Shae Davies

NATIONAL CAREERS WEEK 2024 Showcasing our commitment to apprenticeships, our Social Manager, Jenny Bignell, attended the University of East London’s Apprenticeship Fair yesterday, to engage with upcoming college leavers and job seekers. Undertaken in an interview style format, discussions covered a review of their existing studies/experience, available career options within the construction industry and apprenticeship/training opportunities within our business. #nationalapprenticeshipweek #NAW2024 Mock Interviews for London Design and Engineering UTC Our Social Value Manager, Jenny Bignell, and Operations Director, Ricky Limacher, were delighted to be involved in the Mock Interview session hosted by London Design and Engineering UTC with their year 11, 12 and 13 students, providing advice and feedback to improve their interview technique for future training, apprenticeship and job opportunities. The standard of interviews were exceptionally high, a testament to the exceptional efforts LDEUTC are making to ready their students for the world of work. Thank you to Janice Tricks for organising such a great event and we look forward to attending the upcoming careers fair. Employer Filming Project for London South East Colleges Thank you to Hannah Phoenix for enabling us to participate in this great project and BLATELLA for their great film management, as well as Will Homewood MCIOB, Ashleigh Goss and Jenny Bignell for participating. We cannot wait to see the footage! We participated in London South East Colleges Employer Filming Project, showcasing the available roles within the construction industry and routes to entry to LSEC students. As an active member of their Employer Panel, we also discussed our ongoing commitment to influence the student learning experience via the delivery of site tours, work experience opportunities, industry workshops, yearly curriculum validation reviews and the FE Skills Exchange. Opportunities for London Borough of Hackney Always great to see our clients pleased with the Social Value we deliver on our projects. Thank you to our brilliant Social Value Manager Jenny Bignell for facilitating a load of fantastic opportunities for local residents of London Borough of Hackney.

We involve people that will be using the buildings we deliver in every step of the process. Smiles all around as we conducted a site visit for the Mayor, local councillor for Hackney, and staff who will soon be moving their operations into the surgery. The Primary Care Surgery at Belfast Road will be the new home for the long-established Lower Clapton Group Practice, one of the largest in Hackney. The project aims to provide high quality primary, community and social care services with the completed facility required to achieve a BREEAM rating of Excellent. The project involves: Demolition of existing structures and site clearance Design and Construction of a new GP surgery Completion of external works The proposed health care facility falls within Use Class E, which is also the use class of the existing building on site. The surgery will operate 6 days a week, including evenings. Twenty-two new clinical spaces will be provided, broken down as follows: 18 consult rooms/consult training rooms. 3 treatment rooms 1 minor procedures room allowing for very minor operations to be carried out The internal spaces are set out so as to create easy use and wayfinding for patients, whilst also maintaining privacy for staff.  

Contract Award: King Offa & Norman Close – Neilcott’s Regional Office in Hemel Hempstead has secured another new contract, this time for the design and construction of 14 new sustainable timber frame homes, on the site of the former King Offa public house, which closed in 2015. The scheme in the Cottonmill area of St Albans, will provide much needed, new larger affordable homes for social rent for St Albans City & District Council and signals a positive restart of the stalled scheme on this site. Pick Everard will be acting on behalf of the Council as an independent Cost Consultant and Employer’s Agent Professional Representative with works starting in late March 2024.

Families set to benefit from new short breaks accommodation being built in Woking helped mark the official start of work at a milestone ground-breaking ceremony. The purpose-built £5.7m centre will enable autistic people and those with learning disabilities to enjoy new experiences while their families take a break from caring. It’s part of Surrey County Council’s major investment in specialist housing to help people gain independence in the right homes with the right support. The team at Neilcott Construction Limited Ltd joined families at the site in Goldsworth Park, alongside representatives from the county council as well as architects Atkins Realis. Also marking the occasion were Woking MP Jonathan Lord and representatives from Woking Borough Council and community organisations. The new accommodation on the site of the old Lakers Youth Centre will provide eight ensuite bedrooms as well as activity spaces and landscaped gardens. It will be the first such centre in this part of the county and will ultimately add almost 2,500 nights of additional short breaks capacity per year for adults with additional and complex needs. Check out the walk through for this scheme below: https://youtu.be/V8x9xg3VoF0

#UKGBC is the membership-led industry network radically transforming the #sustainability of the built environment. Powered by 700+ members, UKGBC is at the forefront of positively influencing policy, identifying the pathways to propel the sector forward sustainably and driving the solutions to transform our buildings, communities, cities and infrastructure so that people and nature thrive. Neilcott is proud to be a member of UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) & are committed to creating sustainable built environments. Learn more about the growing network here: https://ukgbc.org/

