Plastic Surgeon Case Study:
Sir Robert McAlpine Client: Sector: Repairs:
Sir Robert McAlpine Conference and Leisure Door frames, laminate wall panels, IPS panels
Site:
Edinburgh International Conference Centre Scotland
The Challenge The Edinburgh International Conference Centre has recently added to the Scottish capital’s list of world class attractions, with cosmetic repair specialist, Plastic Surgeon being closely involved on the snagging process which precedes the handover of any large building project. Working for main contractor, Sir Robert McAlpine, a team of highly trained Finishers from Plastic Surgeon’s Scottish region tackled a variety of repair tasks: addressing different building substrates, including laminate wall panels, doors, door frames and IPS panels.
The Solution The Operations Manager for Plastic Surgeon in Scotland, Derek Whiteford, comments on the EICC contract saying: “The tasks undertaken were typical of most large sites, where all the labourers and tradespeople passing through had caused minor scrapes, dents and tracks; moving wheelbarrows or carrying toolboxes. “We had two Finishers on site for a total of 10 days, basically filling all the areas of damage and smoothing them back before re-spraying the repair. Although we are all trained in the use of RAL colour charts, the relatively small volumes involved meant that rather than buying paint in for the job, our Finishers mixed the colours required by eye, using our stock pigments. This was also an advantage because there was no parking outside the conference centre and everything had to be carried a 10 minute walk from where we left the vans.”
The Result Derek concludes: “This has been a very successful project for Plastic Surgeon where the Finishers managed to complete all the different repairs with minimal interference to the other trades involved on site. We have been very active in Edinburgh over the past year, being appointed to do both planned and responsive maintenance for the city council – including over-coating baths – and we are also expecting all the projects going on for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games to generate more work for us.”
Sustainable Repairs At the same time as providing clients with a comprehensive cosmetic repair service addressing virtually every type of product and substrate, Plastic Surgeon is also addressing important aspects of the sustainability agenda. For while the company’s ethos of ‘repairing rather than replacing’ represents a saving of approximately £3 for every pound spent, this approach also significantly reduces waste going to landfill and therefore helps cut a customer’s carbon footprint. Full UK Coverage
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Uniquely, Plastic Surgeon has developed its VisibilITy software which translates each finisher’s job report, sent from their hand held computer, into the equivalent weight and other statistics on a data base that participating customers can utilise for their own sustainability reporting.
Total Landfill Savings for this project:
0.35 tonnes
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