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NEWS ONE GROUP NEWS ISSUE 11—WINTER 2014 Skip’s Spot Happy New Year and welcome to the new and improved Group newsletter. The branding fairies have been hard at work so hopefully you will like the new look. One thing that hasn’t changed is the quality of the articles and my thanks go out to all those who took the time to submit their stories. We are truly grateful. You will quickly notice that this edition is full of great ‘people news’ and that’s very pleasing from my perspective. We have a raft of internal promotions which shows our real commitment to advancing careers. Congratulations and well done to you all. If you work hard and stay loyal, you can clearly do very well in this organisation and that will always be the case. We have recently won a number of prestigious awards. A British Construction Industry Award for JCE, a National Home Improvement Council Award for SEHBAC, and Site Manager of the Year for Jackson’s Rob Smart, are particular highlights. You can also read how we remain committed to investment to help grow the business. New plant can be seen throughout the newsletter and, more importantly, out there in the field. We are very busy and will only get busier so we must keep investing. Finally, a huge “thank you” for the hard work that went into making 2014 a great year for One Group. I look forward to working with you to help make 2015 an even better one! Skip In this issue... Goodbye to Jack.........2 BCI Award for Jackson......................4 Site Manager of the Year Award.........................5 Best Glazing Project Award for SEHBAC......6 QEII Bridge Project Complete Jackson has successfully completed the project to replace the six original Maurer Multi Element Expansion joints on the QEII Bridge at Dartford. This project has been a triumph for Jackson, as the bridge carries 160,000 vehicles per day and is one of the busiest sections of road in the world. In order to keep the traffic flowing, the team had to devise a method for doing the work whilst keeping the bridge open. The method The method was a bespoke designed and built temporary expansion joint, which could be installed during a single night closure over the existing joint. The temporary joint, which formed a slight ramp over the existing joint, was designed to allow live traffic to flow on the bridge, whilst work to remove the old joint was carried out from the underside of the bridge. Once the old joint had been removed, the new joint was installed, again during a single night closure. This process involved removing the temporary joint, craning in the new, and then replacing the temporary joint in order to re-open the bridge to live traffic the next morning. Each joint is 19.2m long and spans all four lanes of traffic. In figures Over the past 18 months the team has worked their way across the bridge, north to south, removing and replacing all six joints. During this time, they’ve worked 280 night shifts, and removed just under 100m 3 of concrete, all of which had to be placed in 20kg buckets and removed from the bridge – a total of 11,400 buckets of concrete. The ramps have been installed in four separate locations across the bridge, and whilst in situ, 30.2 million vehicles have driven over them. The combined movement of all the joints on the bridge is 33.7mm per ° C, with a total range of movement from the hottest day to the coldest of just over 3 metres.

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NEWS

ONE GROUP NEWS ISSUE 11—WINTER 2014

Skip’s Spot

Happy New Year and welcome to the new and improved Group newsletter. The branding

fairies have been hard at work so hopefully you will like the new look.

One thing that hasn’t changed is the quality of the articles and my thanks go out to all those

who took the time to submit their stories. We are truly grateful.

You will quickly notice that this edition is full of great ‘people news’ and that’s very pleasing

from my perspective. We have a raft of internal promotions which shows our real commitment

to advancing careers. Congratulations and well done to you all. If you work hard and stay

loyal, you can clearly do very well in this organisation and that will always be the case.

We have recently won a number of prestigious awards. A British Construction Industry Award

for JCE, a National Home Improvement Council Award for SEHBAC, and Site Manager of the

Year for Jackson’s Rob Smart, are particular highlights.

You can also read how we remain committed to investment to help grow the business. New

plant can be seen throughout the newsletter and, more importantly, out there in the field. We

are very busy and will only get busier so we must keep investing.

Finally, a huge “thank you” for the hard work that went into making 2014 a great

year for One Group. I look forward to working with you to help make 2015 an

even better one!

Skip

In this issue...

Goodbye to Jack.........2

BCI Award for

Jackson......................4

Site Manager of

the Year

Award.........................5

Best Glazing Project

Award for SEHBAC......6

QEII Bridge Project Complete

Jackson has successfully completed the project to replace the six original Maurer Multi Element Expansion

joints on the QEII Bridge at Dartford.

