You should avoid having any external brickwork or roof tiling done in this cold weather. This is because mortar (or muck as we call it in the building trade) doesn’t set properly if the temperature gets below 3°C. The big problem is that this failure to set properly may not be noticeable and might not [...]
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News from SIS Construction, builders in West Berkshire
Beware of Employing Handymen
December 12th, 2011If you look around local advertising, you will find a lot of ‘handymen’ offering services to do work on your home covering painting, bricklaying, carpentry and other building trades. They will often be cheaper than a skilled tradesman and claim to be able to do a multitude of tasks so that you don’t have to [...]
How to Pick a Building Contractor
October 7th, 2011Whether you are a private individual, a commercial landlord, a business, a housing association or a local authority; when you need a building contractor it’s essential to pick one that will do a quality job at a reasonable cost to an agreed timescale. In this industry, horror stories abound about overcharging, long delays (or even [...]
SIS Construction Sponsors Roundabout in Hungerford
August 22nd, 2011SIS Construction have just sponsored a local roundabout on the A4 in Hungerford. With this sponsorship the roundabout is then maintained to a higher standard by the local authority with flowers and shrubs making the roundabout look more attractive for local residents and passers through. SIS Construction look forward to local people, when giving friends [...]
SIS awarded the NHBC Safemark Certificate
July 27th, 2011SIS Construction Ltd have just been awarded the NHBC Safemark certificate, it is awarded to contractors who have passed the NHBC Health and Safety competence assessment scheme.
Why measure health and safety competence?
July 27th, 2011Being able to prove your health and safety competence in the building industry is a crucial element to securing contracts. Clients will always seek highly competent principal contractors who then, in turn, will look for the same in the sub-contractors that they employ. The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 07) state that both [...]
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