Sue Garner

Congratulations to all the winners and highly commended at the housebuilder awards last night.

We were proud to sponsor the awards show with our Managing Director, Rob Kendal presenting the small housebuilder of the year award.

A great event hosted by Housebuilder Media and good to see so many faces of the industry come together for the night.

An extra well done to the winners of the main prizes:-

🏆 Small Housebuilder of the year; Spitfire Homes

🏆 Medium Housebuilder of the year; Peabody

🏆 Large Housebuilder of the year; Bellway Homes

It’s been fantastic to see our Rainham site steadily take shape over the past few months. Since breaking ground, the team has made great strides, and we’re proud to share some key milestones:

✅ Temporary site entrance and compound now in place
✅ Main entrance completed alongside the handover of the Sales Area
✅ Over 400 metres of infrastructure installed
✅ 27+ homes currently under construction
✅ Attenuation ponds completed and ready for landscaping

A huge thank you to everyone involved for your hard work and commitment. We’re excited to see this development continue to grow and evolve in the months ahead!

For those slightly smaller jobs we’ve just added to the fleet a full insulated, tarmac spec’d, Mitsubishi 7C15 tipper. The vehicle was carefully chosen due to its mixture of emissions (Euro VI emissions standards with SCR + DPF after-treatment), excellent payload, strong chassis and compact design, giving great manoeuvrability.

Throw into the mix a local dealer ‘RCM-Saga’, Witham and it was the obvious choice.

To ensure the driver always keeps within his legal payload and compliant, we’ve added the on-board axle load indicator from Axtec, a great piece of kit.

Towing functionality finishes the truck off, adding to the versatility of the truck, enabling us to complete small tarmac works and customer care offerings, efficiently and effectively.

Great to see the progress at our Rivenhall site on behalf of Bellway Essex.

Some amazing work by the team whilst being Principal Contractor. Now that we have installed the main infrastructure, customer compound and sales arena we move onto the individual parcels roads and earthworks.

We look forward to seeing this project progress over the next few months.

Thank you to the site team for all of the hard work so far.

The construction industry is one of the most vulnerable sectors to modern slavery in the UK. With complex supply chains and a high reliance on temporary labour, exploitation can be hidden in plain sight.

During Anti-Slavery Week this week, we have been raising awareness and taking action.

We have been educating ourselves and our teams to:-

* Spot the signs of exploitation
* Speak up and report concerns

We are committed to ethical practices across every level of our work.

Whether on-site or in the office, we all have a role to play in protecting vulnerable individuals and ensuring our industry is safe, fair, and just.

We are pleased to announce we’ve passed another three-day DVSA Earned Recognition audit. This enables us not only to continue to display the coveted DVSA Earned Recognition Logo but proves our dedication to operating a safe, reliable, and efficient transport operation.

Successfully completing another audit and continuing to achieve DVSA Earned Recognition status, demonstrates our commitment to the highest quality standards; it showcases our teams commitment to safety, compliance, and excellence in transport operations.

The audit, completed by an independent auditor, examined all of our transport systems, processes, and records across all relevant areas—including Vehicle Maintenance, Driver Hours, Training, and Operations Management.

Well done to the team involved.

Today is World Mental Health Day, and at Tamdown, we’re proud to stand behind the message that mental wellbeing matters — just as much as hard hats and harnesses.

We’re committed to building a culture of care and support, where conversations around mental health are encouraged and stigma is broken.

This year’s theme reminds us that every employer, manager, and worker has a role to play in prioritising mental health in the workplace. That’s why we’re inviting our teams to take part in tea & talk sessions, join our wellbeing quiz, and explore the support available to them.

Let’s keep the conversation going — because mental health is everyone’s business.

We are pleased to be working with Vistry Kent at their site in Tovil.

Having commenced works in April we are proud to share our progress:

Over 72 plots have been handed back to oversite
Over 37 plots are under build
7 Attenuation tanks have been installed
2,500m2 of Infrastructure Road installed

A fantastic site to be part of; great work by our project team led by Site Manager, Andy Orme.

We had a fantastic morning at Nexus Park on Monday raising funds for our annual Macmillan Coffee Morning.

We had an incredible turnout of delicious bakes and together we raised over £700 to help Macmillan Cancer Support continue their incredible work supporting people living with cancer.

It’s amazing what a cup of coffee and a slice of cake can do.

This time last week some of our team had just completed the HouseBuilder Challenge 2025 in aid of the Youth Adventure Trust.

20 miles, 2 peaks, torrential rain and still completed in just over 9 hours!

Great effort by the team and all for a fantastic cause; we managed to raise £4k.

Thank you to everyone that supported us along the way.