Your regular newsletter from L-Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage September2016
Lynch paves the way with pioneering apprenticeship scheme
Picture from Left to right: Alex, Mitchel, Jacob, Shaun, William, Lewis, Liam Moore – National Operator Manager
We’re proud to announce that we’ve filled all the places in our inaugural apprenticeship scheme. Working in partnership with the Construction Industry Training Board at Bircham Newton, we’re giving six aspiring plant operators, and plant fitters the opportunity to train with us as apprentices. The scheme will be set out over two years with time both spent at the CITB training college and real working sites. Our apprenticeship scheme is the first of its kind, and one that is desperately needed by the construction industry in the UK. Our National Operator Manager, Liam Moore, was instrumental in setting up the scheme and recruiting candidates for this year. He speaks
passionately about the need and the demand for construction apprenticeships. The scheme generated a huge amount of interest, most of which are 17 or 18. These apprentices will share their time between our premises in Dartford, and the National Construction College in Bircham Newton. The apprenticeship lasts for two years, at the end of which the recruits will become full time, newly-qualified Lynch employees.
weeks at college to give them the basics required to work out in the industry. We are pleased that all passed out through this part of the course and went on to work on live construction projects. This is the hardest part of the apprenticeship when they have to put all the skills acquired at college to use on a real site. I am personally really pleased with the performance of our year two’s and look forward to what they will go on and achieve. The students will return to college to complete their NVQ’s after Christmas, they all currently have weekly one to one meetings with me along with site inspections by the business and college. The first group will complete the course in November 2017. For more information please contact National Operator Manager Liam Moore - LiamM@l-lynch.com
One year on life after college
The very first apprenticeship group started in September 2015 and have now completed 85% of their college study. The apprentices spent 14
Volvo EC140LC- D stripping off the top soil as part of the training
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Balfour Beatty Customer Implant Exceeding Customer Demands After the success of the L-Lynch Plant Tender bid for the supply of Operated Plant to the Balfour Beatty Group last year, we now have Dan Pederson as an implant at Balfour Beatty’s offices in Sheffield. Dan, who comes from a plant background could operate plant from the age of seven. Dan is a qualified
and experiences operator and still holds sentinel, PTS and is a qualified A1 Plant Assessor. Dan worked is way up in to management and held positions within Hydrex, NDS, TXM and Readypower. Dan has now been in this post for just over a year, and he is now seen as an integral part of the Balfour
Photo of the Month!
Elayne Junak took this amazing photo whilst on site in Wembley. AD Bly are currently undergoing a sewer diversion area Wembley Stadium.
Beatty team. He continues to look for new opportunities and drives the Lynch Brand forward with the Balfour Beatty Teams, internal and external. Dan, who is married with 2 children, likes to spend his weekend’s Clay pigeon and rough Shooting. He also enjoys caravanning around the UK.
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DS Project Completed, ahead of programme and budget!
The sea wall and rail project has now been completed and the line went back into full service on Monday 5th September 2016 ahead of programme and under budget. On New Year’s Eve 2015 our emergency crews were called out by our client Costains to support the urgent works required at Dover, Kent. A large section of the sea wall had been damaged by strong gales and very storms. The wall had broken away and left huge gaping holes along the track. Due to the amount of damaged caused the nearly 2 miles of track needed major works. Lynch Plant hire supported the operation from start to finish. Our first job was to build a rock armour wall on the beach to stop the full force of the waves hitting the damaged wall. We moved over 24,000 tonnes of rock from the harbour to the beach along will filling the sinks holes along the coast. This section of works was completed by 4 x 40 ton excavators, 2 x 50 ton excavators, 12 ADT 30 ton Dump trucks and 1 x D6 Dozer. The wall was completed within 59 days running shifts 24 hours, 7 days per week. Lynch also removed all the track and ballast from the site and made the piling mat suitable for the rigs both weighing in over 150 tonnes each. Our
