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What is your favourite food? Roast. Do you have any children? Yes thank you 2. If you had a superpower, what would it be? To read Pat Coll’s mind. What is your favourite animal? Dog. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? Greece. How do you spend your free time? Watching any sport. If you won the lottery what would you do? Make sure the family are set up for life. Who is your celebrity crush? Amanda Holden. Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years? Closer to retirement. What is your best asset? Looking after Mo. What three things are still left on your bucket list? Haven’t got one. What is your favourite sport? Football/ Motor Racing. What is your most embarrassing moment? Ain’t got one. Do you have any strange phobias? No. Who would you like to nominate to answer the questionnaire in the next Connections? Perry Dorrell www.tmjinteriors.com Andy Robinson Dispatch/ Driver G E T T O K N O W T- Rowe 51
CHARITY SPORTIVE STRUCTURETONE Please visit www.demelza.org.uk to learn more about the charity and find out ways in which you can support them. Demelza is a charity that provides care to children facing serious or lifelimiting conditions. About the charity TMJ were pleased to not only sponsor the Structuretone Charity Sportive, but we also had a great team who took part by cycling 65km - 100km or walking 10km to raise money for Demelza. Well done to everyone who took part!
SOCIAL MEDIA TOP 4 CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to Harvey Cook on achieving your Apprenticeship in Level 3 Advanced Carpentry and Joinery (Advanced Architectural Joiner). Congratulations to Ricky Mills for successfully completing your NVQ Level 6 Diploma in Construction Contracting Operations Management. LOYALTY AWARDS Congratulations to Dan Willis and Austen Virr, who both achieved Loyalty Awards following 10 years at TMJ. Thank you both for your continued dedication and loyalty to the company. TMJ Christmas Party - 263 total likes Alliance Team Experience - 208 total likes Starburst Pattern Veneer - 201 total likes Homag Drillteq V-310 - 175 total likes 53 Harvey Cook Ricky Mills
NEEDHAM MARKET FC We are very proud to be sponsoring Needham Market FC this year! Good luck to the team this season, please feel free to go and cheer them on and look out for our banner. We have had visits from both Bildeston Primary and Thomas Gainsborough School, who took the time to walk round our Bildeston HQ and learn about all things TMJ! We left the students of Bildeston Primary School with some homework, challenging them to design the most modern, quirky, unique, sustainable office building. We will be receiving their submissions in the new year and will be giving prizes to the top three designs. Watch this space! As a thank you, the Primary School students produced a book for us, where they had all wrote letters to tell us how much they loved their visit to TMJ... We then welcomed Thomas Gainsborough School, who were given a careers talk before their workshop tour. They gave us the following feedback: “Just want to say a big thank you to you and your team for making us so welcome at your office in Bildeston. The students really enjoyed it and learnt a lot about the amazing things you do there. Chris Ellis, the Product Design Teacher, was blown away by the quality, craftsmanship and professionalism of your business. We feel very lucky to have you just down the road and hopefully will send you some more talented students in the future.” SCHOOL VISITS AT TMJ 54
P R O J E C T W I N 55 5 New Street Square, London Current Value £1.161m Job Number 23-331 Programme May 2024 - September 2025 Main Contractor Overbury Architects Basha Franklin Architects + Bennetts Associates TMJ Team Peter Harkin, Viksan Navadas, David Shiress, Nigel Robinson, Teresa Gorham Scope Phased refurbishment of the shared reception and lift lobbies on client floors for Taylor Wessing. Phase 1 Works include: New and refurbished doorsets, metal feature wall panelling, timber fluted panelling, reception desk and screens, planters and timber veneer backing panels. Phase 2 Works include: Teapoint joinery including equipment and cafe bar. Lounge booths and screens, banquette, console and team tables. 5 NEW STREET SQUARE
SUFFOLK NEW COLLEGE Clare and Cheryl visited Suffolk New College and carried out an interactive Q&A with the Carpentry and Joinery students at the Ipswich Campus, allowing the students to ask them career related questions and learn about TMJ’s apprenticeship opportunities. We have recently had two new machines delivered to the workshop. The Weinig OptiCut C 700+ is an upgrade to our previous 2007 machine that has been sold on and has several benefits: Incredibly easy to operate Can cross-cut large cross-sections BG-certified work safety Tried, tested and maintenance free Low space requirements NEW MACHINERY Additionally, we are very pleased to be bringing the technology of the future to the workshop with the Homag Drillteq V-310. The Drillteq offers the widest possible range of functions with up to 45 drilling spindles, 2 grooving saws, dowel unit and a C-axis with interface, we cannot wait to utilise all of its features. Not only this, but it’s Collet System works without setup times and vacuum which saves us time, energy and costs. 56
Hassell Mace Quality was amazing but that is also down to the team that understood what we wanted - solved so many issues and went above and beyond to deliver amazing work and design. I would definitely work with TMJ again, this has been a challenging contract and testament to the TMJ project team for the approach from start to finish. Overbury Unispace A thoroughly enjoyable experience working with all of the team, who have delivered a stunning project within the most difficult environment. I would just like to say thank you and look forward to the next project with the same team. Well done. I very much enjoyed working with TMJ team and I hope to work with you again on future projects, will definitely recommend your services to clients. ISG Professional, Flexible and Quality. 2023 FEEDBACK Alliance Bernstein
6 St Andrew Street, London Current Value Circa £1.3m Job Number 23-315 Programme January 2024 - August 2024 Main Contractor Faithdean Architects Barr Gazetas Architects TMJ Team Martin Holmes, Barret Ganji, John Hall, Karl Brown, Dave Robbins, Teresa Gorham Scope Commercial Cat B fit out including: Tea points, coffee bar, high counters, high Level desks, reception podium desk, library shelving, tiered seating, meeting room AV credenza units, timber veneered wall panelling, Buxkin wall panelling, trims and appliances. P R O J E C T W I N Great Portland Estates (GPE) 58
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