What drylining work do you do in Derby?
Across Derby (DE1) it is mostly engineering and manufacturing offices, hospital estates and city centre leisure, with partitions, SFS, wall linings, ceilings, fire stopping and plastering all delivered by one contractor. A significant proportion of work in Derby involves the conversion and refurbishment of older commercial buildings, where existing walls are rarely true and linings and ceilings must accommodate extensive existing services. Every package is priced from the drawings and programme, free of charge.
Do you charge extra to work in Derby?
No. Derby is approximately 36 miles from our head office, a routine distance for our site teams. Travel is included within the package price, and on longer schemes the team remains on site for the duration.
Have you worked in Derby before?
Yes. Derby's engineering and manufacturing base generates office fit-outs alongside production environments, where partitions frequently require both fire and acoustic performance. We also deliver hospital and city centre leisure projects across the city. If your scheme is near Nightingale Quarter, send us the drawings and we will advise on the implications for the drylining package before pricing.
Does the type of building in Derby change how the package runs?
Yes. Many buildings in Derby were originally built for a different purpose, so existing walls are seldom plumb and soffits often carry redundant services. We set out from an established datum rather than the existing walls, and design the linings and ceilings to conceal what must remain.
Can you do the fire stopping in Derby as well as the drylining?
Yes. The passive fire work is carried out by RWS Contracts Ltd, the group's IFC certificated fire division, which shares the same office and management team. On schemes in Derby the rated walls, the ceilings and the fire stopping through them can be let as one package with one point of responsibility.
How quickly could you start a job in Derby?
Derby is approximately 36 miles from our Rotherham head office, so a site visit is normally arranged within one to two weeks. Start dates depend on current commitments, and we will always confirm a realistic date against your programme.