This project has been a triumph for Jackson, as the bridge carries 160,000

vehicles per day and is one of the busiest sections of road in the world. In order to

keep the traffic flowing, the team had to devise a method for doing the work whilst

keeping the bridge open.

The method

The method was a bespoke designed and built temporary expansion joint, which

could be installed during a single night closure over the existing joint. The

temporary joint, which formed a slight

ramp over the existing joint, was

designed to allow live traffic to flow on

the bridge, whilst work to remove the

old joint was carried out from the

underside of the bridge.

Once the old joint had been removed,

the new joint was installed, again

during a single night closure. This

process involved removing the

temporary joint, craning in the new, and

then replacing the temporary joint in order to re-open the bridge to live traffic the

next morning. Each joint is 19.2m long and spans all four lanes of traffic.

In figures

Over the past 18 months the team has worked their way across the bridge, north

to south, removing and replacing all six joints. During this time, they’ve worked

280 night shifts, and removed just under 100m3 of concrete, all of which had to be placed in 20kg buckets and removed from the

bridge – a total of 11,400 buckets of concrete. The ramps have been installed in four separate locations across the bridge, and

whilst in situ, 30.2 million vehicles have driven over them. The combined movement of all the joints on the bridge is 33.7mm per °

C, with a total range of movement from the hottest day to the coldest of just over 3 metres.

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ONE GROUP NEWS ISSUE 11—WINTER 2014 2

Goodbye to Jack

At the helm of SEH French for over 25

years, Jack Davey decided to retire at

the end of May 2014. It has been a

pleasure to have Jack leading the team and he shall be much

missed by all at SEH French.

Jack plans to spend more time with his family and a lot more

time reducing his handicap on the golf course!

Playing an integral role in the success of SEH French, Jack

has worked in the building and construction industry for his

entire career. He began his working life as a bricklayer, be-

fore progressing through the

ranks to becoming Director of

SEH French in 1989.

Jack has been instrumental in

developing and progressing

the organisation over the years,

ensuring that we are ever-

changing and never staying

still. He has taken the team

from a small local building firm

to a medium sized multi million

pound thriving business.

Tim Hoelzer

Reflecting the growing status of SEH

Commercial operations, we are

pleased to announce that Tim has been appointed a Director

of the company.

Tim, who has been responsible

for our sales and estimating

activities since joining the

company in 2013, has 25 years

of the broadest experience in

the window industry, having

held posts with national and

regional fenestration brands.

Tim will continue to deliver the

personal contact with

established and new

customers, which is the

hallmark of SEH business

policy.

_________________________________________________

Alex Mirrlees - Contracts Manager

We would also like to welcome Alex to the team. Alex has

been working for over 30 years within the fenestration

industry. With a wealth of knowledge in fenestration Alex has

used his skills across the world, including a number of

prestigious projects

situated in India.

Alex’s keen eye for detail

is significant in keeping

budgets, materials and

workforce under

constant control,

ensuring projects are

completed in a timely

manner. Alex is adept at

working within the UK or

abroad and is a valued

member of SEH

Commercial’s team.

Paul’s Promotion

We’re delighted to announce that 2

years after he joined the business,

Paul Rodwell has been appointed

Operations Director of SEH French. Paul will also be

supported by the introduction of two new Contracts

Managers.

Paul joined the team from Haymills (now known as Vinci)

where he worked his way up from Trainee Carpenter to

Operations

Manager.

Paul’s new

role will still

include his

technical

input with

projects at

pre contract

stage but

also

overseeing

the delivery

of the construction process.

We have also promoted two further team members to

support Paul in his new role with effect from 1 May 2014.

Julian Eddy, who has been one of our Site Managers for over

12 years, and Simon Hubert, moving over from the Surveying

team, will both take on the role of Contract Manager.

They will both be overseeing and managing the construction

process, working with the SEH teams and partners to ensure

the smooth and efficient delivery of the construction projects.

