Civil Engineers

PETTIT’s Utilities division have completed a Foul and Surface water diversion project in North London, consisting of installation of 6 x 1200mm Foul water chambers with 225mm clay pipe connections and 5 x 1200mm Surface Water Chambers with 300mm clay pipe connections. This project proved a tricky installation in very tight working conditions, with both […]

PETTIT’s contracting division finalised phase 1 of the ground works subcontract package for Jenners at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital extension, comprising of site clearance, reduce level digs, soakaways, drainage and car park installations, in what was a tricky project in small areas of access, with the ambition of creating most efficient use of parking […]

PETTIT Works Supervisor Matt Jackson, fresh from his SMSTS and Highways England Common Induction course, gave some of the office team a run through of recent civils projects that he has been overseeing in the Kent area. Matt gave a full presentation and Q&A session at the end of the presentation to our more office […]

Pettit Group are delighted to announce that Professor Denis Chamberlain has joined our company to assist delivery of Pettit Group’s Contracting and Professional Services divisions- PETTIT Contracting Services and PETTIT Construction Management. Denis is an impressively qualified Civil Engineer, a discipline he is a professor of, who has lectured to the next generation of Civil […]

Following months of hard work by Denis Chamberlain, Simon Pettit and the whole Team, Pettit Contracting Services have received it’s second accreditation since Christmas, following successful ECIA and now Achilles UVDB audits. The 2 day Achilles UVDB B2 Verification Audit that took place at the end of March, saw audits being carried out on office […]

Pettit Group received the keys to another couple of freshly sign written vehicles this week, at our Discovery Park depot. The vehicles will be utilised by our growing Civil Engineering and Construction Contracting division as they grow their workload and teams, for more info on services, please visit www.pettitcontracting.co.uk It seems procurement have taken a […]

There are just 5 days to go, until the ‘Kent Construction Summit’. The event, organised by the East Kent College Group will take place at Discovery Park– Kent’s largest Business Park, and will give representatives from the civil engineering and building industry working on projects in the County, the opportunity to discuss their viewpoints on […]

East Kent College Group are meeting the current and looming Construction skills gap head on with a Civil Engineering and Building Construction Summit at Discovery Park this May. With a growing construction skills gap, and Brexit likely to see many workers leave the UK, East Kent College Group have set a date for a Civil […]

Pettit Recruitment Solutions have been busy at work, promoting the growth of Kent based construction workers on Kent based projects and their persistence seems to be paying dividends for many young men and women in the County. The company, whose Managing Director Elena Chamberlain- is up for KWIBA ‘Kent Business Woman of the Year’, is […]