construct News from The Casey Companies
Sept 2011
Shiregreen Streetscene shortlisted for major national award driveways. A lack of parking was also causing people to park on grass verges and the estate suffered from poor street lighting. The regeneration programme involved:
• Replacing more than 400 large, ageing or • • Sanctuary Group’s ‘Streetscene’ project has transformed nearly 15 miles of pavements, verges and public open spaces. This £13 million green regeneration project of a 1930s housing estate at Shiregreen in Sheffield, on which Casey was the main contractor, has been shortlisted for a top national award. The Sustainable Housing Awards 2011 recognise projects and organisations that are at the forefront of promoting sustainability and this project is in the running for the Transformation Award for major improvements to the look, and quality of life, within a social housing development. Prior to the work being carried out, trees planted when the estate was created had grown too big, blocking light and access to
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diseased trees with 500 smaller, more suitable varieties Creating a wildflower meadow and hilly lawn area Creating parking areas with green tarmac for a softer look Protecting grass verges by installing 3,300 green oak bollards Laying down 100,000 square metres of attractive pathways Installing 1,100 new street lights Decorating 78 original 1930s lampposts using ideas suggested by the community Putting in new plants to create attractive borders throughout the estate Overhauling alleyways to improve a sense of safety.
heritage by linking the built environment with new and improved public areas. It also saw community artists working with residents on art projects to improve the local environment and encourage people to take ownership of their local environment and open spaces. Helen Wright, regional regeneration manager for Sanctuary, said: "We are delighted to have been shortlisted for this award. We believe the Streetscene project has made a real difference to residents on the Shiregreen estate. It has transformed the community by creating a more pleasant and attractive place for people to live in, with plenty of quality green space." Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony in October.
The Shiregreen estate was originally designed along garden city principles, which aimed to combine town and country, by incorporating green spaces and parks into urban areas. The Streetscene scheme was designed to keep faith with Shiregreen's
Soil treatment facility opened at Beal Valley A treatment plant which will provide the surface dressing for the Beal Valley Restoration scheme is now up and running. The site will take recyclable inert materials through the gate and the operation will follow a Quality Protocol to produce a fines material and a hardcore product for use on the site. The original planning permission for the golf course to be constructed on the site didn’t allow for screening of material and as such we found ourselves short of restoration material. Following detailed discussion with the planning department a new 5 year restoration permission was gained for the site with an unlimited time permission for the screening plant. The photo shows the screening plant and the site management team. From left to right ‘Wigan’ Frank Farrell (booking in clerk), Steve Hargreaves (Contracts Manager) and Glen Thompson (Site Manager).
To submit articles or information for this newsletter, contact Debbie Hubbard on 07834 867580 or debbie.hubbard@casey.co.uk. Thank you to all contributors to this issue.
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OHSAS 18001 We have successfully achieved OHSAS 18001 (Health and Safety Management) certification following a comprehensive review and audit of our Health and Safety Management System by QMS International plc. OHSAS 18001 is awarded to organisations with a robust and legislative compliant Health and Safety Management System meeting the required high standard. Tony Chell, Group Managing Director, said, “This further emphasises the importance we attach to this critical part of our business and completes our suite of certifications having already achieved ISO9001 (Quality Management) and ISO 14001 (Environmental Management).” Wyn Walker, Lead Assessor for QMS International plc, said, “It was a delight to spend time with Casey and to audit such a well established Health and Safety Management System.”
Dovetailing support and laying foundations
Investors in People (IiP) In August, we successfully completed our Investors in People review and we would like to thank the more than fifty staff and employees who were interviewed during the assessment. Will Kilby, our IiP Assessor, had this to say about our organisation, “The Casey group of companies have again demonstrated that
their people are at the heart of their businesses. I found a very consistent commitment to the welfare and development of all employees as well as a very positive culture that ensures that concern for people, the environment and clients still underpins how the group operates and behaves whilst in an ever demanding and challenging marketplace.” IiP is the quality standard for those organisations who invest in and value their staff and employees. Launched in 1991, it was designed to help organisations develop performance through their people.
