SJD has just completed another healthcare project with Parias Construction and Interiors, this time at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The hospital serves 600,000 people in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire and the Accident & Emergency Department has...
At the end of a very busy year, SJD’s managing director, Ruth Devine MBE, has completed her role as President of the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA). As only the second female president in the ECA’s 124-year history, she has travelled the length and breadth...
Working again with Parias Construction & Interiors, SJD was asked to provide an electrical upgrade at King’s Oak Hospital’s imaging department. Located in Enfield, North London, the hospital is part of Circle Health Group and wanted to improve its mammography...
According to the Chartered Institute of Building, women make up only 15 per cent of the UK construction industry, with approximately 2 percent working on-site. As for the electrotechnical sector, the figures are similarly low. Bucking the trend is SJD site supervisor,...
We caught up with Nadine Hussain, SJD’s latest work experience student, to find out how she’s finding life on site. Nadine is enrolled at Milton Keynes College and undertaking her level 2 electrical installations.What drew you to a career as an electrician? I’m from a...
After five years, our work at HMP Grendon in Buckinghamshire is complete. With over 20 phases of works ranging from administration buildings and ancillary buildings to house wings and corridors across the prison site, our teams have upgraded lighting and general and...
SJD was asked by Ashe Construction to upgrade the electrical services at Sandy Secondary School in Bedfordshire as part of a wider project to accommodate more children at the school. Central Bedfordshire Council’s New School Places programme aims to increase the...
Any electrician will know the importance of good quality tools, and for a young apprentice the cost of their basic equipment can be prohibitive. Luckly for 18-year-old Charlie Moffat, SJD’s newest apprentice, Nick King of wholesaler, Wharfside Electrical was on hand...
Site supervisor Tara Warner has received not one, but two safety awards while working at Bedford Academy for Ashe Construction. SJD is helping Ashe to build a new £12m teaching block at the school which is due for completion in August. Tara is leading the team which...
Ruth Devine MBE has become the 112th President at the ECA (Electrical Contractors’ Association). She is the second female President in ECA’s 124-year history, after Diane Johnson, who served in 2010-2011. For the past 18 years, Ruth has been a director of...