Saturday, December 25, 2010
BLACK COUNTRY CONSTRUCTING EXCELLENCE CLUB - ENTRY FOR MIDLANDS BUSINESS CLUB OF THE YEAR AWARD
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Friday, December 10, 2010
Being Waste Aware Makes Sense
The imminent rise in VAT, rising transport costs and the annual increase in landfill tax means that the cost of disposing of waste is increasing steadily. There are also very serious implications for those found guilty for not adhering to waste management legislation with the threat of an unlimited fine or even a custodial sentence.
Construction companies that produce, store, transport and dispose of waste must do so without harming the environment. A principal contractor is also responsible for ensuring and checking that all of its sub-contractors are legally compliant. This is their duty of care.
In December 2010 Skanska in partnership with West Midlands Centre for Constructing Excellence (WMCCE) invited subcontractors and members of the local construction community to site at Walsall Manor Hospital to become ‘Waste Aware’.
The Waste Awareness Course has been developed by the Chartered Institution of Waste Management (CIWM) to give an introduction to waste for those people who deal with waste management for their organisations. The training also challenged the delegates to look for opportunities to use resources efficiently and to minimise waste.
“Being legally compliant, looking for opportunities to use resources efficiently and to reduce waste is definitely a good investment for construction firms both large and small. We are looking forward to working with WMCCE again. The training was excellent, pitched at just the right level and was affordable. In addition WMCCE and Constructing Excellence Clubs across the country have access to funding to support the local construction community to survive the recession and to come out the other side of it the stronger as a result”.
For more details regarding Waste Awareness contact WMCCE on 0121 688 4050.
Steven Davis
Environmental Manager
Skanska Central & Regions
Skanska Facilities Services – Midlands
07875 373 857
steven.davis@skanska.co.uk
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Dev Masih - 07908 383570
http://www.jawbusiness.co.uk
Construction companies that produce, store, transport and dispose of waste must do so without harming the environment. A principal contractor is also responsible for ensuring and checking that all of its sub-contractors are legally compliant. This is their duty of care.
In December 2010 Skanska in partnership with West Midlands Centre for Constructing Excellence (WMCCE) invited subcontractors and members of the local construction community to site at Walsall Manor Hospital to become ‘Waste Aware’.
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Photograph (Left to Right), Ian Mitchell (Gill Group, |
The Waste Awareness Course has been developed by the Chartered Institution of Waste Management (CIWM) to give an introduction to waste for those people who deal with waste management for their organisations. The training also challenged the delegates to look for opportunities to use resources efficiently and to minimise waste.
“Being legally compliant, looking for opportunities to use resources efficiently and to reduce waste is definitely a good investment for construction firms both large and small. We are looking forward to working with WMCCE again. The training was excellent, pitched at just the right level and was affordable. In addition WMCCE and Constructing Excellence Clubs across the country have access to funding to support the local construction community to survive the recession and to come out the other side of it the stronger as a result”.
For more details regarding Waste Awareness contact WMCCE on 0121 688 4050.
Steven Davis
Environmental Manager
Skanska Central & Regions
Skanska Facilities Services – Midlands
07875 373 857
steven.davis@skanska.co.uk
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Website Queries Contact:
Dev Masih - 07908 383570
http://www.jawbusiness.co.uk
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Amey provide boost to the West Midlands construction industry
The West Midlands is set for an industry boost following the launch of a new scheme of Civil Engineering apprenticeships in the region. 100 new jobs in construction, predominantly in the rail industry, are set to be created by construction firm Amey who has unveiled its new national Apprenticeship Academy.
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| Amey Logo |
The Network Rail centre in Walsall will be the training hub for the scheme which features a ‘mock rail environment’, where experienced rail professionals will provide training and skills to apprentices seeking to work in engineering. Amey is looking beyond purely training apprentices though, with opportunities available to complete the Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award, study National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs), and undertake work placements.
Amey chief executive, Mel Ewell, spoke about the new scheme and what it has to offer: "The programme is designed specifically to help young people negotiate an extremely tough jobs market and learn practical skills that will give them real, long-term career prospects."
Those who make it onto the scheme will take part in exciting projects, including CEFA - a national infrastructure project to examine every single bridge, signal box and tunnel owned and operated by Network Rail.
Link to the Amey website is: http://www.amey.co.uk/
Article kindly supplied by: http://www.grayling.com/
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Walsall Education Business Partnership - Walsall Hospital Challenge
The Hospital Challenge took the form of a competition in which Year 12 students working in teams of six were given plans of the new Walsall Manor Hospital atrium area and were tasked with designing facilities for users. Working to strict deadlines, each team had to research what is needed before submitting a tender, through a presentation, to a panel of Skanska judges.
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| Walsall Education Business Partnership |
The ‘Dragon’s Den’ style panel judges included the Project’s Architect, Construction Director, Quantity Surveyor and a Graduate Construction Supervisor.
