Construction

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’s have been working with our business friends at William Hare, delivering steel work erection on the iconic Battersea Power Station redevelopment since January 2019. Following successful completion of our initial package, we have received a further package at this site and a further project in central London to progress. We are proud to be […]

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 […]

It was here the beginning of the cycle, I had all the gear and no idea. I was the only person whose bike didn’t touch the floor when it was on the rack, had a hybrid instead of a road bike and had avoided the clip in shoes. Day 1 – We had been advised […]

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!

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 […]

Congratulations to Brett Mills on completing his Masters in Quantity Surveying with flying colours! Brett is 25 and from Ramsgate, he is a former trainee of Pettit Construction Management, that was encouraged by Pettit Group MD- Simon Pettit to look into a career in Construction. Brett had recently completed his BSc in Sport Science and was weighing up his career choices […]

Here come the girls – Women in Construction week is upon us and with International Women’s Day falling this Thursday and the upcoming ‘Kent Women in Business Awards’ this Friday, there couldn’t be a better time to for Pettit Group to celebrate their Women in Construction. Kicking off our ‘Week of Pettit Women’ is Danielle […]