Following the recent general election it appears that new confidence is now returning to the construction market and long awaited decisions on construction projects are being made. As such we are pleased to announce the award of two new London projects with a combined value of £33.5 million. More news on these projects will follow […]
We are delighted to announce that we are now an accredited Living Wage Employer! This means that every member of staff working for us will earn a real Living Wage. The real Living Wage is higher than the government’s minimum, or National Living Wage, and is an independently calculated hourly rate of pay that is […]
Hi Chris and welcome to Charles Edward. And thanks for your time, we know you are flat out!! You have joined us as part of our in-house design team – bolstering our capabilities further in this area. Can you tell us a bit about your background and how you came across CE? I studied Architecture […]
As part of our commitment to developing the next generation of construction pioneers we arranged a site visit for students of New City College, one of the largest colleges in East London with campuses in Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Redbridge. The students were invited to take a walk around our live fit out project for […]
We are pleased to announce that Charles Edward have been given a Gold Award for our project at 3-5 Norwich Street. The Lord Mayor presented the award to Charles Edward as part of the Considerate Contractors Scheme. By joining the scheme, members agree to follow the Code of Good Practice laid out. This commitment exceeds […]
We are pleased to welcome Bob Cockcroft to the team, who has joined us as a Technical Services Manager. Bob – welcome aboard the good ship CE! To kick off, what are your thoughts on how the services industry has changed in the last 20 years? Apart from everybody seeming to be younger than me, […]
We caught up with Mark Murray, the latest ‘Construction Pioneer’ to join the team, based in our London office. Read on to find out what Mark’s favourite colour Quality Street is… Mark, welcome! Can you tell us a bit about how your journey to joining Charles Edward? And what do you think of the office […]
The sustainable growth continues for CE, adding yet another ‘Construction Pioneer’ to our ranks for 2019! We caught up with our new Commercial Manager Amy Beazley who has been working on the commercial aspect of our highly successful ‘Plug + Play’ CAT B offering. Welcome Amy! So first up, what led you to Charles Edward… […]
It’s been a few weeks since Lisa Chan started in our London office as Bid Manager. We caught up with Lisa to see how she is getting on… Lisa, you have been with us for a few weeks now, how’s it going? It has been crazy hectic, it’s only been a few weeks and there is […]
Andy, welcome to Charles Edward. As is tradition we like to run a quick Q&A with our Construction Pioneers so here goes… Those working outside of the industry could be forgiven for underestimating how big the commercial side of a construction project really is. What’s your view on this? Overseeing the commercial aspect of a […]