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Mediwall shortlisted for two AIS Awards
Swift Horsman's have been shorlisted for two awards at this years AIS Best Practice Awards. Mediwall has been shortlisted for both the product innovation and eco innovation award. Mediwall is engineered to lead...
3rd September, 2010 - [read more]
Contract awarded at Royal Welsh College
Client: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Contractor: Wilmott Dixon Construction Architect: Davis Langdon The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama has begun its redevelopment: South Wales construction company Willmott Dixon has...
19th August, 2010 - [read more]
SwiftWall starts work at Imperial College, Hammersmith
Client: Imperial College Contractor: Bovis Architect: Sheppard Robson / Bovis Lend Lease This contract is the re development of Block L at Imperial College, Hammersmith Campus. The development once completed will provide a six storey...
6th August, 2010 - [read more]
Artezan secure works at Worth Abbey
Client: Worth Abbey Construction Ltd Contractor: Artezan Ltd Architect: Heatherwick Studios Worth Abbey is home to 25 monks and is set within beautiful and tranquil grounds. The Abbey Church can seat up to 1,400 people, the largest capacity...
2nd August, 2010 - [read more]
Swift Horsman start work at Bristol primary school
Weston and Bluebell Primary School This is the first stage of a much larger project, currently Weston Primary School and Bluebell Nursery are two separate buildings, and the plan is to merge the two next year with major building works and...
23rd July, 2010 - [read more]
New Midlands Office open for business
Our new Midlands office, which is headed up by Kevin Winter, is now up and running and open for business. We have been working in the Midlands region for over 12 years delivering a range of specialist projects with great...
13th July, 2010 - [read more]
Dumfries & Galloway Hospital - contract secured
The hospital is in Dumfries which is very close to Castle Works, our manufacturing faciity, which was a big selling point as it provides job opportunities to local trades and significantly improves the carbon footprint of the job with the factory...
5th July, 2010 - [read more]
Artezan secure works with Heron International
Artezan secure specialist joinery work at Heron International Headquarters. This is the new head office for Heron International, which will house the Chief Executive and other senior personnel, and as always quality and attention to...
14th June, 2010 - [read more]
Artezan win Silver
Tuesday 8th June, at the AIS President’s Dinner at The Dorchester Hotel, London, Artezan were awarded Silver for their Specialist Joinery work at the Aqua restaurant, London. Set atop the former Dickins & Jones department store on London’s...
9th June, 2010 - [read more]
Swift Horsman win work at The Shard
Swift Horsman has been awarded the Toilet Fit-out package at The Shard, Europe’s tallest multi-use building based in London Bridge. The Shard, designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano, is a 1,016ft / 310m mixed use high rise or more...
2nd June, 2010 - [read more]
Swift Horsman win work at the 2012 Olympics
Contract Secured - Olympics 2012, Athletes Village, Building No.7 Swift Horsman has successfully secured a contract working on this iconic project, specifically within the Athletes Village. The contract is to provide Timber staircases...
25th May, 2010 - [read more]
New Contract Secured - Forth Valley
The new Forth Valley Acute Services project is creating a state-of-the-art healthcare solution. Once complete, the world-class facilities will replace existing hospitals at Stirling and Falkirk as part of an integrated strategy for delivering...
8th April, 2010 - [read more]
New Contract Secured - Chiswick Park B8
Swift Horsman has been awarded the toilet fit out package for Chiswick Park Building 8, this package also included the design and manufacture of the undercroft shower pods. Chiswick Place is a development of extraordinary vision,...
8th April, 2010 - [read more]
Swift Horsman exhibiting at Hotel & Leisure Conference
Swift Horsman are delighted to announce that they will be exhibiting at Building's Hotel & Leisure Design & Construction event taking place at the Ambassador Bloomsbury, London on the 28th April 2010. The only event capturing the...
18th March, 2010 - [read more]
Swift Horsman win at the Specialists Awards
For the second year running Swift Horsman have been crowned the winners of the Specialists Awards' Training Category. This is a fantastic accolade which we are very proud to have received. It's wonderful to see everyones hard work and...
12th March, 2010 - [read more]
Kings Place - still making headlines
The award winning Kings Place development in London's Kings Cross is still demanding headlines. The Timber and Sustainable Building Magazine this month featured a detailed case study on the project and in particular the Concert Hall which Swift...
26th February, 2010 - [read more]
Aqua Restaurant – 6 months on
The new aqua restaurant in London http://www.aqua.com.hk/ has now been open for over 6 months and the interior fit out that Swift Horsman completed is looking as good as ever. Swift Horsman’s specialist joinery company Artezan were contracted...
19th February, 2010 - [read more]
New Contract Secured
Swift Horsman has just secured a new contract working with Mace Plus on the new Metropolitan Police Station in Barking. The work consists of the installation of our Podwall product in the toilet areas, several general joinery items, supply and...
11th February, 2010 - [read more]
Aviation Division delivers at Heathrow T2
Swift Horsmans Aviation Division delivers high performance timber cladding to Heathrow T2 As part of the Heathrow Terminal 2 refurbishment works our Aviation division has recently completed a complex timber cladding package which provides a...
20th January, 2010 - [read more]
Good Employers Guide
Swift Horsman are delighted not ony to be included again in this years Building Good Employers Guide but to have made the top 5 contractors by profession. This is a true testament to our committment to our staff and the values...
5th November, 2009 - [read more]
Swift Horsman at Interbuild
Swift Horsman will be attending Interbuild @ the NEC in Birmingham on the 18th - 21st October 2009. Occupying one of the largest stands in Sustainability Street, Swift Horsman's stand will be showing the sustainable principles of offsite...
15th October, 2009 - [read more]
Gold at the Wood Awards
Kings Place Concert Hall wins Gold Award at the Wood Awards. The project was the proud winner of two awards which took place at Carpenters Hall on Wednesday 14th October. The first being the winner of the Commercial and Public Access...
15th October, 2009 - [read more]
Buckingham Palace honour
From apprentice joiner to Buckingham Palace honour. A former apprentice joiner who has climbed to Managing Director level has been award a Highly Commended Certificate as part of the Prince Philip Medal selection...
2nd October, 2009 - [read more]
Gold for Kings Place
On Tuesday 9th June 2009 Swift Horsman were awarded the Gold for our outstanding work on the Kings Place Auditorium at the AIS Awards. The following is taken from the AIS website: "Kings Place incorporates the first concert hall to be built in...
1st October, 2009 - [read more]
Large Employer of the Year
On Tuesday 2nd June 2009 Nicola Roope and Gary Saunders attended the Bright Sparks East of England Apprenticeship Awards 2009, where we had a very successful evening as Swift Horsman (Group) Ltd were awarded Large Employer of the Year. This is a...
30th September, 2009 - [read more]
Swift are shortlisted
Swift Horsman (Group) Ltd has been shortlisted for the 'Large Employer of the Year' category at the Bright Sparks East of England Apprenticeship Awards 2009. The awards are designed to publicly recognise the successes and benefits of...
29th September, 2009 - [read more]
