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As we mark Tamdown’s remarkable 50th anniversary, we’re taking a moment each month to look back at the people who’ve helped shape our story. Throughout the year, we’ll be sharing memories and reflections from some of our longest‑serving colleagues — those who’ve witnessed our evolution first-hand and contributed to the culture, resilience, and success we celebrate today. Their stories not only honour our past but also inspire the road ahead.

For our first feature, we spoke to Mark Cain who has been with Tamdown for 32 years!

What is your earliest memory of Tamdown when you started?

Other than turning up on that first day full of anticipation and a few nerves, the thing that really sticks in my mind is the feeling of camaraderie and team spirit that I encountered here.

What roles have you held within the Company?

I have carried out various activities in my career so far here, from Buying to Plant and from Waste Management to Transport (and a bit of technical thrown in), all of which have their challenges, excitement and steep learning curves.

How has the company changed?

Tamdown has changed hugely since I started – from a small groundworks contractor punching way above our weight, we’ve grown massively. We started a remediation firm and have been involved in some really challenging remediation projects including what is now the DP World project, we’ve carried out Concrete Frames and Shell & Core contracts. We’ve had a utilities arm and are now part of Nexus Infrastructure plc. We hold forums that are attended and listened to by our customers and the wider industry. It’s almost unrecognisable from its origins, but it’s still kept the team spirit and can-do approach.

What major changes or innovations have you witnessed?

Without wanting to sound too old, when I arrived the only computer we had was in Accounts! We didn’t have digital cameras and the mobile phones were large, expensive and only worked for about half hour (nicknamed bricks). Everything was written by hand, filed and then manually checked, we used fax machines and post back then!

Any stories that stick in your mind over the years? 

We used to work hard and play harder and doing that with some of the colourful characters that I’ve had the privilege to work with through the years has certainly produced some stories. Unexpectedly finding a box of hand grenades and having to call the bomb disposal team will always stick in my mind though.

What advice would you give to someone just starting out?

Firstly, learn a skill or trade that can not be replaced by AI. Secondly, try and do something you actually enjoy as you’ll spend a long time doing it. Thirdly, give it your all, learn all you can, it’s a waste of your time otherwise.

What keeps you motivated after so many years?

Some people resonate with the quote “it’s not the winning but the taking part that counts”, however I’ve never wanted to just ‘take part’ and if you like to win, that’s what keeps me motivated.

Thank you to Mark for sharing his stories and reflections from years gone by. We hope you’ve enjoyed this look back at our shared history. Be sure to keep an eye out for next month’s feature, where we’ll spotlight another long‑serving colleague and continue celebrating 50 years of dedication, growth, and community.

🎉Congratulations🎉

We are pleased to congratulate Charlotte, Erika and Kieron on their recent promotions. These reflect their continued dedication, professionalism and the high standards they consistently demonstrate in their roles.

This recognition highlights both their individual achievements, and the positive impact they have made within their teams and across the wider business.
Each has shown a strong commitment to their role, bringing their valuable expertise and forward-thinking approach to our ongoing success.

We wish Charlotte, Erika and Kieron every success as they progress into their new roles and look forward to their continued development and future achievements 💙

Because getting home safe matters — every single day 👷‍♂️🌍

For FY26, we will be continuing to run our HSQE Awareness Campaigns alongside our wider Health and Safety Initiatives.

Our campaigns will focus on a quarterly HSQE topic, helping to build knowledge, reinforce best practice, and continue the right conversations throughout the business.

Our mission remains unchanged: Zero Harm- ensuring that everyone goes home safe every day. Same mission. Sharper focus.

Together, we’ll continue to raise the standard throughout FY26 💙

🎉2026 marks Tamdown’s 50th Anniversary – a truly special milestone in our company’s journey. 🎉

For five decades we’ve been building more than projects – we’ve been building relationships, trust, and a strong future together.

Thank you to our colleagues, customers, suppliers and everyone who has been a part of the Tamdown journey so far!

We will be marking this milestone with a range of celebrations throughout the course of 2026 which we look forward to sharing with you. 💙💛

We’re proud to give back to our local community!

Tamdown recently supported a local school by preparing the ground for their exciting new play area. Our team levelled the area and installed membrane, bark, and sleepers—creating the perfect foundation for the school to complete the play equipment installation.

A huge thank you to Marcus Jones and Mick Rolph for their hard work in making this happen. The finished result looks fantastic and will provide a great space for the children to enjoy!

The school have expressed their gratitude for the support, and it’s brilliant to hear that the children are already enjoying their new play area.

🌳Roots for Foundations🌳

Back in January 2022 we launched our ‘Roots for Foundations’ tree planting campaign, which sponsors the planting of a tree for every foundation that we complete.

In FY25 we sponsored the planting of an impressive 834 trees, meaning from October 2024- September 2025 we completed 834 foundations.

The total number of trees we have sponsored since starting the campaign has reached 4,390!

Through our partnership with ‘The Future Forest Company’ our trees are helping to restore and regenerate the native woodland at Dumyat, Stirling in Scotland.

Reducing emissions is only part of the journey—removing CO₂ from our atmosphere is equally crucial. Through our tree-planting initiative, we’re helping restore balance and making a measurable difference to global CO₂ levels.

At Tamdown, we are proud to share our Occupational Health Programme, which has positively benefitted our Teams for years and given everyone involved an insight to their health, by checking many different factors such as…

🩺BMI

🩺Hand Arm Vibration

🩺Blood Pressure, Glucose and Cholesterol

🩺Vision and Hearing Tests

🩺As well as a range of many other health related checks

We offer this across our entire business to all site and office employees. As we believe that whether you are on site or in the office, everyone deserves the same access level of support, care and wellbeing resources.

This programme has helped us with our continual commitment to create a safer and healthier environment for all working for or on behalf of Tamdown.

A huge thank you to everyone who took part. It is incredibly important to us that we care for our people. It isn’t just the right thing to do- it’s what drives us forward 💙

From FY25 wins to FY26 goals: Our latest business update sets the stage for FY26!

Over the past week, we brought together our office and site management teams for our bi-annual business update – two mornings packed with collaboration and forward-thinking.

Highlights included:
👉 FY25 Business Achievements
👉 FY26 Strategic Priorities
👉Employee Survey Insights
👉 Survey Feedback Workshop

This month at Tamdown, we are taking part in Movember. Movember takes place every November and is a global campaign focused on raising awareness for men’s health issues, including:

• Prostate cancer
• Testicular cancer
• Mental Health and Suicide Prevention.

We believe that it is important to raise awareness for these topics amongst our workforce, as at Tamdown we care about everyone’s health and wellbeing- physical and mental. Our people are at the heart of everything we do.

Construction can be a tough environment at times, which is why we are dedicated to creating a culture where everyone feels supported, heard and able to speak openly.

To learn more about Movember or to get involved, visit Https://uk.movember.com/

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