2022 and the year ahead
Carma UK. 2022 and beyond.
We’ve had a fantastic year in 2022 as we further establish Carma UK as an international professional construction contractor. We remain a small construction company only 3 years into our journey but our rapid growth and development is testament to our ambitious goals. 2023 is set to be an incredible year for the team as other construction companies struggle through the economic challenges present, Carma is thriving through its continued commitment to exemplary client communication, process review and improvement, management, health and safety and site work.
Our health and safety record of 2022 was exceptional. This is through both a bottom up and top-down approach where every member of Carma UK is accountable. Above all else, we want our team and those working in close proximity to us to get home safely.
Our supporting team have been terrific this year. Continuing processes where excellence has been achieved and honing others where we have found areas for improvement. We continue to try to ensure our work environment is supportive, exciting, challenging, safe and importantly, fun. Carma UK was established through a love of construction and ensuring our work is enjoyable is something we hold in high regard. We hope our team continue to enjoy working together through the year ahead.
We reflect on some of the highlights below:
2022
Continued our growth through one of the hardest material and labour price disruptions of recent times.
Doubled our site workforce.
An accident free record.
More vans on the road to grow our visibility and accountability.
Adoption of Pay Trade for payment security for our clients.
Appointed Peter Ducket to lead and develop our estimating service and offer general business support with his considerable experience.
Appointed our new director Paul Sellers to the board to lead our UK developments as we expand overseas.
Our first joint venture established with a UK architect as we trial offering our services as part of a vertical integration solution to make architect practices more profitable.
Our first EnerPHit house refurbishment.
Launch of our Gas Safe registered plumbing and heating service.
Launch of our NEICIC registered electrical services with the appointment of Mark Lambert.
Launch of our facilities management solution for airports and care homes across the UK
Won our first 4m+ tender return as we begin to cater for ever larger more prestigious developments.
Received reverse enquires from prestigious high end developments recognising our commitment to project management excellence and beautifully delivered construction projects.
The team have enjoyed our work with local social enterprises helping revive vacant commercial buildings for the community. The work was varied and often challenging constantly needing to offer innovative value engineering solutions to our client managing a tight KPI led government grant to deliver these projects for the community.
We have enjoyed the challenges of our first EnerPhit refurbishment project in central Oxford taking an 1800 terrace house and significantly improving its insulation and airtightness qualities for the future comfort and energy efficiency of our client. The team have shown high levels of care and professionalism with their insulation and membrane detailing commended by the onsite architect practice overseeing our work. We look forward to handing this building over to our client in Q1 2023.
We have been fortunate to continue to receive work enquiries from prestigious clients in Central Oxford, Summertown, The Cotswolds and Boars Hill as our professional services become better recognised. We hope we can continue to be fortunate enough to continue to work for such fantastic families and businesses.
2023
2023 looks set for continued rapid growth.
7m GBP of tenders returned in January.
Office setup in Abingdon High Street to grow our local visibility and to house our growing desk-based project management team. We are still firm believers of working from home for those who wish to, but now offer the option.
Supporting Mortar UK with their London expansion through joint venture.
Strong recruitment to cater for our projected 10-fold growth this year.
Development and adoption of a new collaborative project management system offered via Pay Trade to further engage with our clients and consultants through our projects.
Expansion of our estimating team to support our growing enquiry pipeline.
Launch of our apprenticeship support program to develop the next generation of tradespeople with a focus on quality and clear communication.
Unique marketing plan to architects in development awaiting our office opening.
Going forwards we will update our site regularly with our project progress and offer some insight into the solutions and systems we utilise. Construction is a community and sharing our knowledge and experiences is how we progress as an industry. We look forward to sharing with our followers