Reinforced Concrete Frame Topping Out ceremony
We recently held a Topping Out ceremony with our customer L&Q as we completed our South Grove Reinforced Concrete Frame project.
With 13 Blocks ranging between 8 and 16 stories built in an impressive 20 months it was a proud moment for both teams, well done to everyone involved.
RoSPA President’s (10 Consecutive Golds) Award achieved
We received confirmation this week of our prestigious award in recognition of practices and achievements in helping our people, customers and the public get home safely at the end of the working day. This year we achieved a President’s (10 consecutive Golds) Award in the internationally-renowned RoSPA Health and Safety Awards, the longest-running industry awards scheme in the UK.
The RoSPA Awards scheme, which receives entries from organisations around the world, recognises achievement in health and safety management systems, including practices such as leadership and workforce involvement.
Mental Health Awareness Week
At Tamdown we encourage our teams and everyone across our industry to talk to each other openly. Our people can use our group ‘Wellbeing Champions’ any week they may need to talk.
Our champions were launched in February 2019 and are trained in Mental Health First Aid and are there to support the wellbeing of all our people.
Installing new generation Concrete Testing Hubs
Concrete is one of the world’s most widely used construction materials and ensuring the quality and compressive strength of the concrete used in the structure is essential
Tamdown have recently installed our first new generation bespoke Concrete Testing Hub to enable our site Technicians to carry out the creation of concrete cubes and testing and monitoring of results within the best site environment.
The new hubs are equipped with the latest technology to ensure effective ambient temperature control and curing tank temperature, purpose-built racking for concrete moulds, stainless steel workstations and space for monitoring and recording results and reports.
The qualified Technicians and in-house Technical Manager are able to share live data and liaise with their customer’s design team to ensure the highest of standards.
Following an initial period of testing and feedback the Concrete Testing Hubs will be implemented across all our RC frame projects.
Continued investment in the future and the environment
Tamdown recently took delivery of 14 Hitachi ECO 130LCN 14ton excavators, this follows further significant investment in Kubota equipment last year.
These new excavators support the companies ongoing commitment to reducing our Carbon footprint while ensuring the most efficient and appropriate equipment is available for our teams and our customers.
We regularly renew our plant equipment every few years to ensure we are using the best available tools for the works we undertake.
Tamdown focus on Mental Health through group initiative
As part of Tamdown’s Health & Safety initiatives, last year saw the launch of the Groups partnership with Mates in Mind.
Male site workers in construction are three times more likely to commit suicide than the average UK male, which is a shocking statistic.
Mates in Mind aims to raise awareness, address the stigma of poor mental health and improve positive mental wellbeing in the industry, and Tamdown is working towards the same goals within its own business.
The Group as a whole has 60 champions all trained in Mental Health First Aid. These individuals come from all areas and teams across the business both on site and in office.
All managers across the group will be trained by Autumn, with the aim being for all 1000 staff to be trained by Spring 2020, it’s a significant task but Tamdown are committed to this and the wellbeing of their people.
This month we launched our Wellbeing Champions for staff across our wider group – Nexus Infrastructure plc.
Our Champions promote and support positive mental, physical and social wellbeing and are available to employees should they need someone to listen or need directing to other support resources.
Tamdown gets new Managing Director – Rob Kendal
We are pleased to announce the promotion of Rob Kendal to Managing Director of Tamdown, effective from 1st October 2018.
Tamdown has undertaken a change process over the last 18 months. The business has refocused its efforts on customer satisfaction, invested in training & development (site and office), implemented a gateway framework for business processes (BPI), introduced a regional operating structure, strengthened the leadership teams and, most recently established our Group Purpose and Values
Rob will lead us in our next phase of growth while ensuring our service and delivery continue to be industry leading.
Rob has progressed through Tamdown over the last 19 years, starting on site and working in various roles throughout the business, culminating in his most recent role leading the commercial and delivery elements of the business. This in-depth experience positions him to best support our customers and our people in his new role as MD.
Tamdown Trekkers Complete Housebuilder Mountain Marathon
This weekend the ‘Tamdown Trekkers’ completed the Housebuilder Mountain Marathon.
Our team Rob Kendal, Charles Sweeney, Emma Sutton, Ant Davis and Max Morris completed Marathon Distance (well actually, more than 30 miles) over the difficult mountain terrain of Snowdonia National Park through rain and storms- with the odd patch of sun. The team were one of 31 teams and hiking alongside industry peers from Taylor Wimpey, Barratt Homes, Redrow, David Wilson and Crest Nicholson.
The event as a whole raised over £160,000 for the Youth Adventure Trust who support vulnerable young people through outdoor activities. Aches and pains aside the event was hugely successful and enjoyable for everyone involved across our industry.
Fundraising event with Graham Gooch former English first-class cricketer
Representatives from Tamdown, recently attended an evening event sponsored by us raising money for charity with English first-class cricketer Graham Gooch.
Held at Le Talbooth in Dedham near Colchester, this local event has long been associated with Tamdown and we were pleased to sponsor again this year and attend the enjoyable evening along with some of our customers.
Our staff attend course to train in Mental Health First Aid
Staff from Tamdown recently attended a ‘Mental Health First Aid’ course supported by Mates in Mind and our group charity Nexus Community Trust.
This is the second group of our people who have undertaken this training and all our employees will be invited to mental health awareness training over the next eighteen months, and all line managers, site supervisors and engineers will be trained in managing conversations around wellbeing.
At least one person takes their own life every day in the construction industry, and our partnership with Mates in Mind is to encourage our people take the time to have a conversation with colleagues and other work mates on site and off about their wellbeing.