Clearview National February 2020 - Issue 219 | Page 15

SEVENTHINGS...
WALL OF FAME
UKCW relies on a top team behind the
scenes and on-site:
Sam – Office Manager/General – joined
the company after setting up and running a
successful janitorial business for five years. Her
main background is sales and marketing having
worked in different industries for the past 20
years, and BT for 10.
Mark – Accounts Manager – started in
contract cost accounting in 1984 for an
engineering company based in Wolverhampton.
The company were involved in many major
projects based in the UK and all over the
world. Mark built up 26 years of experience
within contract cost accounting and has
since then worked for several companies in
various fields on accounting and book-keeping
projects.
David – Chief Estimator – has worked in
the industry for 40 years; having started as a
trainee estimator for a shopfitting company,
and went on to estimate for a various of
company’s becoming senior estimator, having
worked with aluminium curtain walling,
windows, doors, glazing, and cladding.
Lisa – Designer/Drawing Office – is a time
served mechanical and production engineer
who originally worked at Clarke Chapman
Marine in the mechanical/hydraulic drawing
office before moving into the construction
industry. Lisa has over 20 years’ experience in
the design of aluminium commercial glazing.
Richard – Business Development Manager –
has 35 years in the construction industry (23
years aluminium industry and 12 years garage
doors); working in new build/refurb, schools
and academies, office blocks, hospitals, care
homes, social housing, civic buildings, and more.
Previous roles include Technical Representative,
Sales Director, Commercial Manager, Chief
Estimator, companies such as Kingfisher
Windows (most recent), 1st Choice Garage
Doors, Solaglas, British Patent Glazing, EG
Aluminium, Heywood Williams.
Jason – Contracts Manager – started out
on the tools emergency boarding and glazing
for EG Glass, progressed onto estimating,
then transferred to the aluminium side of
the business estimating. In 34 years he has
since worked as Contracts Manager for a few
companies such as Solaglas, Euro Aluminium,
Weatherwise Special Projects, LDG Contracts
and EYG from Hull; gaining a wealth of
experience with regards to the fixing of curtain
walling, windows and doors to new build
as well as refurbished buildings and railway
bridges.
THE COMPANY ONLINE
Being visible in the marketplace is key to
future success and with this in mind the new
UKCW website was launched last year, and is
kept current, along with an active presence on
social media; in particular LinkedIn, which has
proven very successful.
SETTING AND MAINTAINING
STANDARDS
On Thursday 25th January, UKCW passed
its audit with flying colours. When Duncan
and Sam bought the business, it had 9001 and
14001, and the team has worked tirelessly to
maintain these high standards.
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