O’Brien Celebrates it’s 9th RoSPA Gold Award and Our 5th Gold Medal Award

O’Brien Contractors has been awarded the RoSPA Gold Medal Award, which is our 9th consecutive RoSPA Gold Award and our 5th Gold Medal, so we are over the moon!

The internationally-renowned RoSPA Health and Safety Awards, are the longest-running industry awards scheme in the UK and has been awarded to us in recognition of our practices and achievements, in helping staff and clients and stakeholders get home safely at the end of the working day.

The RoSPA Awards scheme, which receives entries from organisations around the world, recognises achievement in health and safety  management systems, including practices such as leadership and workforce involvement.

Managing Director, Peter O’Brien, said:

“We are delighted to have been recognised with a RoSPA Gold Award for the last 9 years, with a Gold Medal Award again for the 5th year running.  As a company we are dedicated to making sure that all of our sites are safe both for everyone working on them and for members of the public, Receiving this award again is testament to how hard we all work to achieve that.”

O’Brien Contractors is committed to providing safe and healthy working environments for all of our staff.  O’Brien  provides ongoing training, information, supervision and advice so that all of our employees are competent to work safely and are committed to providing the resources necessary to support this provision.

Our industry-leading standards have also been recognised with many other occupational health and safety accreditations ranging from ISO45001 to CHAS Gold, Achilles Building Confidence and RISQS.

Sports Construction from Vision to Reality!

O’Brien turn sports facility visions to reality, getting projects off paper and out of the ground!

Our experienced Sports, Civils and Construction teams provide a turnkey solution for all projects, from conception, design and planning through to completion, with a proven track record of delivering a diverse range of design and build projects, to exacting client aspirations, providing value engineering to reduce cost, and provide environmental solutions.

From unused former landfill or undeveloped land being turned into first class sports venues, to providing new and refurbished school pitches.  We work sympathetically to the surrounding environment, including live environments, protection and enhancement of ecological areas and having respect for the communities in which we work.

The contracts that we deliver include synthetic and natural pitches, such as those used for rugby, football, hockey, tennis, Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) pitches, as well as athletic tracks, with a range of surfaces to suit all uses, from schools to professional sports teams and public community facilities.

Providing outstanding single and multi-pitch projects, including construction of sports academies, clubhouses, car parks, civil engineering and construction works, including car parks, all drainage and utility arrangements landscaping and more!

Our clients include football clubs, rugby clubs, sports clubs, schools and residential land development companies.

We are SAPCA approved for MUGA, Synthetic and Natural Turf Pitch Construction, FIH (International Hockey Federation) accredited for Hockey Pitch Construction, as well as ISO9001, 14001 and 45001, CHAS and Achilles Building Confidence accredited.  We also have a 9th Consecutive RoSPA Gold Award winner for health and safety! 

Examples of site wide solutions for brand new sports facilities:

Aston Villa FC  – Completed Project

Aston Villa New Training Ground, Bodymoor Heath (obriencontractors.co.uk)

Old Saltleians RFC – Current Project

https://obriencontractors.co.uk/projects/old-saltleians-rfc-new-rugby-grounds-and-clubhouse-development/

Early Contractor Involvement Benefits

 The most effective way for O’Brien Contractors to work with our clients, to deliver as much value as possible is through Early Contractor Involvement. By being a part of the initial design, specification and programming process, we ensure your project is scoped, de-risked and costed effectively and using our senior management team as consultants where necessary, we also provide operational and commercial advice on feasibility studies.

 

Projects completed / current in the last 12 months:
  • Old Salts RFC – brand new site consisting of 7 Rugby Pitches, Car Park, Clubhouse – in progress
  • Bromsgrove School – car park extension, road, netball / tennis courts 3G hockey pitch – in progress
  • Joseph Chamberlain School – MUGA pitch, Car Park and Welfare/Changing room facility – in progress
  • Aston Villa – new site, new academy building, multiple pitch formations, car park, all services – completed
  • Solihull School – Playing fields, car park, access road, groundsman building – completed
  • Western Park – new development community facilities– 8 rugby / football pitches, bowls green, fencing, footpaths and lighting – completed

Winner of our Latest Employee Award and his £500 Reward!

It’s employee award time again!

Ashley Tobin has been awarded our quarterly ‘Outstanding Employee Award’ for the second quarter 2022, for his hard work on his project sites.

Project Manager Guy Baker nominated Ashley and said “I would like to nominate Ashley, “he is reliable, trustworthy and very experienced in what he does. He works hard, gives it his all and always gets the job done”.  Well done to Ashley!

O’Brien values the skills, experience and dedication of our site teams.

In recognition of this, we have for many years run the ‘Employee Outstanding Achievement Award’. The award goes to a member of one of our site teams each quarter to coincide with our quarterly newsletter.

Project Managers nominate the operative that they think has gone above and beyond for the previous quarter and the candidate with the most recommendations wins the award. In recognition of their outstanding contribution on site, the winner gets a £500 cheque and a certificate .