Supply Chain News Summer 2012

SUPPLY CHAIN NEWSVolume 1 / Issue 1 / Summer 2012

Kier in the CommunityOPERATION HOME FRONT COMES TO NORTH TYNESIDE

Pathways 4 All, The Kier Maintenance North charity of the year, were on the receiving end of some welcome help during September. Operation Home front, which sees a group of ex-soldiers carrying out refurbishments to community buildings across the country, had chosen the charity to receive one weeks worth of specialist help, spearheaded by Kevin Godlington and a team of ex-army personnel. The Channel five TV programme rolled up on the 24 September to start what was to be a week of very intense work and some great partnering which highlighted just how efficient Kier, our supply chain and the residents of North Tyneside are when it comes to community spirit. The channel five team, with help from Kier and the supply chain, totally transformed a derelict building into a fully functioning centre for the Pathways charity which seeks to support children and families of those with severe learning and physical needs.

Originally, due to the size and scale of the project, the plan was to complete half of the building work in just one week, but they had not accounted for the generosity and community spirit of Kier and its supply chain who:

• Supplied and fitted two kitchens (Kier)

• Gave two employees for the week (Kier)

• Supplied two electricians (Gus Robinsons)

• Supplied a taper (Decke)

• Supplied a team of floorlayers for the week (Northern Floorcraft)

• Supplied a joiner (Northern Interiors)

• Supplied 10 Joinery apprentices for two weeks (North Tyneside Training Services)

• Supplied 10 pre uniformed services apprentices for a day (TyneMet College)

• And Last but certainly not least, JEWSONS supplied ALL building materials free of charge!

I can’t thank Kier enough for all your

help, you have been brilliant to work with and we would have been lost without you!Carol hanlon – NORTH ONE TV ReSeaRCheR

This would not have been

possible without the help of Kier and their incredible supply chain Kevin GodlinGton – OPERATION HOME FRONT PRESENTER

Operation Home front in Newcastle was not the only piece of work being carried out in the region. We also managed to fit in a complete Kitchen makeover at Peterlee Methodist Church, held two ‘Audiences with Kier’ at two of the regions colleges, supported students in Longbenton on a ‘world of work day’, assisted Justice Prince with an employability day, discussed how to assist a riding school for the disabled in County Durham and have produced a proposal for an innovative employer-led approach to work experience leading to apprenticeships which allows the employer to potentially mold a young person into a model employee. Since the Employer day in May we have helped 71 individuals from 14 companies in our supply chain achieve UKATA Asbestos awareness and manual handling qualifications. Four people from Warmseal have also signed up to level 3 in Occupational Health and Safety offered by Kier.

If you would like to know more about getting involved in community events or further training opportunities, please get in touch.

Kind regards

Terry & Jaimie

CSR Manager & Project Skills CoordinatorNorthern RegionKier North Tyneside LtdBlock CHarvey CombeKillingworthNewcastle Upon TyneNE12 6UB

Phone: 07875 995309e-mail: [email protected]

Training Coordinator Northern RegionKier North Tyneside LtdBlock CHarvey CombeKillingworthNewcastle Upon TyneNE12 6UB

Phone: 0191 6436720e-mail: [email protected]

terry hanlon

Jaimie henderson

Residents and church goers in Peterlee, East Durham have celebrated the successful completion of vital refurbishment works, including the installation of a new kitchen at Peterlee Methodist Church by Kier.

Kier employees were joined on site by local apprentices from East Durham College and volunteers to complete the improvement works, which included the installation of new floors, ceramic tiles for the walls and a kitchen, donated by us, as well as painting and a gas and plumbing overhaul. The refit took two weeks and was concluded by a handover ceremony held on 27 September 2012.

Members of our supply chain provided labour for the work including gas fitting and plumbing carried out by Pressmac and floor laying carried out by New Deck. Two students from East Durham Technical Academy gave up their time to tile the walls, and were presented with a £50 tool voucher each.

Kier project skills & CSR manager, Terry Hanlon, commented: “Kier is delighted to have had the opportunity to assist the church in continuing to provide a much need service to the community and it was heartening to see so many people in attendance. The whole refurbishment was carried out by Kier and members of our supply chain who are all very community minded and the long term aim is to enable this wonderful facility to continue. I hope the church and community enjoy the kitchen for many years to come.”

