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With anly two days to go before the big event, over 100 people have risen to the Carter 50/50 challenge to cycle either 50 or 100 miles in support of our chosen charity. Once again we are raising money for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices … Read more »

R G Carter is delighted to have achieved success at another set of awards, enjoying success across a wide variety of categories. Norfolk Constructing Excellence promotes best practice and their annual awards celebrate exciting, innovative projects in the region. This year we won five … Read more »

Following the success of last years charity cycle events the Firm has challenged staff to go even further this year and cycle either 50 or 100 miles. Almost 100 people have risen to this challenge and are now training in preparation for Saturday 19 … Read more »

The 2012 Considerate Constructor National Site Awards took place over 11 events in the past few months. The awards recognise excellent standards of consideration towards neighbours, workforce and the environment and are given to only the highest scoring 7.5% of all registered sites. The … Read more »

The Prince of Wales was given a tour of Great Yarmouth’s historic St George’s Chapel as part of his tour of the town last month. The chairman, Robert Carter guided his Royal Highness around the project, introducing him to members of the Drayton team. … Read more »

The new Wetherspoon’s ‘Willow Tree’ on Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, opened its doors on 17 January 2012 marking the completion of a very challenging development for the Firm. The original programme of 26 weeks was carefully programmed to achieve completion in just 17 weeks. The … Read more »

The Firm spent much of the summer on bikes and raised a fantastic £39,500 for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices. Our intrepid cyclists spent ten weekends battling head winds and driving rain, and the occasional sunny day, to travel around the region, passing a baton … Read more »

Campbells Soup Tower Demolition from R G Carter. Sunday 15 January saw a dramatic change in the skyline over the Norfolk town of King’s Lynn. Thousands gathered to watch as the famous Campbell’s soup tower was razed to the ground. The tower had been … Read more »

Wiggenhall St German’s Primary School received a surprise visit from Ivor Goodsite during works to extend the school. Ivor, the mascot of the Considerate Constructor’s Scheme, set the children a challenge to design a safety poster before taking them around the site. The project … Read more »

A groundbreaking ceremony marked the beginning of work on a new technology block at the College of West Anglia in King’s Lynn. R G Carter Building will provide state-of-the-art workshop facilities for students of engineering, welding, carpentry and electrical installation. The ceremony was attended … Read more »

R G Carter has completed their largest on-site replacement to date. Waitrose has been a familiar feature of Sevenoaks High Street for nearly 30 years; our team has been working in the town since last summer to demolish the old building and construct a … Read more »

A Viking carved dragon head, Saxon brooch and Roman coins have all been unearthed as work begins to construct the new Norfolk Hospice, Tapping House, at Hillington, near King’s Lynn. R G Carter Building in King’s Lynn started work in August to build the … Read more »

R G Carter is delighted to announce it’s sponsorship of the Norfolk County Cricket team for the next three years. Norfolk chairman Graham Littlewood, said: ‘We are delighted with this in more ways than one. ‘The Carter family have been loyal supporters of Norfolk … Read more »

R G Carter Drayton has been awarded the Technical Excellence and Innovation award at the Institution of Civil Engineers’ East of England Merit Awards. The award was for the construction of 3 St James Court in Norwich, Norfolk, a new three-storey office building built … Read more »