A painting project carried out by MITIE at Aberdeen College has secured an industry award. 

Painters from MITIE’s property services division helped to improve the look of the college’s main building in Gallowgate last year, which involved preparing and coating more than 250 of the building’s distinctive external panels. The work has been placed among the best in the UK after MITIE received a ‘commended’ accolade in the industrial category at the annual Painting and Decorating Association’s (PDA) Premier Trophy Awards. 

The accolade was awarded to MITIE for the quality of work as well as for the team’s management of the project. As the building is eight storeys high and the panels are spread over its four faces, access was one major issue that the team successfully overcame before the painting could commence. MITIE’s fully-trained team used a cradle to access the panels, and they used an anemometer to take regular readings of the wind speed when using this equipment to ensure their own safety as well as that of the public. 

Representatives from MITIE went to the prestigious event at Painters’ Hall in London to receive the award from the PDA. The association is Britain's largest trade body dedicated to the painting and decorating trade, and the Premier Trophy Awards attract entries involving some of the UK’s most prestigious projects in the sector.

Contract Manager Ian Anderson, who collected the award for MITIE, said: “This ceremony is a major event for our industry. Given the height and location of the college’s building, there were many health and safety considerations to manage on this project, and we are delighted that our work there has been recognised.” 

Michael Wilde, Facility Manager at Aberdeen College, commented: “The project enabled MITIE’s team to demonstrate its management and operational skills to the full. We’re delighted that the team has won this accolade.” 

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David Revis, Investor Relations and PR Manager, MITIE Group PLC
T: 020 7034 7306, M: 07979 702465, E: david.revis@mitie.co.uk 

Donna Fooks-Bale, Communications Manager, MITIE Property Services (UK) Ltd
T: 01454 275880, M: 07920 298127, E: donna.fooks-bale@mitie.co.uk 

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Notes for editors:

About MITIE MITIE is a people business, made up of over 49,000 talented and driven people, all working in one of our key areas of expertise: facilities, property and engineering services. 

They bring us passion and we invest in their potential. So when we say that MITIE is a company of world-class people delivering world-class services, we really mean it. The result? 20 years of growth, annual revenues of over £1.4bn, and a reputation for being the very best at what we do. 

MITIE installs, manages and maintains, making buildings and their facilities, smarter, greener, safer and better run. We do this for some of the country’s biggest private and public sector organisations, but what’s really different about us, is that we put as much effort into getting the details right for a simple plumbing job as we do to managing an entire office complex. 

MITIE is all about having the right people for every job, and the right attitude to getting it done. Simple, really, but it makes all the difference.