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Phoenix flourishes

14 December 2020

Phoenix flourishes

Phoenix Hire and Sales has rounded off a challenging but successful year by establishing dedicated premises in Pontypridd for its growing Survey, Safety & Training operation.

“Previously, Survey occupied the same building as our Pontypridd tool hire operation and it was bursting at the seams, “ Jason Derraven, the group’s sales, marketing and IT director tells me. “We’ve now been able to relocate it to a 6,000 sq ft facility just over the road.

“Each of our tool hire locations (the others are in Bridgend, Cardiff, Cwmbran and Swansea) holds basic survey equipment such as cable avoidance tools and rotating laser levels. However, the Pontypridd operation can feed them with specialist items like total stations and machine control systems.

“It also has a purpose-built testing and repair centre with non-conductive flooring and calibration equipment like optical collimators.”

The Pontypridd depot has recovered strongly after having had to cope with more than Covid-19 this year. In February the nearby River Taff broke its banks after prolonged rainfall and left the building engulfed by 1 metre of flood water.

“I take my hat off to the staff for the way they rallied round,” says Jason. “The flooding happened at a weekend and at 4.30 on the Monday morning teams of people from other depots came in to help with the clean-up operation.

“We were working out of portable buildings for some time as everything had to be refurbished, but the depot kept trading throughout the whole period.”

Jason says that Phoenix has plans for further expansion in the coming months, and I hope to bring you more details soon. 

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Phoenix flourishes
Phoenix flourishes
Phoenix flourishes

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