Double delight with two highly commended awards

We’ve had two reasons for celebration with two highly commended awards. In May we received high commendation for ‘SME of the Year’ at the West Midlands Celebrating Construction Awards. And just last month we were highly commended at the Construction News Awards in the ‘Employer of the Year’ category. The judges highlighted our investment in our people and particularly our…

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Sharing our success with good causes

Success always tastes sweeter when it’s shared and what better way than by supporting good causes. Here are some of the charities we have supported so far this year. We donated £5,000 each to War Child and Save the Children                     Managing Director Malcolm McDermott said, “We see images in the media of children…

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Bringing technology to site

This summer we introduced machine control technology on some of our excavators. The system, provided by Topcon, allows a machine operator to accurately dig foundations, drainage ditches or anything else using 3D CAD drawings without any setting out or guidance from a banksman. How it works Positioning tools are integrated into the excavator and using GPS software, a base station…

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Taking McDermotts Forward

We celebrated our 20th anniversary in 2014, and to ensure we’re around to celebrate another 20 years we have been looking at how we want to shape and develop our organisation further. The 3Ps are our roadmap to achieving our vision of Building success on a firm foundation. As groundworks and civil engineering specialists, strong foundations are at the core…

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