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Is Your Warehouse Ready for Automation? Eight Building Questions to Answer First
Is your warehouse ready for automation? Check the floor, structure, power, fire safety, traffic routes and live-site delivery before investing.
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Finding the Right CDM Advisor for Your Project: Choosing a CDM Consultant
When embarking on a construction or refurbishment project, ensuring health and safety compliance is crucial. The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) set out clear responsibilities to manage risks effectively. One key role in this process is the CDM advisor, formerly known as the CDM coordinator. Choosing the right CDM consultant can make a significant difference in the smooth running and safety of your project. This guide will help you understand how to select the...
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The Importance of CDM Regulations in FMCG Warehouse Fit-Out Projects
Planning works in a live FMCG warehouse? Learn how CDM duties affect fit-out projects, from principal contractor responsibilities to coordination, fire safety and phased delivery.
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Comprehensive Warehouse Fit-Out Solutions for UK Businesses
Creating an efficient and well-organised warehouse is essential for any business that relies on storage, distribution, or manufacturing.
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How to Manage a Warehouse Project: Refurbishment, Reconfiguration and Fit-Out
A practical guide to managing warehouse refurbishment, reconfiguration and fit-out, from the operational brief and technical coordination to live-site delivery and handover.
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NewsPlanning a Warehouse Fit-Out: A Practical Guide for Operational Teams
Planning a warehouse fit-out? Learn how to define the brief, test the building, protect live operations and coordinate design, CDM and delivery.
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NewsInnovative Office Refurbishment Ideas for UK Businesses
Discover practical, modern office refurbishment ideas for UK businesses — from open spaces and flexible work areas to brand-focused design,
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NewsToolbox Talks in Warehousing: Why They Still Matter for Safety and Compliance
Short, focused safety briefings like toolbox talks can make a big difference in warehouse environments. Here’s how to run them effectively and where they fit in your wider safety strategy.
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NewsThe Importance of Warehouse Safety: Lessons from Racking Incidents
From collapsing cheese racks to Improvement Notices, this post explores real warehouse racking failures, your legal responsibilities under PUWER, and what facilities managers need to know to stay compliant.
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NewsRevamp Your Workspace with Bespoke Fitout Services
Creating an inspiring and efficient workspace is essential for modern businesses. The environment in which employees work can...
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NewsThe Importance of CDM Compliance in Warehouse Projects
CDM is often missed in warehouse projects. The result? Delays, risk, and hidden costs. Here’s how to stay compliant from day one.
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NewsAre You Meeting Your CDM Duties? What Every Warehouse Client Needs to Know
Are you responsible under CDM 2015? Discover your duties as a warehouse client and how KTCS helps you stay compliant, reduce risk, and deliver safer projects.
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NewsWarehouse Business Continuity: Delivering Change Without Disruption
How to plan warehouse refurbishment, reconfiguration and upgrades around live operations, critical routes, fire safety, stock flow and fixed customer commitments.
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NewsWarehouse Layout Costs: Reconfigure, Refurbish or Relocate?
Understand the real cost of warehouse layout change and how to decide whether to reconfigure, refurbish or relocate.
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NewsHow Resilient Is Your Facility to Risk, Regulation and Change?
Discover how resilient your warehouse is to risk, regulation and change.
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Warehouse Sector Boom: How We Deliver Specialist Warehouse Solutions
Specialist construction consultants with deep expertise in warehouse transformations.
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Recent ProjectsIron Mountain MPN2 Campus: Technical Design and Site Management
From VNA racking to M&E integration, see how KTCS managed Iron Mountain's 503,200 sq ft Magna Park warehouse development.
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NewsMaximising Efficiency in Modern Warehouse Design: A Project Manager's Perspective
In today's rapidly evolving logistics landscape, efficient warehouse design has become more crucial than ever. At KTCS, our integrated...
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NewsFully Qualified Site Management Services
Are you searching for CITB SMSTS-certified site managers to oversee your construction project? KTCS's seasoned professionals, Phil and...
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NewsHow Construction Consultants Add Value: Judgement, Capacity and Project Control
The best construction consultancy support adds judgement, technical challenge and experienced project capacity—not another layer of administration.
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Recent ProjectsKTCS Office Fitout Service: Creating Modern Workspaces for Today's Needs
Expert office fitout services across the UK. We transform workspaces with end-to-end solutions. Based in East Midlands, working across UK.
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Recent ProjectsGA Layouts at Magna Park
KTCS coordinated the design for warehouse storage, fire protection and detection systems and M&E in Lutterworth (Magna Park)
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Birmingham | Workstation Alterations
Period: Early 2022 Type: Project Management Duration: 14 weeks Location: Birmingham Client: Storage facility Project value: Value > £130k...
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Recent ProjectsCorby | Goods Lift and Workstations
Period: Early 2022 Type: Project Management Location: Corby Client: Government related logistics Project value: Value>£120k The workflow setup at this Corby site was deemed unsuitable and the use of a forklift for loading was impractical. The works included installing a new goods lift suitable for carrying several york trollies at a time. Alterations to fire protection and detection was required. Additional shelving, mail-sorting space and workstations were required. The works also required...
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Recent ProjectsHemel Hempstead | Workstation Alterations
Period: Early 2022 - current Type: Project Management Duration: Location: Hemel Hempstead Client: Government operational/logistics...
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NewsExpanding our electric fleet!
We're proud that 40% of our vehicle fleet are now electric. We first introduced a pure electric Tesla into the business a year ago and...
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Birmingham | Smoke Detection upgrades
Period: End 2021 Site management as part of a facility upgrades programme. This included managing the site as smoke detection, sprinkler and alarm upgrades took place.
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Toolbox TalksToolbox Talk: Dust and Fumes
KTCS' toolbox talk on dust and fumes.
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Corby | Office Fit-out and Racking Installation
One of our recent projects
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Hemel Hempstead | Jumbo Wall
We've recently been in an office in Hemel Hempstead managing the reconfiguration of office space.
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London | Multi-Storey Dilapidations
Managing the exit of three large multi-storey buildings across London.
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About KTCS Ltd
Kevin Thomas Construction Services Ltd was incorporated in 2013 following Director, Kevin Thomas' redundancy for his Contracts Manager role at an engineering firm. Kevin had worked with big name clients particularly in the design and installation of mezzanine. Since 2013, KTCS Ltd have gone on to work with several large clients completing dozens of major installation and dilapidation projects each year. We work across the UK in major distribution hubs including Corby, Kettering, Gateshead,...
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