Quest for World

Domination

Having seen our showroom network increase from 5 sites to 11 over the last 2 years, and with it a direct correlation in improved turnover, we felt the timing was perfect to continue this trend. This decision was made a whole lot easier when a prestigious site at Poplar Nurseries, Marks Tey, near Colchester became available. Having been a privately owned concern since 1941, it’s fair to say that it’s reasonably well known in terms of locale! This really is positioned in a prime location, situated just off the A12 and with over 27,000 vehicles passing by daily, it was not a tough call to make, it really does tick all of the most important boxes. Construction is now at an advanced stage with completion of all 6 glazed extensions scheduled for mid December. With the whole area being sympathetically landscaped, this will be our most impressive conservatory site thus far. Will we stop there? We’ve already got our sights set on a new venture at Abingdon, Oxfordshire—so watch this space!

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ONE GROUP NEWS ISSUE 11—WINTER 2014 3

Luke Findlay

Congratulations to Luke Findlay who has been made a Director of Emmitt Plant. Despite his youthful looks Luke has been with Emmitt for a number of years and looks after the front end of the business including sales, marketing and cus-tomer care. He has also just become a father for the first time so the ‘wide awake’ look won’t last for much longer!

* * * * * * * *

Grant Usher has also joined the hire team at Em-mitt. He has come over from Newmarket Plant where he spent the past 8 years working in the same environment. We look forward to welcoming him aboard. Roy Glansfield, Matthew Smith & Steven Whitnell are new engineers to help our service team. Our very own Richard Neill has joined us! Richard is our new lorry driver based at Nedging Tye. He will be driving one of our beaver tail lorries. Please say hello & welcome our guys… you never know, they may pop up on a site near you!

Steeple Bumpstead

Flood Scheme

Completed

Jackson Civil Engineering recently completed

work on a £4.5m flood alleviation scheme in

Steeple Bumpstead, Essex, which was officially

opened by Brooks

Newmark MP and

Charles Beardall of

the Environment

Agency, at an

official ceremony

held in July.

Following some

significant flood

events, work began in February 2013 to re-profile

sections of each channel, and included the

replacement of six river crossings, including

footbridges, road bridges and a ford.

During the heavy rainfall and flooding in February

2014 the

improved flood

defences, which

were only

partially

completed, were

put to the test,

and successfully

protected homes

in the village

from flooding.

TREVOR DIXON

Born in Ipswich and have lived in and around

Ipswich all my life. Happily married to Lindsey with

two children, Chloe (11) and Oliver (9).

A Spurs fan, longing for the day when they stick with

a manager long enough to win something! I’m a part

time golfer, who has convinced his daughter to take up golf so I have an

excuse to play more.

Q. How would you describe yourself?

A. Easygoing & approachable.

Q. What was your first job?

A. Picking strawberries for 50p a bucket (they were large buckets and

small strawberries!) After leaving school I joined a small firm of

accountants as an office junior. They were somewhat old style and

rather set in their ways (no computer), but the training gave me a

great insight into many different businesses throughout East Anglia.

Q. What frustrates you?

A. Very little – life’s not a dress rehearsal so focus on the positives and

find solutions to the negatives.

Q. What’s your happiest childhood memory?

A. Only conceding 3 goals in 45 minutes in a school football match. We

went on to lose 9-1!

Q. How do you spend your leisure time?

A. It depends, it could be golf with my daughter, football with my son or a

family bike ride (weather dependant).

Q. What’s your favourite television programme?

A. My wife would say anything sport related.

Q. If you had to choose another job, what would you do?

A. A chef. If I had more patience I would probably be able to cook more

edible food but my biggest challenge would be convincing my wife &

children to act as tasters.

Q. What is your favourite food?

A. I’ll eat “almost anything”. I love my food but if pressed Sunday roast

takes some beating.

Q. What food do you hate?

A. Tuna fish & peanut butter – the smell!

Q. What is your biggest weakness?

A. I’m impatient.

Q. What is the most satisfying thing you have ever done?

A. At home, “hopefully” bringing up my children to be down to earth and

well mannered.

At work, progressing through the ranks with Jacksons over the last 15

years.

