fit out services founded 1969 by sam lucas headquarters wrotham kent united kingdom key people danny lucas chairman and managing director website www.lucasuk.com lucas is a specialist subcontractor working in the uk construction industry . based in wrotham in kent lucas provides decorative and protective coatings services including general decoration spray applied finishes protective and hygienic coatings and special paint effects . it also provides a commercial buildings finishing and fit out service . contents 1 history 1.1 awards 2 services 3 lucas protools 4 projects 5 references 6 external links history edit s. lucas was founded by sam lucas in 1969 s. lucas ltd was incorporated in july 1976 1 and its sister company lucas fit out was established in 2008 . sam s eldest son danny lucas joined the company in 1982 and became managing director 2 in 1997 . in a management buy out in late 2010 he acquired his father s shareholding and became chairman of the s lucas group on his father s retirement from the day to day business . 3 commercial director ken mulholland and danny s brother adam lucas both of whom had worked for the company for 10 years also became shareholders as a result of the mbo . 4 awards edit in march 2010 lucas won the finishing and fit out category in the specialist awards organised by construction news . it was shortlisted for the same award in 2011 5 and 2013 and won it again in 2012 2 and for a third time in 2014 . lucas also received a very high commendation in the painting and decorating association s annual awards for 2012 . lucas also won the specialist contractor category of the 2014 building awards organised by building magazine . 6 services edit lucas provides decorative and protective coatings services including general decoration spray applied finishes protective and hygienic coatings and special paint effects . it also provides a commercial buildings finishing and fit out service . in july 2010 the company re launched the muralplast brand of coatings and protective finishes . 7 lucas protools edit lucas protools is a subsidiary company providing a range of products for painting and decorating professionals . the company and its flagship product the profinish paintbrush was launched at an event held at the mclaren technology centre in november 2014 . 8 9 10 11 the brush design includes a hand crafted fsc forest stewardship council accredited beech wooden handle 12 and dupont chinex filaments . 13 in 2015 the profinish brush won the product design prize at the red dot awards . 14 it was also shortlisted for product of the year at the mixology awards 15 organised by mix interiors magazine . 16 projects edit lucas secured painting and decorating packages from major contractors on large projects including heathrow terminal 5 the o2 the 2012 olympic stadium 4 the shard of glass 17 and the guildhall in london and the royal shakespeare theatre at stratford upon avon . other projects include westfield stratford city shopping centre in east london birmingham new street station and the caf royal in london s regent street . additionally lucas is contract partner to carry out fit out and finishing work to mclaren s hq the mclaren technology centre in woking . 18 lucas s commercial buildings finishing and fit out service has been deployed on financial datacentres facilities at heathrow and the refurbishment of the savoy hotel in london . 19 it delivered the fit out of the two stations at the emirates air line cable car crossing over the river thames in east london . 20 references edit companies house data . accessed 20 february 2015 . a b brown benz and best practice q & a with award winner danny lucas . construction news . 6 september 2012 . retrieved 20 february 2015 . lucas management buyout meta corporate finance . retrieved 21 february 2015 . a b ramsey caroline 29 december 2010 . kent commercial finishing group in mbo . business sale report . retrieved 21 february 2015 . specialists awards shortlist announced construction news 13 january 2011 . retrieved 21 february 2015 . 2014 winners . building . retrieved 21 february 2015 . s. lucas re launches muralplast surface treatments specification online 24 october 2012 . retrieved 21 february 2015 product launch painting and decorating news jan 2015 launch event video vimeo jan 2015 main product mix interiors magazine jun 2015 product design jedco case study nov 2014 product details design curial feb 2015 brush filaments dupont feb 2013 award winner red dot awards 2015 double award building centre jun 2015 award shortlist mixology15 jun 2015 moreby aaron 29 october 2010 . paintwork specialist lucas wins shard job . construction enquirer . retrieved 21 february 2015 . http lucasuk.com news index.cfm item 374 glancey lisa 14 april 2008 . s lucas seals 120k london deal . construction news . retrieved 21 february 2015 . lucas fit out wins thames cable car contract . the construction index . 25 november 2011 . retrieved 21 february 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