Harniss Building Services Solutions

✨Merry Christmas from all of us at Harniss! 🎄🎅 As we wrap up another incredible year, we want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to our clients, supply chain and wonderful staff. Your support and collaboration are the cornerstone of our success. Wishing you a fantastic holiday season and all the best for the year ahead! #HarnissExcellence #HarnissCommunity #merrychristmas #holidayseason #gratitude #thankyou

We are truly proud to be apart of this effort to support Kettering Foodbank and help those in need this Christmas. Coming together as a community makes all the difference!🎄 #charity #communitysupport #givingback #makingadifference #holidaygiving

We’ve made it home—what an incredible journey it’s been! Eighteen months ago, we set our Harniss Team an ambitious challenge: to collectively travel the 24,901 miles it takes to circumnavigate the globe, all in support of our Miles4Mind charity fundraiser for Kettering Mind. Today, we’re thrilled to announce that we’ve officially completed the journey and made it back home, thanks to the unwavering determination of our runners, walkers, cyclists, and rowers. From conquering London Marathons to smashing out Harniss park runs, our team has truly gone the extra mile—quite literally! They’ve pushed themselves to the limits, not just to meet this challenge but to support a cause that’s close to all of our hearts. The Miles4Mind campaign was more than just a physical feat; it was a step toward something bigger. Our goal was to raise awareness about the mental health and wellbeing challenges faced by individuals in the construction industry, as well as to raise vital funds for Kettering Mind. We are proud to announce that we’ve exceeded our fundraising target, raising an incredible £1,850—well over our initial goal of £1,000! Together, we’ve helped shine a light on an issue that matters, while proving that every step, mile, and stroke makes a difference. To everyone who participated, supported, or donated—thank you for helping us turn this ambitious idea into a reality. Here’s to making strides for mental health, one mile at a time! #HarnissCommunity #Miles4Mind #mind #charity #wellbeing #mentalhealthmatters #fundraising #team #construction

MO MO MO tastic!   The Harniss boys and (girls) have had some fun this year nurturing their face furniture into these spectacular bushels for the Movember Charity for Men's health.   With a selection of strong entries this year we decided to recognise success with the following category winners: People's Choice: Lee Unsworth Most Creative Moustache: Curtis Castledine (dyeing the moustache was particularly impressive!) Best Groomed Moustache: Joe Clarke Most Money Raised: Adam Alexander MSc CEng MCIBSE Thank you all for you support and patience over the month of November. Please be assured no animals were injured in the making of these facial abominations and have all be safely packed away for at least another 11 months. Harniss have matched the collective funds raised by our competitors making a combined donation of £190. #HarnissCommunity #movember #moustache #charity #mensmentalhealth #cancerawareness #mentalhealth #wellbeing

Harniss are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded Platinum accredited membership as part of The 5% Club’s esteemed 2024-25 Employer Audit Scheme. This accolade highlights our unwavering commitment to empowering our employees through “earn & learn” initiatives such as Apprenticeships, Graduate Schemes, and Sponsored Student Placements. Chris Furniss, Director, commented: "We’re proud to lay the foundation for exciting careers in the construction industry. By encouraging individuals to take their first step with us, we’re fostering a skilled, diverse, and innovative workforce that’s shaping the future of this vital sector." #the5percentclub #earnandlearn #apprentices #graduateschemes #construction #constructioncareers

✴️ The 5% Club - Platinum Members 2024/25✴️ Congratulations to the 30 SME Employers awarded our Platinum Membership (18 November 2024), in recognition that above 5% of their workforce have been on Earn & Learn schemes across 3 consecutive years, with more than 10% on such schemes in the third year: Accuracy (Patron Member) AD Construction Group Auger BERTHON CR Civil Engineering chapmanbdsp Clive Owen LLP CR Reynolds Ltd Harniss Building Services Solutions Hertfordshire Building Control Horstman UK Hungry Caterpillar Day Nurseries Limited KCE FM Limited LocatED Mackley Malakoff Limited MCFT Morris & Spottiswood Pacific Building Ltd PCE Automation Prism Power Group Smart Tec Solutions Ltd SPV Special Projects SRC UK Tenet Consultants Ltd Thomas Sinden Limited Whitehead Building Services Wilson and Scott (Highways) Ltd Woodford Group #inspiredaction #celebratingexcellence #celebratingsuccess #earnandlearn