Representatives from the church, Margaret and Nat Watson, said: “This refurbishment has given our church a much needed makeover and we are so grateful to Kier for all the hard work the team has put in and for kindly donating a brand new kitchen. We have been very proud to have the whole community involved in painting and restoring the facilities. By working together we hope to have produced a centre which can be enjoyed by generations to come.”

ChurCh Gets KitChen maKeover!

oPeration home Front - JEWSON

oPeration home Front - TYNEMET COLLEGE

oPeration home Front - NORTHERN FLOORCRAFT

oPeration home Front - NORTH TYNESIDE WORK BASED LEARNINGoPeration home Front - GUS ROBINSONS

Jewson were pleased to assist Kier in the build programme for a very worthwhile cause.

Whilst we may be a national player in building distribution we help to support local initiatives that are worth while.

It was a delight that we had the opportunity to support this build alongside Kier and many other volunteers.

To see the children at the opening ceremony laughing and playing in the Tim Lamb Centre was humbling.

A big well done to all who helped on the project!

dennis scarth — Area Director

oPeration home Front - DECKECharlie Brooks, the project manager for the series contacted Terry Hanlon from Kier for assistance with finding a Taper at very short notice. For Terry, the decision was easy as he had just been talking to a leading company in that very field.

Terry said, “I contacted George Beeby at DECKE who put me on to Jason Frank his senior estimator and within 15 minutes Terry Goodwin, one of DECKE’s tapers was on the phone asking for directions.”

Terry pulled up in his van and got straight down to work, and didn’t stop until he had completed everything that was asked of him.

George Beeby Managing Director of Decke said, “It was a pleasure to involved with Kier on the project and very gratifying to be involved in any community programme and to be able to assist such a worthwhile cause.”

During our 37 years of business we have continuously engaged with the local community by providing support in many different ways; and we were delighted to be asked to assist Kier with Operation Home front.

Jeanette Henderson — Director said,

“It was a pleasure for us to assist with such a ‘hands on’ initiative and also help to raise awareness of the Pathways 4 all project; and we are confident our workforce’s skills complimented those of the Armed Forces.”

As a company, our mission statement is focused around the development of our people and our community; we approach all of our operations in a spirit of integrity, mutual trust and cooperation.

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Northern Floorcraft is one of the UK’s most respected flooring contractors having been established in the North East of England since 1973.

Kier contacted Warren Pearson, Director at Northern Floor craft regarding help laying and finding appropriate flooring. Warren said, “The team were delighted to be involved with the project which is going to help the local community in a big way.

It’s not often that you are given the opportunity to use your skills to help others in the community. They really felt a sense of fulfillment when they completed the weeks work. And I must say great team effort by all involved.”

The team involved with the project was as follows Supervisors - John Kirkbride, and David Rountree. Fitters - Brian Mason , Michael Prior, Gavin Young, and Mark Wharton.

Tyne Metropolitan College’s mission statement is ‘Raising Aspirations, Changing Lives’ and supporting Operation Home Front will do exactly that by having a positive and welcomed impact on the local community now and in the future. The Uniformed Services students who were involved with this project as part of their courses have to participate in a voluntary work experience placement and by taking part in this project allowed the students to gain great hands on, practical experience as well as supporting their studies. We are very proud of our students for taking part and would also like to say thank you to Kier inviting us to be part of the project.

emma Garrick — School Liaison Officer

Taking part in the Home front project with Kier was really positive because this allowed our young apprentices to gain vital work experience and see how a big job is organised from start to finish. The project also allowed our team of apprentices and tutors who are local to the community to give something back that is worthwhile and positive and I think in times like this it shows that when people have to pull together we can.

Our team has been involved from the start we provided labour to the site with up to thirteen apprentices taking part over the duration of the works programme and in this time we completed joinery tasks as well as helping out moving materials as and when required.

I think this has been a great success and the apprentices have really enjoyed themselves working along side other trades and professionals.

Paul Fairney — Work Based Learning Coordinator