The Connaught Hotel
Attentive service, the ability and resources to carry out several
jobs simultaneously under extreme pressure and the
commitment to deliver on promises made has seen an initial
£17,500 order for quick turnaround remedial work at the
Connaught blossom into a contract worth in the region of
£300,000 over just a few months.
Given to C&C in October 2009, these areas were all
completed by December 2009, yet again as a result of fast,
accurate drawings and with our fabricator working long
weekends and late nights alongside our install team to
complete two out of the three areas. Although the third area
subsequently ‘moved’ two more times as to the Hotel’s
requirements shifted, that was also completed on time.
While this was going on, Mark worked with GWP’s Garry
Nokes on the design of a new staff restaurant (The Nagomi)
with a redesigned Meiko Dishwash area. The previous
restaurant could no longer cope with the large increase in staff
numbers taken on due to the success of the Connaught’s new
extension.
The contract required Mark’s attendance at many late
night meetings and some very early in the morning, to fit
around unsociable staff rotas. These were usually the only
times when staff could see him.
For more information please see the CEDA Award entry for this project.