job went on to support the piling operation and removing the spoil from the site via the trains provided by the client. 132 piles were placed along the line and this section of the project was completed in 81 days. Once the rigs were clear from sections of the site we moved in to remove spoils and being building the huge concrete slabs required to support the trains and structure of the network. This work was carried out by a range of fully operate plant including 3 x 14 ton excavators, 2 x 25 ton excavators, 2 x 40 ton excavators, various dumpers, rollers and forklifts. Lynch Plant Hire also dispatched it’s full range of wheeled excavators from it’s rail division. These machines supported the project and were a real work horse both on the civil and rail works. Looking back at the project now we had over 20 operators on each shift 7 days a week. The project ran like clockwork from start to finish commented National Operator Manager Liam Moore. We really had to look at our resources and plant so the customer always got what they wanted. It’s tricky work when you are working on the beach at night and the pressures of the tidal work, having the limited time frame to be productive. So many good operators attend this
project over the past 8 months. This project has had a huge impact on the local towns of Dover and Folkstone, we worked really hard with the clients team on the site. The whole company gets behind our work commented Director Merrill Lynch. This is not just another hire, this is supporting a major project that has a huge impact with local residents and business. When the line was closed 1000’s of commuters were not able to travel into the city of London or get down to the port of Dover to catch their ferries to go abroad. We needed to put our full weight behind the project to ensure everything went to plan. We had a huge frontline operations team working around the clock along with all the support staff based at both South East Offices in Dartford, Kent and Head Office in North London. We had played our part in building a section of track which will serve the needs of the area for the next 200 years. I am really proud of the Lynch team and this is a great example of meeting hire demands. On the opening day of the line Lynch Plant Hire was given a special award for it’s services to this project. We have copied this award and displayed it across both offices , so all our staff can be proud of the part they played in this major project.
Our fleet hard at work at the Dover sea wall & rail project
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Recognition & Rewards
Chris Heyes the Senior Engineer supporting Depot North West has recently put his negotiation skills to the test and secured racking for the new Plant stores free of charge. By being prudent Chris has saved the business a great deal of money. His efforts are thanked and he is rewarded with a bonus of £150. Well done Chris and keep up the good work.
Andreas Susanu is the Service Coded Welder in Stanmore supporting major repairs and fabrication to machines, attachments and buckets. He has been awarded Operative of the Month for his dogged and relentless approach to excellence and safety. He battles daily with changing priorities but never has he allowed this to deter him from ensuring his repairs are of the highest quality. Recently he was asked to fabricate a very specialist bucket and despite his immense workload he built it to a very high standard and ahead of time. He is a very popular member of the Service team and highly respected by all. He goes about his work with ruthless efficiency and can be utterly relied upon. He is cheerful and upbeat and is an outstanding example of someone that understands the importance of teamwork; he is a ‘Can Do’ person. For his commitment to safety and excellence tied to a first rate work ethic Andreas’ award is richly deserved and one that both Giles O’Sullivan-Wade (National Service Manager) and Sean Hegazey (Stanmore Major Repair Manager) were very proud to present. Well done Andreas. Vasile has been with us 5 years and is always punctual and hardworking. He is outside in the wash bay in all conditions and never complains, his " can do attitude" makes him a valuable asset to the company.
A Warm Welcome to our New Starters this month! Marie Myles Purchase Ledger My working back round comes from the field of accounts administration working in the printing industry. I have worked for the last 25yr + for small local companies. I now work in a very busy purchase ledger department for Lynch. I am a keen gardener and love reading.
Marco Vagnoni Credit Control I previously worked in the Finance department for Mitie in Luton for just under 8 years, primarily credit control but also assisted with all aspects of Finance. I am very keen to bring my resolution skills and motivation skills to assist in my current team as well as achieving and exceeding my targets.
Patricia Connelly Accounts I have been working as an Office Manager in the Construction Industry for around 25 years. I have worked for a Carpentry and Joinery company, a Stonemasons, a Roofing and General Building company and an Aids and Adaptations specialist – so I have a broad knowledge of the Industry.
Somerset Depot: Now open for Business
As part of our continued growth in the south west our Bridgwater depot has been relocated locally. The new yard is larger and more suitable for the success of the core Lynch Plant offering to its customers. The south west is now situated in a 2 acre site, with Ryan Pyke overseeing the operation supported by Dale Hawkins, so a big thank you to Ryan and Dale for their valued input. Our new depot manager Matt Milkins started on the 3rd October with 26 years of plant hire experience. Also new to the team is James Hughes who has been in plant hire for 12 years We now look forward to a new exciting opportunity to grow the south west organically with a new team that are driven, focused and ready for the challenge.
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