Temporary Kitchens for School Refurbishments

With many schools either about to receive, or already receiving Building Schools for the Future or Primary Capital Program funding, many establishments will be looking at upgrading their kitchen buildings, equipment and dining rooms.

PKL provides a range of Temporary Kitchens and Dining Facilities enabling schools to carry on serving food with minimal disruption during times of refurbishment. Our facilities range from standalone Portable Kitchen units to linked kitchen units and dinning facilities which are able to provide meals and seating for hundreds of pupils in one sitting.

In addition, PKL can also supply temporary Portable Kitchen facilities for construction companies working on school site upgrades.

PKL is a Buying Solutions accredited supplier, enabling public sector and government departments to purchase or hire products through the company, safe in the knowledge that they are Fully Compliant" with UK and EU legislation and statutory legislation. Buying solutions are committed to creating cost and process savings to end users by leveraging public sector buying power. Buying Solutions accredited companies are pre tendered to supply Public Sector organisations within the UK.

Click here for more information regarding PKL Group's complete range of catering solutions for the education sector.

School Kitchen Solutions from PKL

PKL provide a wide range of solutions for the education sector with products ranging from complete school kitchen buildings to catering equipment. Over the next few weeks, our Blog will inform you of the range of kitchens for schools and catering equipment available from PKL.

Our products are specified for a wide range of requirements including a complete new kitchen, temporary kitchens for times of refurbishment and catering equipment for the education sector.

We have worked hand in hand with schools and local authorities over the last 20 years to provide a wide range of kitchen and catering solutions for schools, colleges and universities. Projects within the last year include:

Powys Council – 3 separate kitchens for schools
Croydon Council – 2 permanent modular school kitchens
Cardiff Council – Temporary and permanent facilities on 3 schools sites
High Storrs Comprehensive – Temporary Kitchen for BSF refurbishment

PKL are a Buying solutions accredited supplier, meaning local authorities and schools can procure products and benefit from cost savings leveraged from using a national government procurement organisation. This is turn helps local authorities meet spending targets set by the Government.

The use of Buying Solutions also means that users are fully compliant with UK and European procurement legislation.

For further information on procuring products and services through the Buying Solutions Frameworks, contact the Buying Solutions Service Desk on 0845 410 2222, or email custcare@ogcbs.gsi.gov.uk

Construction Site Catering Services from PKL Group

PKL supply a wide range of Portable Kitchens and ancillary units for hire, suitable for providing catering facilities for construction sites.

We have a range of temporary kitchens of different sizes, which can be specified depending on the number of workers you are catering for. We have developed a range of proven packages, based on our most popular combinations of portable units, which provide a range of different kitchen facilities and dining space.

In addition, we have a portfolio of over 8,000 items of catering equipment, meaning that whatever the menu requirements for your construction site, we can supply the apparatus to suit.

Contact us through our hire hot line on 0845 840 42 42 or visit our website, http://www.pkl.co.uk/ to find out how PKL can help with your construction catering requirements.

PKL has the Complete Package

The ‘Complete Package’ from PKL enables a venue to instantly increase their events capabilities by offering the facilities to increase bookings and food service capacity. Initially available in three standard options, the smallest package offers facilities for up to100 guests and ranges to our largest option, which caters for 300 or more. If needed, these packages can be fully bespoke to fit the exact requirements of your venue.

The Complete Package is supplied on a hire basis and allows venue owners to increase their function space for generating additional revenue with no capital expenditure.

With the Complete Package we can provide your venue with a comprehensive facility including catering equipment, preparation, production and storage space, dish washing facilities and a Marquee complete with seating, tabling, heating, lighting and a dance floor area.

The complete package can increase your venues potential to host a wide range of events including:

· Weddings - Capability for concurrent Bookings
· Seminars & Conferences - Flexibility to encompass additional
· Christmas Parties - Increased Seasonal Capacity
· Corporate Events - Create additional Facilities
· Sporting Events - Create multi-point Facilities
· Music Events - Create late trading Facility
· Film Shoots & One-off events - Create Stand Alone Facilities
· Garden & Country Fairs - Create Facility away from Main Building#

The PKL Complete Package provides a proven, common sense solution allowing Venues to avoid capital expenditure on permanent infrastructure whilst enabling them not only to maximise their income revenues from current events; but creating an instant capability to attract and encompass additional events.

Rapid Reponse Systems

PKL can provide relocatable kitchens and support facilities for remote international sites. Our range of options includes containerised units, tented solutions, and modular System Kitchens as well as facilities composed from ex-rental portable kitchens.

Containerised Systems can have a design life of up to 25 years and consist of highly robust ISO rated units that can be used in isolation or in unison to construct a larger facility. The units are designed specifically for rapid deployment and provide a safe, robust and efficient environment, self powered if necessary, with onboard generators, water and waste tanks.

System Kitchens are modular buildings designed and built using the latest in off site construction techniques. A System Kitchen is fully relocatable and conforms to full construction standards and is ideally suited for longer-term solutions.

Tented solutions offer great value for money and are easily relocatable and although they are not as robust or long lasting as containerised units, their low cost and portability make them ideal for many situations, including dining rooms and stores.

Inflatable systems have many benefits including speed of erection with minimal labour and extremely high insulation values.

PKL has the largest fleet of portable kitchen units in the world. Where an extremely rapid delivery is required, projects can be delivered utilising kitchens and equipment drawn directly from the PKL fleet

We have an impressive record of delivering fast-track facilities to the world’s military forces as well as to major construction and oil exploration sites and for relief work.

All Systems Go!

System Kitchens are commercial kitchens designed to take advantage of the very latest in off-site construction methods and while often specified for permanent use, are entirely relocatable allowing the end user complete flexibility. This construction method ensures that the time spent on site is drastically reduced.

Over the last 18 years, PKL have completed over 200 System Kitchen projects for a range of clients including facilities management companies, schools, hospitals, contract caterers, prisons, the armed forces, hotels and oil companies. A large number of clients opt for a System Kitchen because it can be constructed quickly, without having to compromise on building standards.

Our System Kitchen specialists at PKL are able to consult with clients to ensure the kitchen is designed to reach its full potential while PKL also provide a dedicated project manager to oversee both the construction and on site installation of the kitchen. In addition our high level of expertise is kitchen design, means that the facility will be constructed to meet exact end-user requirements.

Mobile Canopies – Perfect For Major Event Catering

Mobile Canopies have been developed for cooking under canvas and within existing buildings and have been supplied by PKL for a number of major event catering projects. Mobile canopies are fitted with automatic fire suppression systems, an automatic gas shut off system and a full-length extraction canopy.

At the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, PKL supplied, managed and installed the temporary catering and dinning facilities at the Athletes Village which provided over 18,000 meals, 24 hours a day, serving athletes and officials alike. The food production operation was centred around six open plan kitchen units and three fully equipped “Central Island Canopies,” joined together to form 130m2 of production capacity.

In addition, another 400 items of catering equipment were in use throughout the dining, kitchen and serving areas.