Frontier Modular Services

A bit of a long winded post pending… 👀

As a lot of people on here will be well aware by now, I have taken the decision to stop the subcontracting arm of Frontier Modular Services Ltd… We aren’t closing, we are calling it a pivot!

This wasn’t an easy decision to make but upon reflection, it probably should have been!

For over 8 years, the business took every minute of Lindsey Nicklin and my time! Days, nights, weekends and holidays to boot!

I’m not sitting here playing my little violin, we had some brilliant projects along the way and met some incredible people. It has also allowed us to do things in our personal life, that some people can only dream of. For that, we will be ever grateful to everyone who made it happen 😊

Because of the turn around in the business over the last 18 months, we are doing this without harming any other companies, which we would, if we closed previously when things got tough! A decision we desperately avoided!

Two and half years ago, we had a director, project manager, more office staff behind the scenes, with over 30no operatives on site and managed to lose money!! Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity but cash is always king!

We nearly lost everything backing ourselves to get out of the mess! Houses, cars etc!
All business owners should back themselves. If you don’t, nobody else will!

I fully backed myself to get out of the mess we were in, and gladly we had a couple of projects last year and early this, that meant we were able to clear the decks of debt and trade efficiently so we could get to this point! (A couple of final bits are getting paid today 🥳)

Sometimes it’s best to leave when things are going well!

Amie Doyle will be staying to work alongside me moving forward. We are currently pricing a few opportunities as a small, principal contractor, working directly with clients. We are also going to be speaking with past clients about the opportunity of running full projects. Myself on sites, with the efficiency of Amie in the back office, completing all paperwork and making sure we run the project to the standard our client will require. How this looks will be determined for each client. But it’s exciting!! 🥳

All of our operatives have found new work placements. Something which was never going to be an issue, as they really did step up when needed! To the guys that stuck with us through the difficult times, we both thank you again! 🙏

Companies that stood by us on our supply chain which never got paid on time, we both apologise but thank you for your patience and belief in us that we would turn it around!

Modular is a great game to be in and I’m looking forward to going down a route which should help me improve again as a business owner… My knowledge of this industry will help businesses and sites run better than any agency site/project manager can do.

I’m currently enjoying a couple of weeks in a villa in Turkey! 🇹🇷

Fighting fit and raring to go again in a new direction! 💪🏻

This morning our team have arrived back on 🇬🇧 soil after another trip over to the Netherlands ⛴️

We’ve now completed all works on site with the delivery of over 60no modules and internal/external fit out and furniture build 💪

Great work to all involved 🏗️ 👏

This weekend we successfully completed the relocation of the 14no module, same day emergency centre at Royal Shrewsbury hospital! 🥳

The guys absolutely smashed it and we couldn’t be prouder of the team 💪🏻

Big thanks to our supply chain partners for all pulling in the same direction, to get the project pushed on 👏

Crane and transport provided by J & M Crane & Transport Limited as always. Ben Lawrence William Bennett

Last minute trackway supplied and installed by James Kissock and JAK Hire Ltd

There might even be some drone footage and time lapse images to come Richard Dee at Dee4Drones 👀

Site all tidied up in the previous location ready for further works by others and off hire of fencing 🧹

We are nearly ready to lift!! 🥳

Midbands and bay joints all removed, scaffolding down and the roof works have started 💪🏻

Leaving the weather proofing works until the last minute to minimise our risk of water ingress as always 🤞🏻

A couple of days of double, double checking and making sure the building is tidy and good to go 🏗️

🥳We have received some recognition this week for our H&S 🥳

Craig (or as most people know him, Naz) has been awarded, a voucher and a Samsung Galaxy Tablet by the end user, for his approach to health and safety over in the Netherlands 👏

Telling someone to get out of a lifting zone can sometimes be daunting, but again if you know Naz, he didn’t hold back! Apparently it was a “test” but only the individual in question will know that 👀

We have also had our first CDM audit as a principal contractor on our site down in Shrewsbury and have only received minor issues which need amending! 💪🏻

Another positive week under our belt!! 🥳

Monday morning travel done ✅

Skip exchange complete ✅

Ready to go again! 💪🏻

All systems are go at the minute! Keeping nice and busy on the ground whilst still pricing more works 🥳

Module joints getting split on one site and modules getting installed on another 🔨 🏗️

Two different sides to the modular game but we do it all 💪🏻

The first photo is from October 2020 🏗️

The second photo is from today 😅

This is the beauty of Modular buildings and working relationships 🥳

Even if they are meant to be left in place permanently, as this one was, they still have the ability to be relocated. Even if they were put together so well that it’s not a straight forward process 😬

We installed these 14no modules back in the day, and so much has changed on the way to us been contracted in, to strip and relocate around the hospital grounds 💪🏻

Even a little sunshine came out to play over the last couple of days!! 🥳 ☀️

This 7 bay nursery block is all installed, sealed up and internally finished on our part 💪🏻

50t crane on site tomorrow to install a large canopy before a drive back up north from Bridgwater 🏗️

Great work guys! 👏

Always nice to turn up to a site prepared by Elmcroft Construction😍

Nice and tidy site and very few shims needed 👏

Looking forward to seeing 7no modules land on these later today 💪🏻 🏗️