Kent Construction

Further meetings have taken place between Pettit’s and East Kent College Group, to deliver a new civils/ground works course to be located in East Kent to commence in 2020. After a co-ordination meeting with the awarding body, things are progressing very well to achieve our target for a course start date in 2020. With Highways […]

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 Contracting have started what we hope will be a long and successful business relationship with Kier’s infrastructure division. Pettit’s contracting division have recently achieved 99% in it’s health, safety and environment audit with Achilles Utilities (UVDB), and are placed on Kent Highways approved contractors list, and have been in discussion with Kiers for some […]

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 […]

This week, Pettit Group achieved a huge milestone for our company. We have achieved 100,000 hours on the Construction phase of the Kent Renewable Energy Project in Sandwich, Kent contracting to Burmeister Wain Scandinavian Contractors. Pettit’s have been carrying out Mechanical and Electrical work on the project since late 2016 and with the project now […]

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 […]

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 […]

Following successful audit, Pettit’s Contracting division have attained it’s Achilles Building Confidence accreditation. This adds to ECIA and Achilles UVDB attained earlier this year! Please contact Luke Wheatley in the office on 01304 802720, for any requests for quotations in Civils or Building works in the Kent and south east area. Good work! Team Pettit!

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 […]