Safer Driving at Casey 21-27 November 2011 will be Road Safety Week. Brake, the road safety charity, works to prevent death and injury on roads through campaigns and educational work and provides care services for road accident victims. Road Safety Week is an established week in the UK calendar. It was set up by Brake in 1997 and has been organised by the charity annually ever since. It takes place in November each year and aims to give everyone an opportunity to promote road safety in their community, school or company. Between now and Road Safety Week we will be running a series of short sessions raising the awareness of safe driving for our staff and employees. Everyone attending the sessions will be asked to donate £1 to this valuable charity and to make a pledge to drive safely.
New apprentices Liam Hinds and Rebecca Wharmby were photographed with John Walmsley at Procure Plus’s offices at Duckworth House, Trafford. Liam and Rebecca are currently working on site at Milnrow for Great Places Housing Group and Fallowfield for Reviva (Urban Renewal) Ltd respectively. These projects will give the apprentices a good grounding in teamwork as well as allowing them to acquire the necessary skills needed for their chosen trades. At the end of their apprenticeships, Rebecca and Liam should attain NVQ level 3 in Bricklaying and Joinery respectively.
The Pledge Driving is the most dangerous thing most people ever do. If you do drive you can sign up to Brake’s pledge. It has seven simple steps: 1. Sober Up—Drive free of alcohol and Up drugs. 2. Wake Up—Don’t drive tired. Up 3. Buck Up—Be mentally and physically fit Up to drive.
4. Check Up—Drive a modern, wellUp maintained vehicle. 5. Belt Up—Use seat belts and head reUp straints correctly. 6. Shut Up—Switch off your phone. Up 7. Slow Down—The most important pledge Down of all. For more information visit www.brake.org.uk or www.roadsafetyweek.org
construct Site Waste Management Planning for Bury MBC As part of our on-going relationship with Six Town Housing and Bury Metropolitan Borough Council, P Casey Enviro Ltd provided a second CPD course to Bury Architects in July.
New Holland CE Grand Prix
The course, which centred around Site Waste Management Plans and Waste Reduction Techniques, was presented by Alan Wallace at the offices of Bury Architects. Alan said, “The course was once again well attended with a good selection of questions and discussion points coming out of the presentation. I’m always interested in the response we get when we discuss the landfill tax savings which can be made if waste segregation is carried out on site.” Nick Doyle, Principal Building Surveyor, Architectural Services, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council said, “I would like to thank Alan Wallace of Casey for delivering a very informative session on Site Waste Management Plans. This is the second such event that Alan has delivered for us and it clearly demonstrates the Casey approach to collaborative working and knowledge sharing.”
In 2006, the construction industry was responsible for an estimated 120 million tonnes of construction, demolition and excavation waste each year – around one third of all waste in the UK. According to WRAP, more than 25 million tonnes was sent straight to landfill without any form of recovery or rere-use.
Each year, New Holland Construction Equipment hosts a European competition to test the skills of machine operators. The northern UK heat of this Grand Prix event took place at the end of July in Wakefield. Participants had to tackle a series of challenges on New Holland’s latest models which include the new C Series wheel loaders and crawler excavators, the new 200 Series skid steer loaders and the new upgraded backhoe loaders. The final of the competition will be held in Italy in October.
The course has been internally presented on a number of occasions to Casey site management teams and was formulated by the Enviro staff following their input into the DTI and Chartered Institute of Waste Management working parties on the draft legislation in 2003 / 2004. With such a large proportion of materials ending up as waste, the benefits of effective site waste management, both financial and environmental, are clear. We will cover more on this subject in a future edition of construct. construct
The images above and top show on-site segregation of waste materials prior to disposal or recycling
New frameworks for Casey
Oldham based housing association First Choice Homes Oldham has appointed Casey to their new massive £149 million Decent Homes framework. First Choice Homes Oldham was set up to take on the management of council housing stock on behalf of Oldham MBC. The framework is divided into six lots and Casey has qualified for all. These include roofing; kitchen, bathroom and heating works; window and door installations; external improvements; drainage and pathway repairs; and electrical upgrades.