For #WomenInConstructionWeek 2024 we are celebrating all of the brilliant women that are a part of Neilcott Construction Limited, taking this week as an opportunity to shine a spotlight on the many roles & departments within the construction industry. Here are just a few of the faces that you’ll see at Neilcott, within Finance, Estimating, Document Control or Human Resources, Aftercare, IT, Reception or Health & Safety, Submissions, Social Value, Sustainability or Marketing. Neilcott is proud to support both #IWD2024, in unison with #WomenInConstructionWeek. SHEQ Manager: Rhonda Tapley Our #SHEQ Manager Rhonda Tapley is a qualified Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental professional. Starting her career in the construction industry in 2014 within the Mechanical, Electrical & Rail infrastructure / construction sector working on multiple projects ranging from £4m to £250m. In 2018, moving away from Rail and back into the commercial construction sector, as SHEQ Manager, Rhonda was responsible for carrying out site inspections, quality audits, provision of regulatory and legislative advice, along with implementing the Integration Management System including the Environmental management system and health and safety processes and procedures. Joining us last year, Rhonda is a valuable addition to the Neilcott team & oversees the safety, health, environment, and quality assurance across our sites. Sustainability & Submissions Director: Ashleigh Goss Leading an all women team, Ashleigh Goss oversees our company-wide mission to achieve Carbon Net Zero by 2030, implementing strategies to improve how our construction activities effect the environment and deliver lasting social value in the communities we work in. Ashleigh is also in charge of coordinating, reviewing and managing all of our qualitative tender submissions. Ashleigh brings a variety of international & consultancy experience prior to her move into the main contracting world by joining Neilcott in 2019. Social Value Manager: Jenny Bignell Our Social Value Manager Jenny Bignell works with clients & our project teams to create, manage, monitor & report out Social Value & Responsible Procurement commitments. Jenny is an invaluable member of any community engagement team – liaising with building occupiers through to undertaking curriculum-led learning activities such as Big Build or Lego Tower challenges, attending careers events or hosting CV-writing workshops for students or local community organisations. “Having undertaken my A-Levels there was real pressure in applying for University and getting a degree, however, not knowing what I wanted to do I decided to enter the world of work. I started as an administrator within the accounts department at a local construction company, and became instantly aware of the amazing and varied opportunities on offer, from administration, marketing, resident liaison and HR. I was fortunate enough to be offered the opportunity to work within the marketing/bid department whilst a colleague was on maternity leave, where I soon learned of my ability and interest in pursuing a career within preconstruction. Since then I have worked with a number of construction companies, enhancing my skillset and understanding of the built environment, and more recently taking an active part in the delivery of S106 commitments.” Human Resources Manager: Toni Hodson Today we are shining a spotlight on our HR Administrator, Toni Hodson, who has been with us since February 2002. Starting off as a Secretary and shortly promoted to Directors Secretary before securing her current position as HR Administrator in 2015. Toni is an integral part of the Neilcott team, overseeing the recording, updating & documentation of the human resources department, maintaining employee records, compiling reports & supporting the continuous improvement of all HR processes and protocols, as well as aiding employees with onboarding, training & any issues. Senior Sustainability & ESG Manager: Sasha Webster As our Senior Sustainability & ESG Manager, Sasha Webster, has experience in construction environmental management, environmental assessments, innovation initiatives and delivering projects that target carbon, resource efficiency and social value. Sasha is qualified in Environmental Management and has a detailed understanding of delivering low carbon solutions. She works with clients to identify any alternative materials that could help improve carbon/energy efficiency, working with the wider team to support effective delivery & reporting against targets using SmartWaste.

As we continue to celebrate & support #NationalApprenticeshipWeek2024, we are also celebrating the success of Adam Watson, who joined us in 2016 as an Apprentice Surveyor. Upon the successful completion of his apprenticeship, he began studying for his Quantity Surveying degree at Anglia Ruskin University & has now achieved his Quantity Surveying Bachelor’s Degree with an Upper Second Class Honours (2:1). Congratulations Adam, from the whole Neilcott team! Since joining us. Adam has worked on many successful projects and he is currently working on our Harrow School Dining Hall project which is providing him with lots of valuable experiences. We look forward to continuing to provide opportunities like this to the next generation of construction professionals.#Construction hashtag#NAW24

Offering lifelong learning & development opportunities, we are always happy to celebrate the success of our staff as they take on new roles & responsibilities within the business.