Q. If you could go anywhere, where would you go on holiday?

A. A tour including America & Australia. Both have immense appeal, so

much to see and do.

Q. What is your ultimate ambition?

A. Like all parents, to see my children happy and successful. I hope they

will be able to look back on their years living at home with great

memories of fun times.

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ONE GROUP NEWS ISSUE 11—WINTER 2014 4

SEH Ipswich’s Newest

Acquisition

Our clients tell us that there is no excuse for dirty roads. We agree so we have bought ourselves a road sweeper! Our newly secured contract, on the outskirts of Norwich, is adjacent to an existing school so we have taken the plunge and purchased a seven and half tonne Johnston sweeper. The sweeper boasts many upgrades including: on-board jet washer, gully-sucker and rear facing cameras. Although second hand, the unit is in exceptional condition for its age and Emmitt Plant have been busy installing new brushes and giving it the “once over” to ensure it is in peak condition. We can’t wait to see it in the SEH livery and look forward to its arrival on site.

SEHBAC—Raising Standards

SEHBAC operate almost 50 teams of fitters installing up to 15 conservatory contracts and 100 window contracts a week. A new incentive to monitor a number of key performance indicators of our installation teams was set up earlier this year. There are 13 KPIs including:

Positive customer feedback, vehicle cleanliness, recalls/remedials required, uniforms worn, installations completed on time and run-outs due to fitters

A marked improvement in standards and a drop in remedial calls has resulted. The winners are as follows: May — Scott Byhurst and Chris Cove (pictured right with Peter Wheeler)

June — Steve Stone and Mark Norris (pictured left with Martin Sewell) July — Lee Munden and Simon Fitzpatrick

August — Karl Fitzgerald and James Wood September — Paul Riches and John Riches October — Tony Parsloe November - John Riches and Paul Riches December - Gary Downs and Gavin Hounsone

British Construction

Industry Award for

Jackson

Jackson Civil

Engineering's

Godmanchester

project has picked up

a British Construction

Industry 'Outstanding

Contribution Award'.

Commissioned by the

Environment Agency,

the Godmanchester Flood Risk Management Scheme was a

£9.2m project to protect over 500 residential and commercial

properties in the town from flooding. The 1.5km defences

were constructed along the river bank, which flows through

the centre of the town. The project was particularly

challenging as the majority of the construction work was

carried out in frequently used public areas and private

residential gardens.

The outstanding contribution award is given to the team

who, in the view of the judging panel, has gone beyond the

norm to ensure that their project was delivered in an

exemplary manner, has provided extraordinary satisfaction

to their client, or

performed in a way that

sets a standard to follow

in the future. The winner

is the person or team that

truly embodies the spirit

and intention of the BCI

Awards, helping the

industry to improve and

deliver best value and

satisfaction to clients.

Internal Promotions

Congratulations to Brian Crofton, who

took over as Contracts Director on

1.1.15 and has also been appointed a Main Board Director.

Brian has worked his way up through the ranks and now

oversees all site-based work. A truly impressive journey by a

talented young man.

In an associated change, Jackson is now operating under a

new regional structure with 3 regions, being Northern,

Southern and Eastern. These regions will be headed up by

newly-promoted Regional Directors: Steve Palmer, Rupert

Chitty & Neil Robinson. As a result of this change we are

pleased to announce the following internal promotions:

Managing Quantity Surveyors

Mark Stone (Northern Region)

Martin McCudden (Southern Region)

Ian Cooke (Eastern Region)

Senior Contracts Manager

Stephen Christian (Eastern Region)

Framework Director

Paul Watson (Enterprise Mouchel ASC and LOHAC

Framework and Connect Plus)

Framework Managers

Damon Legg (Enterprise Mouchel ASC9)

Jon Cass (Connect Plus)

Contracts Managers

Andy Higton (Northern Region)

Colin Garrod (Eastern Region)

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ONE GROUP NEWS ISSUE 11—WINTER 2014 5

Staff Discounts

Just a reminder to all Group staff that preferential discounts are available for all products within the SEHBAC portfolio.