Creative students from Pool Hayes School in Walsall impressed the judges with their creative ideas, delivering a professional presentation and with the accuracy and detail of their tender. The students came up with suggestions such as providing a crèche facility and incorporating a memory tree in the atrium of the new hospital for people to remember their loved ones.
The Challenge was initiated, planned and delivered as a joint venture between Walsall Education Business Partnership and the Skanska Team.
“We entered two teams who came first and second in the challenge. It was open to all schools in Walsall and the challenged simulated a construction company bidding for work”. Clive Thomas, Head of Sixth Form, Pool Hayes School.
“The added value to the students was the information, advice and guidance given by the Skanska team before and during the challenge. This type of experience can not be gained at school and it gets the students to look at problems, work planning and design roles in a more realistic manner – result” Ron Betts, Deputy Manager, Walsall EBP
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| Pool Hayes Winning Team - Hospital Challenge |
Given the comments made on the day and the evaluations received from both the students and their teachers the Hospital Challenge has the basis of being used on any new hospital and could be incorporated into the offer made in future bids.
The Challenge was run for a second time on 5th October 2010. The winners of the competition were from Brownhills Community Technical College.
For further information contact
Steven Davis
Project Environmental Manager
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SMEs Take Ownership of Environmental Issues
Despite receiving some excellent tender submissions it appears apparent that most Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are "too busy managing the works" to listen to good sense about the environment.
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| Skanska Joint Venture |
Lack of awareness regarding environmental costs and a failure to adopt sound management systems are hindering many SMEs’ ability to win contracts with major private and public clients.
In November 2010 we invited locally based SMEs to participate in achieving a qualification that delivers an awareness of key environmental concepts and provided an introduction to environmental management systems.
11 delegates representing local SMEs attended the training. This included 6 delegates who had previously completed the two-day Sandwell Construction Commitments training programme.
11 delegates representing local SMEs attended the training. This included 6 delegates who had previously completed the two-day Sandwell Construction Commitments training programme.
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), Environmental Principals and Best Practice training was delivered by Groundwork and was hosted in Skanska’s training facility at the new Walsall Manor Hospital.
The CIEH Training provides an introduction to environmental principles and provides enough information to enable delegates to take ownership of their environmental responsibilities related to “day to day” operations.
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| SMEs - Gill Civil Engineering - Birmingham, Crown Cutting - Burntwood, Telecetera - Worcestershire, Airguard Filters - Walsall, Chapman's Electrical - Sandwell, Lowe Engineering - Staffordshire, C7 Decorators - Sandwell, JAW Business Solutions - Sandwell, Friel Construction - Walsall |
The training also enables delegates to better identify and control their most significant impacts on the environment, reduce the risk of potentially costly pollution incidents, ensure compliance with environmental legislation and continually improve their business operations including minimising waste.
“Skanska is looking forward to working in partnership with Groundwork again. They have access to some excellent training products and can provide funding that can enable SMEs take ownership. Groundwork’s support can advance SMEs environmental management performance which should in turn enable them to win more too!”
For more details regarding environmental management support for SMEs contact Groundwork on 0121 521 5510.
Steven Davis
Project Environmental Manager
07875 373 857
steven.davis@skanska.co.uk
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CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITY GIVES LIFE-CHANGING MAKEOVER TO YOUNG BOY'S HOME
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
BCCEC announced as finalist for a Midlands Business Award.
The Black Country Constructing Excellence Club (BCCEC) has been announced as a finalist in the Midlands Business Club of the Year 2011, in the Midlands Business Awards.
The Midlands Business Awards are now entering their 5th year and cover ten categories to recognise business excellence in the local region. For the 2011 awards, there were a record numbers of entries so competition was particularly tough this year.
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| BCCEC announced as Finalist for a Midlands Business Award |
The BCCEC will now go on to compete against Stratford Business Forum, Warwickshire Business Club, Rotary Club Alcester – Alauna, Coventry Business Networks and Nottingham Entrepreneurs at a ceremony to be held on Friday 28 January 2011 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole. This year’s event is sponsored by Arup.
Dev Masih, one of BCCEC’s club officer’s is also a finalist in the Midlands Networker of the Year category - and the University of Wolverhampton, one of the BCCEC’s members and a regular venue for meetings, is a finalist in the Midlands Enterprising University of the Year award.
The next stage to be faced by the finalists is a face to face interview with the six member strong judging panel on 15th November 2010 where long standing members of BCCEC will be present together with club officers.
The title of Midlands Business Club of the Year 2011 will be awarded to the club / group judged as an outstanding networking club / group whose performance is demonstrated by consistent business results for its members.
Congratulations to BCCEC and to Dev and wishing them both all the best to win their respective categories!
For further information please contact Rachael Hobbis, Press Secretary for Black Country Constructing Excellence Club on 0121 631 5372.
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