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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.

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.

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.

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.

Tamdown is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Wadsworth as Construction Director, who joined the business on the 18th of June.

With a career spanning more than 30yrs – predominantly with Laing O’Rourke / Expanded Group and more recently Carey Group, where he has gained vast experience in all aspects of Civil Engineering across the majority of Infrastructure and Construction sectors.

In addition, he brings extensive experience in Health and Safety, having led this vital function at Laing O’Rourke for over two years. Mark remains a Director of Construct – Concrete Structures Association , following his role as Chairman for four years and will represent Tamdown on the Council and its contribution to Build Uk going forward.

We are pleased to announce today, that Nexus Infrastructure, the parent company of Tamdown and its sister company TriConnex, is listing on the London Stock Exchange.

Tamdown will continue to work in partnership directly with all our clients, while also being able to grow our business and service offering within the strong UK Housing market.

This exciting stage in the groups development has been made possible by our dedicated and exceptional staff. We look forward to seeing both Tamdown and the wider group go from strength to strength in the years ahead.