Ashe Group

Work came to a standstill on all Ashe Group sites for an hour this week for an innovative safety initiative. The special event, Stand Down for Safety, devised by Ashe’s health and safety team, involved everyone in the company, clients, subcontractors and architects stopping work for an hour to watch a presentation live streamed across seven counties. The presentation was given by one of the UK’s most inspirational speakers, Jason Anker MBE, who was paralysed from the waist down due to an avoidable accident on a construction site when he was just 24 years old. Over 600 people across seven counties attended the event. Find out more here:https://lnkd.in/emjsDXb4 #AsheGroup #buildingbetter #safety

Congratulations to Groundworkers, Leidon Civil Engineering Ltd for receiving the Ashe Quarterly Sub-Contractor Safety Award from our Assistant Health & Safety Manager for their excellent work at Bedford Academy🎉 Ashe Project Manager, Danny, was really pleased with their overall health & safety culture on site, their flexible approach, good communication and commitment to safety was a real asset to the site team. Keep up the great work👏 #AsheGroup #buildingbetter

Ashe Construction has retained its five-star grading in a recent British Safety Council Occupational Health and Safety Audit. Ashe’s health and safety manager, Ian Berrie, said: “This is very good news for everyone working on Ashe projects and in our offices. We’ve had a comprehensive evaluation of our policies, processes and practices and been awarded a five-star grading which reflects the hard work everyone puts into operating safely and it acknowledges our positive safety culture." Click here to read more on this story: https://lnkd.in/gdn_JT-c #AsheGroup #buildingbetter

Congratulations to Site Manager, Sam for receiving the Quarterly Safety Culture Award on behalf of the project team for their excellent safety culture at Kingsway Community Primary School🎉 Over the previous 3 months they were the stand out Ashe site, scoring consistently high in the weekly safety audits and safely managing the demolition phase of the project. Keep up the great work👏 #AsheGroup #buildingbetter

It was great to see the Passive Purple works that have commenced on our Bedford Academy project. As Ashe aspire to try new and innovative products and methods of construction, Passive Purple is a must. It‘s liquid applied, painted and sprayed on air tight membrane assisting our project team aiming for an airtightness of two for the new net zero carbon in operation building. #AsheGroup #buildingbetter

Today is often referred to as "Blue Monday," which is described as the most depressing day of the year. However, the Samaritans run a campaign called 'Brew Monday' to encourage us to reach out to people this Monday for a brew, to catch up and offer support if needed. With a poor record of mental health across the construction industry, we wanted to do a little something to hopefully put a smile on faces and raise awareness of mental health, wellbeing, and the support available. For those who may need additional support, here are some resources: Samaritans: Call 116 123 for free, confidential support 24/7 The Lighthouse Charity: Call 0345 605 1956 If you or anyone you know is struggling, then there is help available💙 #AsheGroup #buildingbetter #brewmonday

We are delighted to share that we have been awarded a place on the £500m NHS Shared Business Services Decarbonisation of Estates Framework! This new framework will enable Ashe the opportunity to help support public sector organisations decarbonise their estates. Our Business Development Director Andrew Morris said: ‘As an experienced framework practitioner we are delighted to add yet another framework to our growing portfolio. Having completed over 20 decarbonisation projects in the education, health and leisure sectors we feel that this framework is a natural fit that will enable us to bring our vast knowledge to the table in this ever-growing sector.’ #AsheGroup #buildingbetter

We are delighted to have Emily join us as Assistant Health and Safety Manager. Click here to read more on Emily's new role and how she started working in health and safety: https://lnkd.in/eZUJWtPR #AsheGroup #buildinbetter

Congratulations to Ryan for receiving the SQPC Champion award🎉 Ryan has consistently gone above and beyond at our MK East site and has been promoted from gateman to lead labourer. Using his own initiative he has been vital assisting the team on the day to day running of the site and has continued to impress with his can-do attitude. Keep up the great work! #AsheGroup #buildingbetter

Operation Decarb at Milton Keynes Hospital Some projects require military style planning to ensure that work can be undertaken in short periods of access time, and this is absolutely the case at Milton Keynes Hospital where Ashe has been working on a £3.4m Salix funded project for Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (MKUH). In order to meet efficiency targets the hospital building, which was constructed in 1984, needed to replace its single glazed windows with thermally efficient double glazing. Many of the windows are on occupied hospital wards each with eight beds. Without the capacity to decant an entire ward to another space, the project has been undertaken in live wards with only the patients from the two beds nearest the windows being relocated during the works. Window of opportunity Contracts manager, Steve Cockram, explains the challenges on a project of this type: “We only got one day to cordon off each area to the safety and hygiene standards required by the hospital which takes around two hours. We then removed the existing windows, installed the new windows, clearing any debris and cleansing the area to high clinical hygiene standards ready for patients to move back into the bay by the end of the day.” A major challenge was upgrading the windows in the hospital’s shop. https://lnkd.in/e3mqxZQv