Permanent Modular Prison Kitchen Building

PKL Group constructed a prison kitchen for a temporary custodial facility built alongside existing prison buildings.

Working to a tight deadline, PKL supplied a 560m2 System Kitchen to site, 13 weeks after receiving the order from the main contractor. The kitchen was delivered fully equipped and was handed over to the client eight weeks later.

The System Kitchen was built using off-site construction techniques, which greatly reduced the overall lead-time of the project. The kitchen, which contains a number of unique features, is designed to blend in with its surroundings and is fully relocatable so that it can easily be moved to another part of the site if needed.

PKL has over 20 years’ experience of designing modular buildings and, using the very latest off-site construction techniques, has delivered many System Kitchen projects throughout the UK.

A System Kitchen can adhere to the latest in prison design specifications, while being tailor-made for the facility in question. It can be adapted according to the equipment required, the amount of people catered for, staffing levels and the number of meals that will be served each day.

Specifying a System Kitchen can drastically reduce the overall timescale of a project, as design and off-site building takes place at the same time as work on the construction site. The kitchen arrives on-site fully equipped, negating any fit-out time, and it is ready for connection to the required utilities.

PKL provides a complete ‘turnkey’ solution covering design, planning, construction, M&E, equipment, installation, commissioning and service.

Temporary Kitchens for Schools

PKL supply a range of temporary kitchens and dining facilities to hire for schools, colleges and universities. This enables the continued provision of meals during periods of kitchen refurbishment and upgrade.

Temporary kitchens can either be linked to existing buildings or supplied as part of a kitchen and dining complex. We have a range of over 900 Portable Kitchens and ancillary support units ensuring that we can supply the temporary catering facilities to suit your exact requirements, regardless of whether you are serving 10, 100 or over 1000 meals per day.

For our complete range of temporary and permanent kitchen and dining solutions for the education sector, please view our brand new website www.schoolkitchens.com

SchoolKitchens.com - Kitchen and Catering Equipment Solutions for the Education Sector

PKL Group has launched schoolkitchens.com a website to promote kitchens and catering equipment solutions for the education sector. The site provides information for schools, colleges and universities who have a requirement for, or are considering a new build or refurbishment kitchen project.

PKL offers a wide range of solutions to the education sector including temporary kitchens for school kitchen refurbishment, KitchenPods (new school kitchens for primary schools), permanent modular kitchens and a wide range of catering equipment solutions for existing school kitchen facilities.

Schoolkitchens.com also provides a wide range of information to schools and local authorities with regards to funding initiatives available to them for development of school dining facilities, who to contact for more information and relevant organisations who able to provide more information about school kitchens and school catering issues.

Contract Catering Equipment Hire in the NHS

PKL supplied the Alexandra Hospital in Worcestershire with a complete catering estate with the capability to provide up to 4 million meals per year. The hospital was supplied through PKL’s KitchenFM – a turnkey service offering an attractive, cost effective alternative to buying catering equipment. The tailor-made kitchens were up and running just six weeks after the initial order.

With PKL installing, managing and maintaining the catering estate at the Alexandra, the Trust management are free to concentrate on the day-to-day running of the hospital and focus on looking after patients.

Through KitchenFM, catering equipment is supplied capital free, with the hospital paying a fixed, off-balance-sheet monthly payment. The catering equipment was supplied by PKL direct to the NHS trust and was delivered and installed within 6 weeks of receiving the initial order.

To read more about our installation at the Alexandra Hospital and for further infortmation regarding the wide range of catering equipment and Portable Kitchens for hire offered by PKL please click here.

PKL Receive Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Overseas Work

PKL is delighted to announce that the company has successfully received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the category for International Trade, for work supplying catering and healthcare products to worldwide markets.

 

The Queen’s Awards are the UK’s most prestigious awards for business performance and recognise and reward outstanding achievement by UK companies. The Awards are made each year by the Queen, on the advice of the Prime Minister who is assisted by an Advisory Committee that includes representatives of Government, industry and commerce, and the trade unions.

This award represents a significant achievement for PKL and the company is proud to be receiving such a prestigious honour. On receiving the award, PKL Group’s Commercial Director, Peter Schad said:

“Receiving a Queens Award for Enterprise is a great honour for the company. The award recognises our achievements and the hard work undertaken by our staff. PKL really represents Britain at its best abroad!”

PKL Group (UK) Ltd has been trading since 1988 and is the world leader in the sale and rental of modular catering and healthcare systems. The company’s products, which include Portable Kitchens, heavy duty catering equipment and operating theatres are prefabricated in the UK and are quick and easy to export.

PKL’s worldwide export earnings have increased by over five times in three years with main markets including the Middle East, Asia and Africa. This has meant supplying and installing facilities in often dangerous and challenging conditions in countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, DR Congo, Chad and Nigeria.

PKL has supplied to a wide number of major sporting events around the world including temporary dining facilities for the Athletes Village for the last three Olympic games at Sydney, Athens and Beijing, with each installation providing its own set of unique challenges, which the company has successfully overcome.

Within the UK, PKL is the leading supplier of temporary kitchens and catering equipment for hire, with over 900 Portable Kitchens and over 8,000 items of catering equipment in the company’s portfolio.

Industrial Catering Equipment Manuals for Free Download

PKL has launched a new section on our website providing free downloads of catering equipment manuals.

The pages include equipment manuals and operating instructions for items of commercial catering equipment, including commercial 6-burners, microwaves, dishwashers, combination ovens, bratt pans, industrial fridge/freezers and food preparation equipment.

The new section includes service and operating manuals for a number of commercial catering equipment manufacturers including Meiko, Falcon, Electrolux, Falcon, Williams Hobart and Angelo Po.

To view the page and download the manuals, click on the following link, www.pkl.co.uk/foodservices/catering-equipment-manuals.asp

Commercial Kitchen Design Services

PKL have provided 1000s of commercial kitchen designs for a wide range of end users in both the public and private sectors. Our experienced in house team can provide clients with a wide range of commercial kitchen designs, ranging from single portable units, large open plan temporary facilities, large scale temporary facilities for events, permanent modular kitchen buildings and kitchen design layouts for existing permanent buildings.

Our design service covers:

• A full knowledge of commercial kitchen design and planning regulations
• Site visit if required to overcome design issues
• Provision of CAD kitchen designs
• Full consultation through kitchen design process to ensure facility meets exact requirements
• Full adherence to health and safety requirements