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JANUARY 2017 PRO INSTALLER
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Considerate Constructors Scheme Round-Up

Mascot champions women in construction

CONGRATULATIONS TO CONSIDERATE COMPANIES

Considerate companies in construction were applauded at an awards ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel in London.
The UK construction industry now has a female mascot called Honor Goodsite- created by the Considerate Constructors Scheme. Honor Goodsite is promoting all that is great about the industry, helping to raise awareness and inspire young children to consider a career in construction when they grow up, as well as delivering important messages about children’ s safety around construction sites. Honor Goodsite is a structural engineer- a key profession within construction- but one which is still very much underrepresented by women. Only six percent of parents surveyed by the Institution of Engineering and Technology said an engineering career would be attractive to their daughters; the challenge is to help change these perceptions among parents as well as children. She joins the hugely successful industry mascot Ivor
‘ helping to raise awareness and inspire young children’
Goodsite, a site manager who was introduced by the Scheme in 2003 and has since then visited hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren across the UK. Honor Goodsite’ s first outing was at the Victoria Station Upgrade project- a £ 700 million project transforming one of the capital’ s busiest stations. The Taylor Woodrow BAM Nuttall Joint Venture delivering this project hosted the launch of
Honor Goodsite, with the help of 19 children. All Scheme-registered sites, companies, suppliers and clients are eligible to hire Honor Goodsite for any community, school related, or other educational / charitable events.
For further information, please visit: www. ccscheme. org. uk www. ccsbestpracticehub. org. uk www. ivorgoodsite. org. uk
The Considerate Constructors Scheme- the national scheme established by the construction industry to improve its image – hosted its national awards and presented four companies with the coveted top awards of‘ Most Considerate Company 2016.’ They were: Connect Plus Services; Rydon Maintenance- Islington; Linfoot Country Homes Ltd and Solent Industrial Roofing Systems. Connect Plus Services carries out highway maintenance works to sections of the M25 motorway and its arterial link roads through a 30-year contract with Highways England. This safety-conscious team was applauded for its constant
refinement of depot and site safety, and consideration of its workforce. Linfoot Country Homes Ltd is a family-owned business near Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, specialising in high quality new and converted homes in the South Midlands for over 20 years. Rydon Maintenance( North London Region) is in the 13th year of a longterm contract with Islington Council for the repair and maintenance of more than 6,000 properties. This potentially intrusive work demands a high degree of care and consideration and this was clearly demonstrated by Rydon through its community work. Based in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Solent Industrial Roofing Systems specialises
in providing roofing services industry-wide. One recent project was for a storage building on a military base in Wiltshire and the company spared no effort in ensuring the development was sensitive to the client’ s operations security standards. HSS Hire Service Group Ltd, which undertakes inner London deliveries, triumphed as the‘ Most Considerate Supplier 2016’, making it the first registered supplier to win this title since Supplier Registration was introduced in 2014. Over 900 companies and suppliers have registered with the Considerate Constructors Scheme in the past 12 months.
www. ccscheme. org. uk

Partnership brings benefits

The Considerate Constructors Scheme has got together in a partnership with the National Federation of Builders( NFB) – the construction industry’ s longest established trade association. The partnership will provide NFB members, with a turnover banding of £ 500,000 to £ 3.5 million, free Company Registration with the Considerate Constructors Scheme. It came into effect from 1st January 2017.
By becoming a registered company, NFB members in this banding will have the opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to improving the image of the industry. Scheme-registered companies voluntarily agree to abide by its Code of Considerate Practice. The Code commits those registered with the scheme to care about appearance, respect the community, protect the environment, secure everyone’ s safety and value their workforce.
www. ccscheme. org. uk