Trace Basements

Trace Basements - Glossop

George started the company in 1974 and remains at the forefront of our building preservation and structural waterproofing activities.  Some background on George:
• Chairman of Guaranteed Protection Trust Ltd. (GPT), and a Board Member of GPT/GPI for 17 years in total.  See more about GPI in our Guarantees section.

• He is a Financial Services Authority (FSA) ‘Approved Person’, vetted by FSA and approved to sell insurances in the UK.

• Implemented the original CRDS* & CTIS* qualifications, course and examination in the North of England, also covering Scotland, and lectured on this for several inaugural years.  *(Now a unified qualification under CSRT, which is Certificate in Surveying for Remedial Treatments).

• Chairman of the Property Care Association (PCA) 2006/7 during which time recognition was given to the need for a Structural Waterproofing qualification (*CSSW), was Vice Chair 2004/5 and a Board Member for 3 years. With others, he was instrumental in developing and implementing the CSSW course and examination. His commitment is such that for many years he taught college courses to the industry in addition to marking examinations.  *CSSW – Certificate in Surveying for Structural Waterproofing.

Apart from being recognised as extremely capable in diagnosing and dealing with problems of general dampness and rot in buildings, George is best known throughout the industry for being the first contractor in the UK to use and effectively market the WaterGuard Drainage Channel invented and made by the pioneer Larry Janesky of Basement Systems in the USA, a system that all of the leading membrane suppliers in the UK have now copied because the system is so capable.
We know that a strong team is crucial to the ongoing success of the business and having our own lecture suite, comit significant resource to training and development.