22 - August - 2005

Estimating Customer wins gold award for the 10th year in a row

Causeway customer, Optima Partitioning Systems has won the AIS (Association of Interior Specialists) awards for the 10th year in a row.

The prestigious and renowned office partitioning company has yet again set the standard at this year's AIS Awards ceremony, taking to the stage twice and collecting Gold Awards for two partitioning projects with the Royal Bank of Scotland, Bromley project winning Gold in the 'up to £100,000' category, and Optima's Mellon Financial partitioning installation in Queen Victoria Street, London also winning old for the 'over £100,000' category.

Earlier on in then year, Optima struck gold again at the Construction News sponsored 'Specialists in Construction' Awards. For the first time, a new category "Finishing and Fit-Out Specialist of the Year" was created and Optima walked away the clear winner.

David Harvey, Divisional Director comments "Causeway Estimating allows me to estimate more efficiently and accurately due to the high quality of presentation of tenders. This gives us a competitive edge over and above the average spreadsheets. This enhances our professional image and it is my belief that this helps us to win more profitable work. It has undoubtedly contributed to us winning so many prestigious awards."

Optima Partitioning Systems, a trading division of H L Smith Construction Ltd; launched into the market in 1995 and has been making an impact on the industry ever since. A member of the Association of Interior Specialists (AIS), the company has collected a sweep of Gold awards year on year, for several of its partitioning installations.

Causeway will also be sponsoring the AIS/CIOB events throughout October (see Events section for further info).

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