‘Roots for Foundations’ Tree planting – 442 trees planted January to March 2023
For every foundation that we complete on our customer’s sites, we continue to sponsor the planting of a tree.
With 442 foundations completed in the first quarter of the year on our sites, the same number of trees will now be planted – every tree is counting towards a brand new forest.
The Future Forest Company, which we are supporting through our ‘Roots for Foundations’ campaign, aims to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, restore biodiversity and fight climate change.
By planting new trees, we are contributing towards this goal.
Tamdown wins internationally recognised health and safety accolade – RoSPA President’s Award
Tamdown has achieved the RoSPA Gold award for the 14th consecutive year as well as the President’s Health and Safety Award, which recognises our efforts and engagement to ensure our staff, customers and contractors get home safely at the end of every working day.
Organisations receiving a RoSPA Award are recognised as being world leaders in health and safety practice.
Rob Kendal, Tamdown Managing Director, commented:
“I am extremely proud of the commitment by all our people to health and safety – consistency is key, and this award confirms and recognises 14 years of that commitment”
Julia Small, RoSPA’s Achievements Director, said:
“We are thrilled that Tamdown has won a RoSPA Award and would like to congratulate them on showing an unwavering commitment to keeping their employees, clients and customers safe from accidental harm and injury.”
Tamdown Housebuilder Magazine ‘Last Word’ – Managing volatility with an agile approach
Tamdown Managing Director Rob Kendal features in Housebuilder Magazine’s ‘Last Word’, discussing how remaining agile and flexible ensures we can help housebuilders manage more volatile periods.
Read Rob’s insights on housing demand, inflation, attracting and retaining talent in our industry, sustainability and much more
The full article can be found here on p80.
‘Roots for Foundations’ Tree planting – 292 trees planted October-December 2022
For every foundation that we complete on our customer’s sites, Tamdown continues to sponsor the planting of a tree.
We are pleased to share that a further 292 trees have been planted for Q4 (October-December 2022), giving a year total of 1724 trees planted (January-December 2022).
Our partnership with ‘The Future Forest Company’ is helping the growing of a new forest in the UK. This time 292 Birch trees have been planted in Noddsdale, Largs, Scotland.
The exact location can be viewed here
The Future Forest Company’s aim is to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, restore biodiversity and fight climate change. By planting new trees, we are contributing towards this goal.
Tamdown Attend ECTA’s Excellent Trainee Awards
Tamdown have been supporting The Essex Construction Training Association (ECTA) awards for several years showcasing some of our aspiring talent, and this week we attended the 2022 awards ceremony.
Our Team attended the event to support three members of the Tamdown site team who were each nominated for ECTA awards.
Cameron Youngman, one of the nominees, joined Tamdown as a General Construction Operative and is now undertaking an apprenticeship with us in Civil Engineering to expand his skillset.
Jordan Dicks has learnt to drive all site-based plant and is now training to become a site manager, undertaking all relevant qualifications.
Regan Leighton has recently become a site manager after completing a groundworks apprenticeship and has achieved many training accreditations and tickets and so was also nominated for the awards.
The ECTA recognises trainees that stand out within their company, whether it’s by undertaking a training scheme, an apprenticeship or by training in-house.
ECTA is a great way to celebrate our talent, and we are pleased to have nominated Cameron, Jordan, and Regan for the awards. Congratulations to all of them for receiving highly commended awards.
Our Director of Estimating, comments in ‘Diggin Deep for the Environment’ feature in Housebuilder
Our Director of Estimating, Anthony Davis features in the ‘Diggin Deep for the Environment’ piece in this month’s Housebuilder Magazine and commented:
“The Future Homes Standard includes in its simplest form, likely increases in costs for wider foundations and improved floor solutions, as well as how to deliver the increase in excavation and minimise the volume of offsite disposal.
Tamdown has been working with its customers in two fundamental ways to help them meet the Future Homes Standard. Firstly, to identify the technical, material and budget impacts of the various approaches to the FHS. Secondly, to ensure that the significant resources available to Tamdown are used to deliver the increased demand for foundation installations in the transition period, which is allowing customers to stagger their approach to adopting the new technology.”
Read the full article on p50 here
Tamdown Launch HSQE Awareness Programme
For the next 12-months, Tamdown will be running a HSQE Awareness Programme, which will focus on a different initiative each month. The aim of the programme is to raise awareness around each topic, helping to inform and give all our people improved knowledge.
Each month the Site Management Team will be promoting the campaign by delivering briefings on best practice to our site teams, which can then be applied to the workplace, enhancing our working environments.
This collaborative approach will benefit our people and our customers through enhanced communication and engagement across our teams. A positive and pro-active Safety Culture across the business is a key area of focus for all our teams, at all times.
All of our sites are now sharing and communicating our HSQE Awareness Campaign, and our Contracts Managers are leading the programme on our sites.
Photographed Paddy Mohan, Jason Downes and Marcus Jones, Contracts Managers.
Tamdown Sponsor ‘Small Housebuilder of the year’ at Housebuilder Awards 2022
The Housebuilder Awards 2022 returned to the InterContinental London – The O2 on Thursday 10th November.
The Housebuilder Awards celebrates excellence in all aspects of the housebuilding sector, including customer satisfaction, marketing, design, community initiatives, staff development and sustainability.
Tamdown were one of the event sponsors, and members of the team attended the black-tie ceremony, our Managing Director, Rob Kendal proudly presented the ‘Small Housebuilder of the Year’ award to winners ‘Castle Green Homes’.
Congratulations to all of the winners on their achievements and to the finalists.
Apprentice and Trainee Engagement Day
Our Apprentice Groundworkers and Trainee Engineers recently visited our Nexus Park head office to understand more about what is happening in the business and build a network with colleagues and one another.
The day included various talks and meet and greet sessions from different people in our business. Rob Kendal, Managing Director and Barry Maile, Construction Director spent the morning with the apprentices, covering Tamdown’s history, who our major clients are and the sites we operate on. The session gave the group the opportunity to find out more about each other as well as asking questions and looking at recent drone footage of our sites.
The trainee’s and apprentices also met with Anthony Davis, Director of Estimating, Mark Cain, Plant and Procurement Director and Sam De Freitas, Payroll Coordinator. They discussed what the different departments do and got to know more about each person’s role.
Jon Ireland, Director of HSQE, led the afternoon session with a presentation, covering how we report on accidents, our HSQE stats, common risks for a construction worker and how we use this information to create a better safety culture. Jon also spoke about how the behaviours of construction workers can influence safe environments and how it is our priority to ensure at the end of every day, everyone goes home safely.
The day counted towards the apprentices ‘off the job’ learning which provides them with useful knowledge alongside skills gained on-the-job and counts towards their final apprenticeship grade.
Tamdown win ‘Subcontractor Of The Year’ award at House Builders Eastern Winter Ball
We are pleased to share that on Friday 4th November, Tamdown won the ‘Subcontractor Of The Year’ award at the House Builders Eastern Winter Ball.
The annual event this year raised money for The Curve Foundation – a charity who are at the forefront of mental health and provide the resource of mental health nurses to go into schools to support children, young adults and families with mental health issues and learning differences.
A live auction was held with a range of items up for grabs, including ‘a Table of 4 at The Lock restaurant at Twickenham for the England v France rugby match’ donated by Tamdown, and also an ‘Apple iPad’ donated by our sister company TriConnex.
We are pleased to have supported the event and charity and to have taken home the subcontractor award, well done Team Tamdown.