Taylor's Engineering services ltd

Taylor's Engineering services ltd With years of experience we provide an excellent service in all aspects of steel erecting, welding and fabricating.

As a company we offer a wide range of steel services. These services include many aspects of welding, workshop fabrication and on site steel erection. We have many years of experience in the steel industry. We have done jobs ranging from bespoke staircases and handrails to large steel structures. We hold all the relevant certification to work on construction sites. ie, steel erector, slinger/signa

ler cscs, ipaf and pasma cards. We can fabricate, supply,deliver and fit steel lintels, balustrade/ railings/ gates for any in home building works or home improvements. If its made of steel we can generally supply it or fit. So please dont hesitate to contact us with any of your steel needs.

Work smarter, not harder. Steel's still going up on time. 🏗️🔩
01/09/2026

Work smarter, not harder. Steel's still going up on time. 🏗️🔩

Happy Bank Holiday from all of us at Taylors. Whatever you're doing today, tools down, feet up and just making the most ...
31/08/2026

Happy Bank Holiday from all of us at Taylors.

Whatever you're doing today, tools down, feet up and just making the most of the day off…enjoy it.

Back on site tomorrow. Have a good one🍺

14 contractors looked at finishing Ardmore's job. Most walked away from the risk.Update on a story we posted about back ...
27/08/2026

14 contractors looked at finishing Ardmore's job. Most walked away from the risk.

Update on a story we posted about back in June, Ardmore Construction Group's collapse.

Hackney Council has now confirmed Wates will take over completing the £200m Britannia housing scheme in Shoreditch, 371 homes across four towers. Ardmore was appointed in 2023 and was around six months from finishing when it went into administration on 11 June.

The council approached 14 contractors about picking up the job. Most weren't willing to take on the risk of partially completed work. When nobody wanted that risk, the council just went straight to Wates instead, no competition, just picked them and got them on site. They're now working through what's actually been built, checking for defects, assessing damage, and renegotiating with Ardmore's old supply chain from scratch.

This is the bit that doesn't get much attention when a contractor goes down. It's not just the main job that stalls, every sub on site is left mid-programme, chasing payment, and waiting to find out if they're even wanted back once someone new takes over.

Completion's now pushed from November 2026 to late summer 2027, and the final cost will be higher than the original budget because of it.

Anyone here been on a job that changed hands like this? What actually happens to your position on site when it does?

Source: Construction Enquirer

Spend enough time on site and you get obsessed with fixing the big stuff.Where's the hold up? What's stopping the crane ...
26/08/2026

Spend enough time on site and you get obsessed with fixing the big stuff.

Where's the hold up? What's stopping the crane picking today? Sort that out and the whole job moves again.

Funny thing is, most of us never do that for ourselves. We let the small stuff drain us all day, phone in your hand the second there's a gap, never actually looking up, never switching off even for two minutes, and just assume that's normal.

Then we tell ourselves fixing it would take a total overhaul. New routine, new app, new everything. It doesn't. The stuff that actually helps is usually tiny.

Two minutes in the garden before you open your phone
Ringing a mate on the walk back to the van
Actually eating your lunch away from the van, instead of scrolling on your phone through the whole thing

We're quick to sort out what's slowing a job down. Slower to look at what's draining us.

What's your two minutes?

Drop it below, we could all use a few more of these in the day.

Terrace 1 of 4 signed off for wind post installation, the first fix stage of the balustrade package. With this terrace c...
25/08/2026

Terrace 1 of 4 signed off for wind post installation, the first fix stage of the balustrade package.

With this terrace complete, the bricklayers can now commence the front of the parapet wall.

Once every wind post across Block 1 is in, four terraces in total, we'll follow up with the dog legs to complete the balustrade frame, ready for the panels to be fitted.

It's a stage that relies on close coordination between fabrication, sequencing and what's actually achievable on site that day, since drawings and site conditions don't always match exactly.

With the rest of Block 1 still to go, consistency across each terrace matters as much as getting this one right.

Where does your team tend to lose the most time on first fix stages like this?

24/08/2026

Quick one to start the week.

Every install trade's got their own list of what makes a job run smoother, better information up front, more notice on programme changes, clearer access arrangements before we're on site. Small things, but they add up over a project.

Genuinely curious what the trade thinks, main contractors included.

What's one thing that would make install easier on your jobs?

1. Clearer access info
2. Earlier programme notice
3. Better site info upfront
4. Nothing, it's fine as is

First fix posts going in, terrace by terrace, floor by floor.At this stage, there's no balustrade to look at, just base ...
21/08/2026

First fix posts going in, terrace by terrace, floor by floor.

At this stage, there's no balustrade to look at, just base plates set out on slab upstands, packers in, bolts torqued, waiting for balustrade panels to land on site.

Every terrace on this job is a slightly different shape so no two setting out jobs have been identical.

Get the setting out right here and everything that follows is straightforward, the fabrication drops on, the sequence holds and the finished terrace looks like it’s always meant to look that way.

This is the stage that decides how the finished terraces turn out, long before anyone has stood on one.

How do you handle setting out across multiple non-standard terraces on a job like this? Template each one individually or work off a master set of dimensions and adjust on site?

News this week that the £500m Kensington tower job that ground to a halt when Ardmore collapsed is back up and running.T...
20/08/2026

News this week that the £500m Kensington tower job that ground to a halt when Ardmore collapsed is back up and running.

The developer, SevenCapital, has stepped in directly rather than bringing in a new contractor, with an existing group company taking on the main contractor role itself.

More than 500 workers are expected back on site by autumn, and the job's already over 30% complete.

The centrepiece is a 29-storey tower with 129 apartments and penthouses, due to top out in October, part of a wider 1.7 hectare scheme that'll deliver 462 homes across seven buildings once finished, with completions phased from late 2027 through to early 2028.

Worth noting the developer says it saw Ardmore's financial difficulties coming and had a contingency plan ready before the administration hit, rather than reacting after the fact.

Good to see a job like this get back on track rather than drag on indefinitely, which isn't always how these situations go.

When a main contractor goes under mid-project, what's the biggest headache from where you're sitting on site?

Source: Construction Enquirer

If life gives you a wet track, send it. Don't back off.Some of the best laps I've had out on the ring were in the wet, w...
19/08/2026

If life gives you a wet track, send it. Don't back off.

Some of the best laps I've had out on the ring were in the wet, when everything's slicker, your breaking points move and backing off feels like the safe option.

But you learn more in those conditions than you ever do on a dry, easy day. You find out what you're actually capable of when it's not straightforward.

Same goes for anything else. The tricky periods, the stuff that doesn't go to plan, that's usually where you learn the most, even if it doesn't feel like it at the time.

Ten years ago I'd have told myself to stop overthinking it and just trust the car, trust the decision and get on with it.

So if you could send one message back to yourself ten years ago, what would it say?

Another feature staircase completed and installed, this time forming a centrepiece within an open plan office, connectin...
18/08/2026

Another feature staircase completed and installed, this time forming a centrepiece within an open plan office, connecting floor levels through a cut floor void rather than sitting within an enclosed stairwell.

The open riser design and black finish were carried consistently through both the stair itself and the surrounding balustrade, which meant every junction and fixing point had to be set out with the finished look in mind as much as the structural requirement, given how exposed the steelwork is within a space like this.

Landing straight into the middle of an open office floor, it had to function as a considered feature rather than simply a means of getting between levels.

Structural, compliant, and finished to the standard the space demanded.
Open riser stairs like this or a closed string, which do you prefer fixing on site?

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