This offer is also available to immediate members of your family too.

SEHBAC will commit to provide significantly reduced prices and beat any like-for-like quote obtained for products with a similar specification.

In order to qualify for Group discounts it is important that you email rough details of your requirements to either John Sav-age or Norman Hornigold in the first instance:

[email protected]

[email protected]

Depending on the details provided, an estimate may be able to be pro-vided at that point or a no obligation initial survey may need to be carried out.

Numerous finance options are also available to staff. Just drop us a note!

CECA Site Manager of the

Year 2014

Congratulations to Rob Smart, Site Agent at Jackson, who has been presented with the Site Manager of the Year Award by CECA.for the way he managed the Fazeley sec-tion of the Lower Tame Flood Risk Management Scheme. Having entered the competition on the suggestion of Adam Tuke and Steve Palmer, he was contacted by CECA to at-tend the AGM. He attended and was very pleasantly sur-prised when he was announced as the overall winner! The main reason cited for his success was the way he and his team had handled the challenges of carrying out very intricate and technical work in such restricted environments, so close to public spaces and residential properties. A big part of being successful with this was the effort which was put into public liaison and engagement. _______________________________________________ A Bit About the Project Itself The project consisted of flood alleviation works in key areas of Tamworth. The Fazeley section involved constructing 1.2km of flood defences, protecting 216 properties. The construction work consisted primarily of earthworks and brick clad in-situ reinforced concrete structures, combined with bentonite and sheet piled below ground cut offs. The success of the Fazeley team can be attributed to a strong team spirit and work ethic. Rob’s relaxed but focused leadership style promoted and encouraged openness within the team, allowing all members to perform to their fullest. The highest standard of health, safety and environmental performance were met, ratified by excellent scores in exter-nal client audits. Working in close proximity to the public, with many sections of the scheme being carried out through the gardens and communal spaces of local residents, required a focused ef-fort to engage with the local community. Rob and his team put a lot of work into minimising disruption from construction activities, and fostering positive relationships. A number of site open evenings were held, with local resi-dents invited to visit the site for guided tours. These were extremely well received, with very good attendance and feedback. Despite the numerous challenges faced by Rob and his team, they have delivered a scheme to be proud of. Rob helped his team overcome restricted working areas, tech-nical challenges, environmental constraints and unexpected design changes with outstanding success; and all done with a smile (most of the time!). As Site Manager, Rob’s technical ability, motivation and approach-able personality created a team ambitious to achieve success. Rob’s team tackled any chal-lenge thrown their way, and were willing to go that “extra mile”. These attributes have been re-flected in a highly successful project. Well done, Rob!!

£2.4 million Plant

Investment

Emmitt have spent £2.4 million pounds this year on their plant replacement programme. This is to include plant from big brands such as Hitachi, Takeuchi & Kubota. This year Emmitt decided to split the pack when it came to purchas-ing the excavators and mini diggers to give us full flexibility and a better service, unlike other years where we have gone with one manufacturer. We are excited to have purchased more machines from Willow-brook Plant based in Corby, with the supply of 6 more Hyundai R140-9A excavators and a large number of Takeuchi mini diggers, including the new TB216’s. We have also purchased a large num-ber of Kubota mini diggers from our dealers HOS Plant, to include the new KX080-4’s and the New U27-4’s.

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ONE GROUP NEWS ISSUE 11—WINTER 2014 6

SEHBAC Wins NHIC “Best

Glazing Project” Award

Congratulations to SEHBAC on win-

ning the Glass and Glazing Federation

Award for “Best Home Improvement

Glazing Project” at the National Home

Improvement Council (NHIC) Awards in London.

This is a highly competitive category with “Grand Design”

type projects being entered nationally. To have come out on

top is a real accolade for the whole business.

The judges chose SEHBAC as winners because the project

showed great attention to detail from design through to deliv-

ery. Technically

it was an excel-

lent production.

The project also

displayed the

best attributes of

glass and glaz-

ing in terms of

energy efficiency

and natural light.

It was a well-

deserved winner

of the award.

Well done to

everyone who

played a part in

securing this

award!

