| 词条 | Lucas (contractor) |
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| name = Lucas | logo = Lucas Logo.png | industry = Spray painting, coatings and fit out services | foundation = 1969 | location = Wrotham, Kent, United Kingdom | key_people = Danny Lucas, executive chairman and managing director | homepage = www.lucasuk.com }} Lucas is a specialist contractor providing finishing and fit out services to the UK construction industry. It is based at Wrotham in Kent. HistoryLucas was founded in 1969 (S. Lucas Ltd was incorporated in July 1976)[1] and its sister operation, Lucas Fit Out, was established in 2008. Danny Lucas joined the company in 1982 and became Managing Director[2] in 1997. In a management buy-out in late 2010 he acquired the main shareholding and became Executive Chairman and Managing Director of Lucas.[3] Commercial Director Ken Mulholland and Danny’s brother Adam Lucas, both of whom had worked for the company for 10 years, also became minority shareholders as a result of the MBO.[4] The company completed building a new Innovation Centre at its headquarters, and opened a new Visitor and Learning Centre there in March 2018. AwardsLucas won the Finishing and Fit Out Category in the Specialist Awards organised by Construction News in 2010, 2012 and 2014.[5][2] Lucas also won the Specialist Contractor category of the 2014 Building Awards organised by Building magazine.[6] It was named Specialist Contractor of the Year (turnover under £100 million) in the Construction News Awards 2017.[7] The company was included in the “Financial Times 1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies”[8] and also named in the London Stock Exchange’s “1000 Companies to Inspire Britain”[9]. Lucas was also the first winner in the National Technology Awards 2018 of the Manufacturing and Construction Category[10]. ServicesLucas provides decorative and protective coatings services including general decoration, spray applied finishes, protective and hygienic coatings and special paint effects. It also provides commercial fit out and finishing services. In July 2010 the company re-launched the Muralplast brand of coatings and protective finishes.[11] In February 2017 it launched Lucas Breathe, a protective treatment for stone and concrete surfaces that reacts with sunlight, activating a catalytic reaction with pollutants in the air, turning them into harmless trace elements which disperse naturally.[12] The company is now a Living Well Alliance partner with the British Lung Foundation.[13] Lucas ProToolsLucas ProTools is a subsidiary company providing a range of products for painting and decorating professionals. The company and its flagship product, the ProFinish paintbrush, was launched at an event held at the McLaren Technology Centre in November 2014.[14][15][16][17] The brush design includes a hand-crafted, FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) accredited beech wooden handle[18] and DuPont Chinex filaments.[19]In 2015 the ProFinish brush won the product design prize at the Red Dot Awards.[20] It was also shortlisted for product of the year at the Mixology awards,[21] organised by Mix Interiors magazine.[22] ProjectsLucas has undertaken many large finishing and fit out projects. They have included Heathrow Terminal 5, the O2, the 2012 Olympic Stadium,[4] the Shard of Glass[23], Centre Point, Television Centre, the Bloomberg headquarters building and Battersea Power Station. Heritage projects have included the Guildhall in London, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon and the Café Royal in London’s Regent Street . Other projects include Westfield Stratford City shopping centre in East London, Birmingham New Street station, and the Tate Modern extension. Lucas's commercial buildings fit out and finishing service have been deployed on financial datacentres, facilities at Heathrow and the refurbishment of the Savoy Hotel in London.[24] It delivered the fit-out of the two stations at the Emirates Air Line cable car crossing over the River Thames in East London.[25] References1. ^Companies House data. Accessed: 20 February 2015. 2. ^1 {{cite news|title=Brown, Benz and best practice: Q&A with award-winner Danny Lucas|url=http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sme-spotlight/brown-benz-and-best-practice-qa-with-award-winner-danny-lucas/8635385.article|accessdate=20 February 2015|work=Construction News|date=6 September 2012}} 3. ^Lucas Management Buyout Meta Corporate Finance. Retrieved: 21 February 2015. 4. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Ramsey|first1=Caroline|title=Kent commercial finishing group in MBO|url=http://www.business-sale.com/news/article/kent-commercial-finishing-group-in-mbo-34133.html|accessdate=21 February 2015|work=Business Sale Report|date=29 December 2010}} 5. ^Specialists Awards shortlist announced Construction News, 13 January 2011. Retrieved: 21 February 2015. 6. ^{{cite web|title=2014 Winners|url=http://www.building-awards.com/previous-winners/2014-winners/|website=Building|accessdate=21 February 2015}} 7. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/10021229.article|title=Specialist Contractor of the Year (under £100m): Winner|work=Construction News|access-date=2017-08-03|language=en}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://ig.ft.com/ft-1000/2018/|title=The FT 1000: the complete list of Europe’s fastest-growing companies|last=|first=|date=|website=ft.com|language=en-GB|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-11-09}} 9. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.lseg.com/resources/1000-companies-inspire/2018-report-1000-companies-uk/search-1000-companies-uk-2018?results_per_page=25&company_name0=lucas|title=1000 Companies to Inspire Britain - 2018|last=|first=|date=|work=London Stock Exchange Group|access-date=2018-11-09|language=en}} 10. ^{{Cite web|url=http://nationaltechnologyawards.co.uk/winners18.php|title=National Technology Awards Winners 2018|last=|first=|date=|website=nationaltechnologyawards.co.uk|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-11-09}} 11. ^S. Lucas re-launches Muralplast surface treatments Specification Online, 24 October 2012. Retrieved: 21 February 2015 12. ^{{Cite news|url=http://keiba.co.uk/winners/commitment-to-the-environment/|title=Commitment to the Environment Award – KEiBA|work=KEiBA|access-date=2017-08-03|language=en-GB}} 13. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.blf.org.uk/take-action/lets-work-together/living-well-alliance|title=Living Well Alliance|date=2016-10-26|work=British Lung Foundation|access-date=2017-08-03|language=en}} 14. ^Product launch Painting and Decorating News, Jan 2015 15. ^[https://vimeo.com/113302816 Launch event video] Vimeo, Jan 2015 16. ^Main product Mix Interiors magazine, Jun 2015 17. ^Product design Jedco case study, Nov 2014 18. ^Product details Design Curial, Feb 2015 19. ^Brush filaments DuPont, Feb 2013 20. ^Award winner Red Dot Awards, 2015 21. ^Double Award Building Centre, Jun 2015 22. ^Award shortlist Mixology15, Jun 2015 23. ^{{cite news|last1=Moreby|first1=Aaron|title=Paintwork specialist Lucas wins Shard job|url=http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2010/10/29/paintwork-specialist-lucas-wins-shard-job/|accessdate=21 February 2015|work=Construction Enquirer|date=29 October 2010}} 24. ^{{cite news|last1=Glancey|first1=Lisa|title=S Lucas seals £120k London deal|url=http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/s-lucas-seals-120k-london-deal/1133820.article|accessdate=21 February 2015|work=Construction News|date=14 April 2008}} 25. ^{{cite news|title=Lucas Fit Out wins Thames cable car contract|url=http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/lucas-fit-out-wins-thames-cable-car-contract|accessdate=21 February 2015|work=The Construction Index|date=25 November 2011}} External links
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