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J S WRIGHT - CELEBRATING 125 YEARS
1890
1895
1900
1905
1910
1915
1920
1925
1930
1906 Move made to larger offices at 85½ Dale End
1890 John Shilrock Wright receives certificate of registration for
plumbing business
1920s William Edward Shilrock Wright, younger son of founder, becomes
managing director1940s Government contracts awarded for munitions and
armaments factories and armed forces camps
1890 First office opened at 102 Moor Street, Birmingham
1929 Hot and cold water facilities installed for all bedrooms at Grand Hotel, Birmingham
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
1958 Steam heating system designed and installed for JCB
factory in Staffordshire
1968 J S Wright bought by architectural hardware group
Newman Tonks
1987 Management buyout by Edwin Moore, David Osborne
and Peter Marsh
2005 Fourth office move to Atlas House in Aston
1961 Third office move to 4 Bartholomew Road
1990 Services installed for Birmingham’s new five-star
Hyatt Regency Hotel
2007 Combined Ibis and Etap at Birmingham Airport marks 50th
hotel completion for Accor Group
2000
1950s Overseas projects include new Parliament building and royal
palace in Baghdad 1957 William Wright pictured with
JSW employees in year elected Solihull Mayor
2005
2010
2015
2008 Launch of J S Wright Academy
for company apprentices
First two employees qualify as CIBSE Low Carbon Consultants
Winner of Building Services Journal M&E Contractor of the Year award
2010 5,000th student apartment equipped in
Birmingham at Bagot Street
2011 First £10 million contract awarded for
Mint Hotel, Tower of London
Named HVAC Contractor of the Year at H&V News Awards
1,000th new home completed in London
2011 New London Office opened
2012 Awarded PAS99 standard for integrated management system
2013 Honoured for Outstanding Contribution to the Industry at
H&V News Awards
2013 Launch of Foremen’s Academy in conjunction with
Dale Carnegie
2015 Named Building Services Contractor of the Year winner at
H&V News Awards
2015 Apprentice wins B&ESA Craft Trainee of the Year award for
third year running
1940 1950
1935 1945 1955
2015 New Bristol Office opened
2014 Biggest-ever value package of services worth £18m for Indescon Court in London
Management structure strengthened with new tier
of Associate Directors
IN 1890…Shredded Wheat was invented as a
whole wheat breakfast cereal by Henry Perky in Denver, Colorado
Bovril was launched on shop shelves
after being developed to
feed 19th Century armies - and was
later prescribed to beat flu
Britain’s first weekly comic paper was published under
the title of Comic Cuts
The first ever official County Championship match was played at Bristol between Gloucestershire and
Yorkshire (Yorkshire won)
The Barbarians Rugby Team was created by Blackheath’s William
Percy Carpmael as the first rugby touring side to include players
from all over the world
The first underground railway in the world to use electric trains (rather than steam locomotives) began services between
Paddington and Farringdon