* * * * *

SEHBAC were also finalists at the “G—Awards” in two cate-

gories: “Installer of the Year” and “Conservatory Installer of

the Year”.

Again, these are national, industry-wide awards. Unfortunate-

ly we didn’t win on this occasion but just to be nominated as

finalists was an achievement in itself.

Major Contract for East

Kent College

SEH Commercial has undertaken a major property refenestration project for East Kent College’s Broadstairs Campus which has required the installation of more than 350 window frames and over 1500 pieces of glass and panels. This major window replacement project is integral to the £14.5 million renovation programme that is creating exciting new facilities for college students. The main reason for the refenestration project was to upgrade the thermal efficiency of the buildings. SEH Commercial has installed the aluminium powder coated window units in the existing Horizon and Enterprise buildings which are prime student teaching buildings. Further substantial installations have included the stairways, connecting corridors and entrance halls. Another building is a refurbishment project running alongside the refenestration programme which will become a new commercial nursery which will serve as one of the few active nursery training centres in the UK. SEH Commercial has installed the windows for this new face-lift education centre. An attractive Grade II listed building on the same site, which has had a remarkable history as a convalescent home, military hospital and technical college, is being renovated to provide the Yarrow Training Hotel. SEH Commercial has designed a secondary glazing system proposal for the renovated windows in this listed building which has been used successfully in buildings at the University of London.

SEH Commercial Book

Summer Hotels in Leeds

and Cardiff

Yes, we will be spending this summer in hotels in Leeds and

Cardiff – but we won’t be relaxing for a moment! SEH

Commercial has been appointed by Kew Green Hotels to

carry out refenestration projects at two of their prestige hotels

which are undergoing major investment programmes.

SEH Commercial is responsible for the replacement of more

than 200 window and door units at the former Cardiff

International hotel which is undergoing a complete external

and internal refurbishment and refit.

In Leeds, the very busy Holiday Inn hotel will continue to

welcome guests whilst the renovation programme is running

which requires SEH

Commercial to work

closely with the hotel

management to

schedule the handover

of rooms and the early

release of the

renovated

accommodation for

occupation.

Letting in the Light at

New Elm Hall Primary

School in Essex

The expansion of Elm Hall Primary School to 210 places from

105 has required the construction of a new single storey

extension to the existing school buildings to provide three

new classrooms. SEH

Commercial has

supplied and installed

the fenestration and

large glazed entrance

doors, working in

conjunction with main

contractor, Barnes

Construction of Ipswich

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ONE GROUP NEWS ISSUE 11—WINTER 2014 7

Recent Upturn in Housing

Sector Helps SEH Ipswich

Secure Long Term Contract

SEH Ipswich Ltd have secured a long

term contract with David Wilson Homes for the installation of

£4,500,000 worth of enabling works, infrastructure and ground

-works at a site located on the outskirts of Norwich The site

will consist of 120 houses and is planned over a 3 year period.

SEH Ipswich are delighted to have secured such a large

contract with one of their key clients and look forward to

working with David Wilson Homes on this initial phase with

potentially more to follow.

“Immaculate”

Refenestration at

Edgware Apartments

Lodge Close, Edgware in north-west London is a very

attractive location for 63 privately-owned residential

apartments in three blocks facing onto a parkland setting with

ample grass areas and mature trees.

The Directors of the Owners Association determined that the

thermal efficiency as well as the aesthetics of the properties

required the replacement of the windows and tasked their

retained property management company to select a

fenestration company to handle the project. SEH Commercial

was selected to deliver the project and the result has been a

very popular choice and described by the property manager

as

“immaculate”.

A total of 447

new windows

have been

installed to

replace the

original

aluminium

sliding units.

The choice of

the white UPVC

casement style

windows

certainly delivers a clean, fresh more modern appearance for

the properties as well as greatly improved thermal efficiency

and long lasting low maintenance.

New Lorry for Emmitt

Emmitt have invested in a new lorry for

our Norfolk branch to keep up with hire

demands. The new 7.5 tonne lorry will

be used to run smaller items of plant to and from site in a

more efficient manner leaving the bigger trucks to continue

with the heavier loads.

