Lucas (contractor)

Lucas
Industry Spray painting, coatings and fit out services
Founded 1969 by Sam Lucas
Headquarters Wrotham, Kent, United Kingdom
Key people
 Danny Lucas, executive chairman and managing director
Website www.lucasuk.com

Lucas is a specialist contractor working in the UK construction industry. Based in Wrotham in Kent, Lucas provides decorative and protective coatings services including general decoration, spray-applied finishes, protective and hygienic coatings and special paint effects. It also provides commercial fit out and finishing services.

History

S. Lucas was founded by Sam Lucas in 1969 (S. Lucas Ltd was incorporated in July 1976)[1] and its sister operation, Lucas Fit Out, was established in 2008. Sam’s eldest son, Danny Lucas, joined the company in 1982 and became managing director[2] in 1997. In a management buy-out in late 2010 he acquired his father’s shareholding and became executive chairman and managing director of Lucas on his father’s retirement from the day-to-day business.[3] Commercial director Ken Mulholland and Danny’s brother Adam Lucas, both of whom had worked for the company for 10 years, also became shareholders as a result of the MBO.[4]

Awards

In March 2010, Lucas won the Finishing and Fit Out Category in the Specialist Awards organised by Construction News. It was shortlisted for the same award in 2011[5] and 2013, and won it again in 2012[2] and for a third time in 2014. Lucas also received a "Very High Commendation" in the Painting and Decorating Association's annual awards for 2012. Lucas also won the Specialist Contractor category of the 2014 Building Awards organised by Building magazine.[6] It was named Specialist Contractor of the Year (turnover under £100 million) in the Construction News Awards 2017.[7]

Services

Lucas provides decorative and protective coatings services including general decoration, spray applied finishes, protective and hygienic coatings and special paint effects. It also provides commercial fit out and finishing services. In July 2010 the company re-launched the Muralplast brand of coatings and protective finishes.[8] In September 2015 the company opened The Lucas Innovation Centre, a creative space making use of touch-screen technologies to inspire the design of new fit out and finishing solutions. In February 2017 it launched Lucas Breathe, a protective treatment for stone and concrete surfaces that reacts with sunlight, activating a catalytic reaction with pollutants in the air, turning them into harmless trace elements which disperse naturally.[9] The company is now a Living Well Alliance partner with the British Lung Foundation.[10]

Lucas ProTools

Lucas ProTools is a subsidiary company providing a range of products for painting and decorating professionals. The company and its flagship product, the ProFinish paintbrush, was launched at an event held at the McLaren Technology Centre in November 2014.[11][12][13][14] The brush design includes a hand-crafted, FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) accredited beech wooden handle[15] and DuPont Chinex filaments.[16]

In 2015 the ProFinish brush won the product design prize at the Red Dot Awards.[17] It was also shortlisted for product of the year at the Mixology awards,[18] organised by Mix Interiors magazine.[19]

Projects

Lucas has secured painting and decorating packages from major contractors on large projects including Heathrow Terminal 5, the O2, the 2012 Olympic Stadium,[4] the Shard of Glass[20] and the Guildhall in London, and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon. Other projects include Westfield Stratford City shopping centre in East London, Birmingham New Street Station, and the Café Royal in London’s Regent Street and the Tate Modern extension. Additionally Lucas is contract partner to carry out fit out and finishing work to McLaren's HQ, the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking.[21]

Lucas's commercial buildings fit out and finishing service has been deployed on financial datacentres, facilities at Heathrow and the refurbishment of the Savoy Hotel in London.[22] It delivered the fit-out of the two stations at the Emirates Air Line (cable car) crossing over the River Thames in east London [23] and more recently at the Nova Victoria development in central London.

References

  1. ↑ Companies House data. Accessed: 20 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Brown, Benz and best practice: Q&A with award-winner Danny Lucas". Construction News. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Lucas Management Buyout Meta Corporate Finance. Retrieved: 21 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 Ramsey, Caroline (29 December 2010). "Kent commercial finishing group in MBO". Business Sale Report. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Specialists Awards shortlist announced Construction News, 13 January 2011. Retrieved: 21 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "2014 Winners". Building. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Specialist Contractor of the Year (under £100m): Winner". Construction News. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  8. ↑ S. Lucas re-launches Muralplast surface treatments Specification Online, 24 October 2012. Retrieved: 21 February 2015
  9. ↑ "Commitment to the Environment Award – KEiBA". KEiBA. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  10. ↑ "Living Well Alliance". British Lung Foundation. 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  11. ↑ Product launch Painting and Decorating News, Jan 2015
  12. ↑ Launch event video Vimeo, Jan 2015
  13. ↑ Main product Mix Interiors magazine, Jun 2015
  14. ↑ Product design Jedco case study, Nov 2014
  15. ↑ Product details Design Curial, Feb 2015
  16. ↑ Brush filaments DuPont, Feb 2013
  17. ↑ Award winner Red Dot Awards, 2015
  18. ↑ Double Award Building Centre, Jun 2015
  19. ↑ Award shortlist Mixology15, Jun 2015
  20. ↑ Moreby, Aaron (29 October 2010). "Paintwork specialist Lucas wins Shard job". Construction Enquirer. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  21. ↑ http://lucasuk.com/news/index.cfm?item=374
  22. ↑ Glancey, Lisa (14 April 2008). "S Lucas seals £120k London deal". Construction News. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  23. ↑ "Lucas Fit Out wins Thames cable car contract". The Construction Index. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2015.


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