As JML Contracts goes from strength to strength, we are delighted to be recognised with award accolades from within our own industry and also a wider business network.
In January 2018, we were delighted to have reached the final of the FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) 2018 Business Awards in Scotland. Our SIPs (Structural Insulated Panels) were recognised in the Business & Product Innovation category. These awards showcase the best small businesses from the length and breadth of the UK, offering national recognition for those who have made the biggest impression over the last twelve months.
All at JML Contracts are delighted to have won the ‘Best SIPs Home’ award at the recent Build It Magazine awards in London on 22nd September.
This national awards programme has been run by Build It magazine for six years, and this year saw businesses enter projects across 25 categories in the self and custom build markets.
John Langley, Director of JML Contracts, commented: “We were absolutely delighted to receive this award. We did face stiff competition from other, much larger businesses in this category and were pleased that the judges identified the complexity of this project and chose us. They commented particularly on our innovative approach to the structural engineering of the project and our commitment to delivering a project that otherwise would have been unachievable within the budget had we not used SIPs. Winning awards like this, on a national stage, really highlights the quality and service that our whole team offers. This is a great win for everyone at JML Contracts.”
This project was also been shortlisted in the Best Custom and Self Build category in Structural Timber Awards 2017, which took place on 10th October.
AWARDS FINALIST – We are delighted to have been shortlisted as a finalist in this year’s national Structural Timber Awards in the ‘Custom & Self Build’ category, which seeks to find the best custom-built properties on an individual or small community basis.
These awards celebrate the best in building with the world’s leading mainstream, low-carbon construction material and acknowledge outstanding projects, innovative products and dynamic people that are promoting excellence in structural timber across the UK.
The winner will be announced at an Awards ceremony in Birmingham on 10th Oct 2017.
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WINNER of the ‘Scotland’s Best Building Contractor’ accolade at the Scottish Home Improvement Awards was a highlight for us in 2016. We were also shortlisted as a finalist in the ‘Best Landscaping Contractor’ category in the 2017 Scottish Home Improvement Awards.
FINALIST 2016 – these Awards are held in association with the Business Gateway and celebrate the invaluable contribution family-owned companies make to the Scottish economy. There is a broad range of categories, from rural family business and positive customer service to international growth. In 2016 we were lucky enough to reach the final in the ‘Green Family Business of the Year’ category for demonstrating our commitment to sustainable and eco-friendly initiatives within our business.
AWARDS FINALIST – these prestigious Awards recognise businesses and individuals from across Tayside, Fife, Perthshire and Angus; businesses and individuals with entrepreneurial flair, who are pushing the envelope in the pursuit of commercial success and who go that extra mile to serve their customers and put the community at the heart of everything they do.
In 2016, JML Contracts was lucky enough to be recognised and shortlisted in the final for the ‘Best Small Business’ category for our JML Garden Rooms arm of the JML Group. www.jmlgardenrooms.co.uk
JML Contracts embed quality, health and safety and environmental best practice systems into our core activities, as evidenced by the extensive external accreditation we have achieved.
Our CHAS (The Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme) accreditation ensures that we meet the highest goals in health, safety and wellbeing to give both employee and client assurance.
In June 2017, JML Contracts was awarded a number of international accreditations ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 which demonstrate its commitment to the quality, health and safety and environmental management.
The ISO 9001 accreditation is recognised worldwide as the International benchmark for quality within an organisation. JML Contracts was able to demonstrate dedication and commitment to meeting customer needs; operating efficient management processes; and delivering consistent, good quality products and services to achieve this.
The ISO 14001 accreditation was achieved due to a systematic approach to environmental management and dedication to sustainable development – as a business JML Contracts is committed to reducing the environmental impact on a daily basis.
And finally, the business was awarded the OHSAS 18001 recognising the efficient and effective Health and Safety processes it has in place, identifying, controlling and managing risks to ensure the highest level of safety employees and visitors to its premises.
STA Assure is a newly launched scheme by the Structural Timber Association (STA) of which we are members that defines levels of accreditation to provide customer assurance.
The STA Assure membership and quality standards scheme is designed to benefit both customers and members alike, promoting the differing specialisms, accreditations and quality standards held by STA members. As such, we just wanted to provide you with some more information about what this scheme means for us and you.
The STA has established three levels of membership accreditation within this scheme; Gold, Silver and Bronze. The relevant accreditation highlights the differing levels of in-house quality procedures, management systems and product performance as well as external accreditations held by STA members, offering clients complete transparency.
We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded with STA Assure Level Silver which enables us to further demonstrate our high quality standards to the market and provide complete reassurance for our clients.
JML Contracts became a member of the Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA) in 2017. Being TRADA members gives JML Contracts access to a wealth of technical information and knowhow that allows us to help you even more.
TRADA is recognised internationally as a centre of excellence on the specification and use of timber and wood products. They research the best ways to work with and treat timber, as well as working to best exploit its properties.
If you have a particularly unique question or project that is outside the experience of our own timber experts, TRADA are the people we will confer with. This puts JML Contracts in an even stronger position when it comes to helping our customers.
The National House-Building Council (NHBC) is a governing body for new homes in the UK. House Builders work with them to raise the standards of new homes and to provide consumer protection to new home buyers.The National House-Building Council (NHBC) is a governing body for new homes in the UK. House Builders work with them to raise the standards of new homes and to provide consumer protection to new home buyers.
JML Contracts is a NHBC registered builder and have demonstrated to the NHBC their financial security and technical competence. As a NHBC registered builder JML Contracts design are able to build to NHBC Rules and Standards and these are all monitored by the NHBC at key stages of construction, ensuring your new home is of the highest quality.
JML Contracts became a member of The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in 2016. The FSB are experts in business and offer their members a wide range of vital business services including a legal protection scheme, financial expertise, digital advertising services and a powerful voice in government. Their mission is to help smaller businesses achieve their ambitions.
In July 2017, our Director, John Langley completed the prestigious entrepreneurial programme run by global investment bank Goldman Sachs, called the 10,000 Small Business Programme.
JML Contracts was chosen as one of 60 businesses, UK wide out of 300 applicants to take part in the UK-wide programme and benefit from high quality, practically focussed business and management education through a series of residential workshops and webinars. The curriculum has been designed specifically to offer smaller, scalable businesses access to world class international and national experts to learn more about entrepreneurialism. The programme aims to enable small UK business owners to grow their organisations, expand their market potential and create local job opportunities.
The programme gives participants an opportunity to meet and work with a wide range of business owners from across the country and to join the National Alumni network of those who have undertaken the programme in the past.