Most of you will recognise our driver, Justin Tacey, who

originally drove for our Nedging Tye depot.

Hadleigh Show

In May, Emmitt exhibited at the 175th annual Hadleigh Agricultural Show. It was a fun filled day for Emmitt to meet and greet the local community. We had a stand, showing off some of our new plant which included the New Takeuchi TB290 excavator, a Terex dumper and a New 7mtr Manitou Telehandler but the real star of the show was the impressive micro digger… aka ‘The Spoon’. The weather was glorious and the crowds were plentiful…

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ONE GROUP NEWS ISSUE 11—WINTER 2014 8

One Group Golf Day

Friday 12 September 2014, a glorious sum-mer’s day, saw the Annual One Group Con-struction Corporate Golf Day at Hintlesham Golf Club. Representation from all Group Companies supported the day, with the One Group Construction staff wearing company polo shirts The course was in excellent condition and the food supplied was of the usual high standard. Our thanks must go to Henry and all his staff once again for their help and hospitality during the day. The evening’s entertainment was supplied by Peter McGovern, for-mer Head Professional at The Belfry. His stories were both interesting and entertaining, with his jokes also raising many laughs. The surprise birthday cake to Richard Neall was a nice ges-ture as he celebrated the ‘Big 50’ the next day. For the first time ever, he really didn’t know what to say as everyone in the room sang Happy Birthday! Good company and entertain-ment was had by all, with everyone enjoying the day. Prize Winners on the Day: 1st Prize Individual Matthew Self (Concertus) (46 points) 2nd Prize Individual Steve Merrigan (Barratt Eastern (45 points) Counties) 1st Prize Team SEH French Construction Team (132 points) (Matthew Welham, Jim Chaplin, Chris Hogarth, Marc Wincer) 2nd Prize Team SEH French Construction Team (129 points) (Neil Pryke, Sue McKinley, Matthew Self, Chris Wilkie) Nearest The Pin Vanessa Somers (SEHBAC) Nearest The Pin in 2 David Girling (Barratt Eastern Counties) Longest Drive with a Twist Andy Redman (Savills)

Heads & Tails Winner Adam Conroy (TrippBatt)

A total of £750 was also raised for Level

Two Youth Project, which was the chosen

charity to support on the day.

Well Done

The following Engineers all passed the EngTech TMICE professional re-view and are all now members of ICE: Paul Wood Will Simpson Josh Finbow Andy Summers

* * * * * * Adrian Istov—HNC in Civil Engineering Grant Abbott—NVQ 3 in Construction Contracting Operations

Long Service Awards

We would like to acknowledge and thank

the following individuals for their loyalty

over the many years they have worked for

the Group:

JACKSON CIVIL ENGINEERING

Jason Gibson — Site Agent (20 years)

Girvan Barnes — General Foreman (20 years)

Adam Tuke — Contracts Director (20 years)

Robert Brooks — Skilled Operative (20 years)

Ian Cooke — Regional Quantity Surveyor (20 years)

Duncan Sherwood — Buyer (20 years)

Marian Pearson — Receptionist/Administrator (35 years)

Paul Reason — Commercial Support (35 years)

George Thomson — Skilled Operative (25 years)

Paul Bennett — Chief Estimator (25 years)

Mark Scrivener – Chief Buyer (25 years)

Andy Wargent — Project Manager (30 years)

Phil Branson—Senior Estimator (35 years)

SEHBAC Richard Rowe — Conservatory Technical Manager (25 years) EMMITT PLANT Nigel Burch – Lorry Driver (20 years) Mel Copping — Transport and Hire Manager (25 years) SEH IPSWICH Adrian Bye — Foreman (20 years) Gary Martin — General Operative (35 years) SEH ASPHALT Paul Buck — Surfacing Foreman (20 years)

Michael Lewis—Surfacing Operative— (20 years)

Retirements

Michael Grimsey, Surfacing Foreman at

SEH Asphalt and Phil Collins, Quality

Manager at Jackson Civil Engineering both

retired at Christmas.

We wish them both a long and very happy retirement.