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News
May
2010
New
website design coming up for July 2010
February
2009
Men
in white is moving into painting roofs. Did you know that
painting your roof white or a special paint coloured paint can
reduce your air conditioning costs by 40 %? The idea is that
white reflects infrared light from the sun and will therefore keep
your roof cool and save you money. In Sydney many roofs are
red terracotta tile or dark slate or
colourbond.
The
climate in Australia is one of extremes, as recently evidenced in
the flooding in Queensland and horrific bush fires in Victoria.
The gradual increase in temperature due to global warming
will produce different weather patterns in Sydney. Rain
will become less frequent and stronger, and the temperature will
increase in summer. These factors will increase the wear and
tear on your roof, and will there fore affect your biggest asset:
you house.
Thats
why Men in White can assess your roof, replace or mend broken
tiles, pressure clean and rinse with bleach to kill mould, and
apply a solid paint finish that will protect your existing roof AND
save 40 % on air conditioning in summer.
For
more information, please follow the link below. The blog
publishes a press release issued to the major new papers on 9
February 2009. The press release asks why the
government is funding homeowners to insulate their roof (as part of
the economic stitmulus package) when it would be so much more
effective to paint the roof white (or a special reflecetive paint
in a darker colour)
Please click link
below:
http://meninwhite-paintingservices.blogspot.com
News
for October 2008
Men in
white is now a lead
based paint removal accredited company. The director
Rohan Calvert attended a two day course at the Master Painters
Australia NSW training school at South Strathfield on the 26 and 27
September. Over the next three months MIW will be
implementing systems to removal lead based paint
safely.
News
for June
Master
PaintersAustralia (NSW) Awards for Excellence 2008
The Best
Customer Service 2008 award was won by Men in White. The
judges Brian Thompson and Graeme Donaldson awarded the important
category to the team at Men in White for their handling of customer
relations. The Director Rohan Calvert said "It's an honour to
achieve this recognition in such a vital part of the business, in
such a competitive industry. It is a great thing for the team
to know that their efforts are noted, and will inspire us all to
keep up the high standards". The award was presented at then
Annual Master Painters Awards for Excellence Dinner held at the
Four Seasons Hotel in the Rocks on Saturday night 28 June.
Other awards for best achievement in various categories were
also presented to other contractors.
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January 2008
Blog
offers transparent medium to document turn-key
journey
Men in
White has embraced blog technology to document its journey towards
becoming a turn-key business.
The Men
in White blog, launched in January, will tell the story of a Sydney
painting company becoming a streamlined, systems-savvy operation –
in real time.
Rohan
Calvert, founder and director of the award-winning painting
business, has a passion to contribute to the professionalism and
standards of the painting industry.
“Superior
results are the product of tried and tested systems that are known
and understood by the team – and used consistently,” Calvert
says.
“By
setting a big goal to systemise the entire business in a year, we
are committing Men in White to a standard of excellence that keeps
the bar high; and keeps it simple.”
Over its
five years of operation, Men in White has become well known in the
industry for its superior preparation of surfaces, fine attention
to detail and commitment to leaving sites immaculately
clean.
Calvert
makes no apology for having high expectations of his team. However
he says that consistently excellent results depend on everyone
knowing the ‘Men in White way’, and this is sometimes different
from methods painters have learnt elsewhere.
“This
process of systemising we’ve undertaken is all about getting
everyone working together the same way so that our results are
reliably consistent,” Calvert says.
“It’s
great for our customers, more efficient for the guys and good for
business. We hope it will also set a new benchmark in the
industry.”
Calvert
says documenting the unfolding process on the blog is a great way
to keep him accountable. He also hopes it will give others who are
considering something similar a window into the process that may
help them.
Visit the
Men in White blog at:
http://meninwhite-paintingservices.blogspot.com/
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29 May
2007
Men in
White reclaims environment through Family Court job
A Sydney
painting company is proving that high quality work and
environmental responsibility can go hand-in-hand. And the Master
Painters Association is right behind it.
Men in
White, the award-winning painting company founded by Rohan Calvert
in 2003, added another achievement to a long list in May this year.
MIW won the commercial repaint category in the Master Painters
Awards for Excellence 2007, for its repaint of the Family Law
Courts of Australia.
Calvert
said the project had two key challenges: a tight timeframe and
applying new technology to an age-old problem – smell.
“In order
to minimise disruption to the courts, the job needed to be
completed between Christmas and New Year, while the court was
closed and people were away,” he explained.
“This
meant setting up, executing the work and cleaning up in a total of
six days.”
Further,
it was important that staff not be impeded by an overwhelming ‘new
paint’ smell when they returned to work. To combat this, Calvert
and his team needed to convert a traditional solvent-based system
to a new acrylic-based system.
The new
technology included a water-based enamel which has the same
hardness as the gloss of traditional enamel; and an acrylic paint
for the walls which has almost no volatile organic compound (VOC)
emissions. The result? No smell AND a smaller environmental
footprint.
“We used
an all-acrylic system on extensive traditional gloss enamel work,
low VOC emission wall paint and acrylic enamel. This meant we could
treat waste water in a reclaimer which we keep on-site,” Calvert
said.
“The
reclaimer separates waste into slurry and clean water. The paint
sludge is left to dry out in the workshop and disposed of as solid
waste. And the water can be recycled.”
The
reclaimer was invented by Queensland painter Bill Kruger of R.A.
Industries. Calvert encourages other painters to investigate this
and other ways of taking more responsibility for their impact on
the environment.
“It feels
good to do something that makes a small difference. It just makes
sense - for people, for business and for the environment,” he
said.
The
judges of the Master Painters Awards for Excellence 2007 were
clearly impressed when they inspected the job. They reported they
didn’t know who was prouder – the client or the painter.
Not only
had Men in White met the particular challenges of the job and done
so in a way that was planet-friendly, the standard of craftsmanship
was exceptionally high, boasting even coverage, good adhesion and
clean lines.
Find out
more about Men in White at www.meninwhite.com.au
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Enquiries: Rohan Calvert
0400 764 262
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