Sefton-based social landlord One Vision Housing has appointed Casey and other contractors from the North West to their four-year framework contract, worth an estimated £47m in total. The framework is divided into six lots and Casey have been appointed to undertake Decent Homes improvement works and communal improvements.
Works for both these frameworks have yet to be awarded.
This two day event was not just a fun day for operators. This year was themed around performance and fuel efficiency. The event gave owners, as well as operators, the chance to experience the boost in productivity and great savings in fuel efficiency that these machines can deliver. It also gave New Holland the opportunity to showcase the brand’s Tier 4 interim SCR technology. Chris Casey, director of P Casey (Plant Sales) Ltd said, “With the range of machines available to view, and New Holland’s great hospitality suite, this was a fantastic opportunity to showcase these new models to our customers.”
construct Retrofit Environmental Solutions for Gamesley In advance of starting our retrofit environmental scheme at Gamesley for High Peak Community Housing, we took part in an open event in July.
perfect opportunity meet the team who will be working on their homes and to raise any questions and concerns they had.
This project, part funded under the CESP programme, is an insulated render scheme to 507 homes and the two day event was an opportunity for tenants to make ballot choices for the render colours to be applied to their homes. It was also the
The event was well attended and helped to raise environmental awareness with tenants being able make a smoothie by riding a bike to provide the electricity to power the smoothie maker.
Fun days at Eastlands and Hampden
Staff Moves and Grooves A huge SORRY to Dave and Chris Hayes whose names I got the wrong way round last issue. Dave is, of course, granddad on the left. Chris is dad on the right but that’s still Lily Mae in the middle!
Welcome to Philip Jones who joined us as Trainee QS (Bldg) in August, and to Harry Hedley who joined us as Trainee QS (LR) in September. Harry joins us straight from 6th Form and will be studying at Salford Uni, but Phil has already completed his QS degree. Also a formal welcome to Debi Fagin who has been working in accounts on a contract basis and has now taken on the permanent role of Purchase Ledger Manager.
Philip Jones
Harry Hedley
We recently took part in Fun Days at Eastlands and with Hampden Tenants and Residents Association. With demonstrations, races, balloons and face painting, we didn’t let the rain put anyone off!
And congratulations to Lesley and Mike Hyde, Hyde Chris Dean, Dean Anthony McCormick, McCormick and retired employee Jim Parkin, Parkin who have all tied the knot over the past couple of months. (Not all to each other, I hasten to add—Ed)
Big Birds at Buck Park— Park—A Cadge of Peregrines
Finally, Sue Croll, Building Resident Liaison Officer, has just taken part in a 12 hour rounders tournament to raise money for Dr Kershaw’s Hospice, Royton.
This year, four wild peregrine falcon chicks hatched at our Buck Park site in Denholme, West Yorkshire.
being brought to the nest. Steve now has a database of over 700 birds.
Steve Downing with the Wildlife Crime Unit visited the site to tag the new chicks—three female and one male. A scheme was set up in 1997 to collect DNA from wild peregrines and to tag the birds to monitor their breeding and feeding habits. A colour coded ring is fitted to indicate which geographic region the birds are from. For the first time this year, a second ring, called a PIT tag, has also been fitted which contains a microchip. When these young birds take up their own territories and start to breed, the microchip will feed information to special readers set up on the nest ledges. Each movement on and off the ledge is recorded and this information helps to determine which birds are nesting where, and the amount of timing of food
Hosted by Shaw Magpies and Crompton Ladies Rounders Teams, the event was in memory of Sue’s friend and team mate who passed away earlier this year. Sue would like to say a huge thank you to all staff who donated prizes for the day. “The response from Casey’s was phenomenal!“ The event raised about £2,300 on the day but if you would still like to make a donation, please contact Marie on Reception.
Peregrine chick submitting to a DNA test
There is always a lot of input required to produce this newsletter, and this was a big one. We would like to say big Thank You! To all contributors: Paul Turner, James Billing, Richard Charlesworth, Alan Wallace, Tom Barr, John Walmsley, Sarah Harwood, Sue Croll, Caroline Jones
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