ALC - Technics

Technics Group, one of the largest survey companies located in the South East, has appointed John Macintyre as Managing Director. John was previously Operations Director of Technics Group, responsible for managing all survey projects. Founder and former Managing Director Graham Mills is now Chairman of the Group. The company has recently seen significant business growth with new clients across many sectors including construction, retail and utilities. Technics Group was also recently voted Best Surveying and Property Services Company in the Surrey Property Awards 2012.

Technics Group were recently appointed to carry out a verticality deformation survey of a block of flats in Canterbury, Kent.

The site was a modern, three-storey block in a small residential development and consisted of two wings conjoined by a shared stair core. The interior exhibited some severe cracking suggesting a serious subsidence issue, which had led to the building being deemed uninhabitable and the relocation of the residents.

Structural Engineers David Osborne Associates commissioned  Technics Group to undertake the survey as part of their investigation and remedial design work.
The project requirement was to produce tabulated results showing deflections from vertical of the exterior walls and interior stair core walls at 31 plan positions, each at 10 level intervals from ground to soffit.

Last Friday Graham Mills was interviewed by Lara Lewington the presenter of BBC Click programme about how the company uses Stay Safe App to help its lone working surveyors. Graham went to the Click studio at Television Centre in London where Lara asked him questions about where the idea for the Stay Safe App came from, how it works and how our surveyors feel about using it. The interview will be broadcast later this month.

Technics Group has been instructed to produce survey data of multiple pod sites within the London Square Mile.  Renew by Media Metrica is network of high specification communication pods which conveniently doubles as a recycling point.   The survey data is being used to create planning ‘Site Packs’ as Renew seeks to expand their network to 200 on street screens targeting 3 million passing pedestrians. Working to tight deadlines the surveys are required so that the pod locations can be planned and installed before the Olympics.

Accurate building Net Internal Area calculations have a variety of uses including as built assessment, marketing, H&S documentation and lease / rent calculations and are therefore essential for a project team. Being certain of the NIA allows the team to confidently progress and removes the likelihood of conflict. Technics Group have recently completed an NIA survey for the New Central development in Woking, Surrey.

The Barratt Homes development includes 445 Residential units together with 4900m2 office space over a six storey office block.

Working closely with the contractor Midguard Limited the survey was split into 2 phases which were undertaken during 2011 and 2012, each being to a critical project deadline.

Once again the superb Barnett Hill conference centre in the Surrey hills was the venue for our latest creative day. This time Vistage group chairman Bob Battye facilitated the day which he started with some team building exercises. Who would have thought that groups of intelligent people simply lowering a stick to the ground could cause so much debate, insight into human behaviour and reflection on what customer service means?

Graham Mills and Derry Long attended the Theo Paphitis #SBS winners event at Edgebaston stadium on Friday. After a networking lunch Theo took to the stage to talk about #SBS and to do a question and answer session for all the winners. Following this lively session he awarded the certificate and prizes.

Small Business Sunday, shortened to the hashtag #SBS on Twitter, was created by Theo Paphitis in October 2010. Theo is best known for his star role in TV’s Dragons’ Den. He is Chairman of Ryman Stationery plus Boux Avenue lingerie and joint owner of Red Letter Days