director

We are delighted to publish the final results of our very own breakout space and meeting room facility designed to showcase to new and old clients.

These works show what can be done to utilise a roof void within a commercial unit, with a new kitchen facility, flooring, lighting, sliding/folding partition door system to provide a flexible work space area and furniture from the Edge Design range providing a splash of colour and a flexible solution for both meeting and breakout needs. The project also boasts a state of the art AV solution provided by our very own Duratec Audio Visual Ltd.

Our thanks go out to our own installation team plus……

• Magnet Kitchens
• Pledge – Edge Design
• London Wall
• Forbo Flooring
• Duratec Audio Visual Ltd

If you’re in the area, please pop in to see for yourself.

Gansta boss and his mole

Following the success of last years family fun day, we decided to try it again but this time in July with the hope of avoiding the rain. But it wasn’t to be with a downpour throughout the entire day and sadly the much anticipated rounders rematch had to be cancelled. Watch this space for Durabilis versus the rest of the world in 2018!

the clear up team

With a change of venue this time around and lots of indoor space (thankfully) we still pulled off a great day full of fun, fine food and refreshments.

A massive thank you to all of our suppliers on the day who really went the extra mile, The Magic Brushes, Photo Booth Parties, Rustic Events and Carlos Ice cream.

This years chosen charity was CLIC Sargent, fighting for young lives against cancer. It doesn’t get more worthwhile than that. With a GoXtreme Camera at stake, we raised an amazing £236.00 for this fantastic charity. Well done to Dan Martin who was the lucky winner. Thank you for everyones kind generosity.

And finally our thanks to everyone who helped make sure the day was a success, too many to name but a special mention to those who helped set up and the clear up squad who stayed ’til the death.

Please click here for this years gallery and for a small selection of photo booth beauties!

‘The construction of our new office was a major undertaking, getting it right was critical; Working in a fast moving and dynamic sector, we are used to taking a pragmatic approach to business and this project was no exception.

We chose A&A with Durabilis for a ‘turn-key’ job including fit-out and furnishings. We selected Durabilis for the fit-out work, as we felt they were a perfect fit for us in this approach; Project Manager Pat Lafford was very accommodating and allowed us to work closely together to get exactly what we wanted, providing the expertise and advice we needed, when we needed it.

This professionalism was echoed by each member of the Durabilis team onsite, who were always extremely courteous, were masters of their trade, and their work was of a high standard and to our specification; in short our team are thrilled with the outcome.

-A.M. from Cortex.’

To view the works undertaken, please click here to view our case study.

We are very pleased to announce that Jennifer Chapman has joined Durabilis as Project
Manager. Jen joins us from Underwood Carpenter where for 3 years she was seconded into Waitrose as a Project Manager, managing the planning, design and construction negotiations on their new stores. Over the past 12 months, Jen was a consultant on infrastructure upgrade projects and housing refurbishments at the Waitrose Leckford Estate. A perfect fit for us!

Prior to moving to the U.K. Jen worked in-house as Development Project Manager for AHG (Australia’s largest automotive retailer) and Project Manager for Goodman Group, concentrating in large distribution / warehousing. Jen studied Construction at Newcastle (Aus) University and Architectural design and technology in Newcastle.

Typically Australian, Jen loves her sport, and admits will occasionally support England.

She is a keen cyclist and is constantly looking for that next Alpine cycle challenge.

Introducing Poppy the new apprentice specialising in bin emptying, office stress reliever and official welcome party! She will be in the office most days so please be sure to make a fuss of her on arrival.