August 2010 New Eight Wheeler
We have added another 32 tonne hook loader to our fleet. The new vehicle will be used for chip delivery and moving machinery.
August 2010 Hertfordshire County Council Tree Contract
We have, for the third term, retained our position on the HCC tree maintenance contract
21st June 2010 Chipping for Woodfuel East
After only commissioning our new Jenz chipper on the 17th we successfully completed our first job with this machine for Woodfuel East. After a rather stressful start ( surrounded by Forestry Commission Staff in hard hats and yellow jackets ) the day went smoothly enough and the machine performed well. The fuel we produced will be the commissioning load for their new biomass boiler and with a moisture content of only 17% should perform very well.
22nd May 2010 ISO 9001 2008 and NHSS Section 18
We have decided to embark along the epic journey to ISO 9001 accreditation along with National Highways Sector Scheme 18. We hope to have obtained this by early Autumn 2010 which will mean not only will our company run more smoothly and efficiently but we will be one off the few companies to have obtained NHSS 18.
22nd May 2010 Purchase of Jenz 561 Chipper
We have purchased a refurbished Jenz 561 Chipper from Westcon Equipment. The machine is a 490 Hp drum chipper capable of producing G30 or G50 Chip at a rate of up to 40 tonnes / hour.
We will feed this machine with our existing 13 tonne excavator using a new grab ( also part funded by Woodfuel East ) which was supplied by Clark Engineering who provided a first class service.
19th May 2010 East Herts Weed Control
After being unsuccessful in our bid last year we have successfully regained the weed control contract for East Herts Highways for this year. With the exception of last year have carried out this contract for the last ten years.
May 2010 Grant funding from Woodfuel East
With a great deal of form filling out of the way we are pleased to announce that we are to receive some grant funding to support our Woodfuel activities. The money will go towards a new large chipper to enable us to produce G30 and G50 chip more efficiently and without having to ‘borrow’ a machine from the contracting side of the business.
I am very grateful to Phil Potter from Woodfuel East for all his help, advice and especially his patience dealing with all my tantrums and despair whilst trying to fill out all the paperwork.
May 2010 Cambridge City Council Tree Contract
For the third term running we have retained our position as one of the four contractors on the Cambridge City Council List.
1st May 2010 New Website
After a whole lot of aggravation our new web site is finally on-line. It has always been my intention to be able to maintain our site myself but I never thought I would have to build the whole thing. Although its not finished with the help of Steve from Databox we have got it up and running. Cheers Steve
April 2010 Re-stocking of Wood Fuel
After an extremely successful Winter we are pleased to announce that we are not only re-stocking wood fibre for next season but we have also managed to purchase a large quantity of dry fibre to be able to continue supply through the Spring.
March 2010 Hertfordshire Safety Cameras
We have, for the second year running retained the contract to keep all the safety cameras within Hertfordshire clear of vegetation.
March 2010 North Herts Arboricultural Contract
We have been successful in retaining our position as one of the four contractors on the council’s select list for tree work. This will be our second five year contract.
Feb 2010 Borde Hill House Survey
Our consultancy department have won a survey contract at Borde Hill House, Surrey. This will involve the digital mapping of over 15000 trees throughout the estate creating maps using o/s data combined with our own map creation. Borde Hill have nearly 100 Champion trees on the estate.
December 2009 Wood Fuel Supply to Hilton Hotels
Through L C Energy our partners on this project we have signed a three year contract to supply the Hilton Hotel in Luton with Wood Fuel.