A great article by Atelier featuring our very own, Adam Alexander MSc CEng MCIBSE, as he discusses the impact Future Homes Standard is set to have in 2025. #FutureHomesStandard #HarnissEnergy #HarnissSustainability

Have you several BREEAM rated buildings within your portfolio? Have you just completed your new development with an Excellent rating?   Great, fantastic news!   A BREEAM certified property will last 12 months from certification, however then the clock begins to run down to the expiry date and the sustainable shine begin to dull.   With sustainability forming an important factor when selecting or marketing a property, this metric of performance is vitally important for ESG and other investor goals.   The BREEAM In-Use rating is proof that an asset can continue to offer the highest working/living conditions for the occupants and users of your asset, which brings higher occupancy rates and leads to higher revenue and profitability.   A BREEAM In Use assessment offers a three-year cover and if as with some of our most forward-thinking clients, this is conducted at the time of the New Construction BREEAM assessment, you will guarantee the continuation of your Excellent rating seamlessly.   Call the team to discuss BREEAM In Use pre-assessments and full assessments for new and existing property assets.   #HarnissExcellence #BREEAM #BIU #sustainability #strandedbuilding #construction #netzero #energy

ESOS Phase 3 all submitted? Excellent well done. Have you begun the Action plan and set up your annual reviews or progress reports? Good news the deadline for the Action plan has been moved to the 5th March 2025 - due to the Gov's upload software not being completely ready. So you have a few months to review the Phase 3 reports and compile the Action plan. This should include which recommendations are taken up or not, how these will be achieved, ROI and any SBTs this is based upon etc. This is then reviewed and a progress report is submitted in December 2025 as well. This progress reporting will follow on annually for the next three years in anticipation of the Phase 4 deadline. If you've not started or need assistance, at Harniss Consulting we have the expertise to help interrogate your ESOS report and ensure you are ready for the submissions. Our Contracts team can also help with the implementation of the recommendation works - be this new lighting or heating or larger renewable options. Plans only need to be set in motion, no installations by the March deadline. Let Harniss Building Services Solutions reduce the worry and stress of compliance and help build a pathway to potential Net Zero or at the very least energy reduction. Message us on enquiries@harniss.co.uk #ESOS #Energy #energyaudits #energysaving #renewables #refurbishment #carbon #netzero #harnissexcellence

𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞! 𝐔𝐊’𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲: 𝐔𝐊 𝐍𝐞𝐭 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝   A pilot version of the UK’s first cross-industry Standard for net zero carbon aligned buildings was launched on Tuesday 24 September 2024.   The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (“the Standard”) is a free-to-access technical standard that will enable the construction industry to robustly prove that built assets align with the UK’s carbon and energy budgets. Until this point, there has been no single, agreed methodology for defining what ‘net zero carbon’ means for buildings in the UK. Consequently, the area has been rife with spurious claims around the topic. The Standard provides a set of consistent rules to create a level playing field around such claims.   The Standard is for anyone who wants to fund, procure, design, or specify a net zero carbon building, and for anyone who wishes to definitively demonstrate that their building is net zero carbon aligned. As a robust industry-backed initiative, the Standard should be useful to policymakers as it outlines what is needed to support the UK’s net zero carbon transition.   The Standard’s mandatory requirements for building performance and construction quality are ambitious but achievable. They cover a range of topics such as upfront carbon, operational energy use, avoidance of fossil fuel use on site, renewables and refrigerants.   The pilot version contains the technical details on how a building should meet the Standard, including what limits and targets it needs to meet, the technical evidence needed to demonstrate this, and how it should be reported. Details on the subsequent verification process will be published separately.   If you are aspiring to be Net Zero Carbon or face investor driver ESG goals for such, then download a free copy from the link above and engage with one of our CIBSE accredited consultant - Harniss Building Services Solutions   #netzerocarbonstandard #netzero #netzerocarbon #lowemissions #embodiedcarbon #renewables