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O’Brien Contractors is committed to providing safe and healthy working environments for all staff and clients. This has been recognised by it being awarded the Gold Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Award, which is the fifth year in a row the company has received this prestigious accreditation.

The RoSPA Health & Safety Awards have become a key accreditation in the UK construction industry and offer firms a way to demonstrate their commitment to continually improving standards.

Managing Director, Peter O’Brien, said: We are delighted to have been recognised with a Gold RoSPA award for the fifth year in a row. 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.”

 

Julia Small, RoSPA’s head of qualifications, awards and events, said: “The RoSPA Awards are the most highly-respected in the health and safety arena, with almost 2,000 entrants every year, and allow organisations to prove excellence in the workplace, demonstrating a commitment to the wellbeing of not only employees but all those who interact with it.”

O’Brien Contractors 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 OHSAS 18001 to CHAS, Achilles Building Confidence (five star rating) and Achilles RISQS.

O’Brien has been thanked by Cubbington CE Primary School for their involvement in the construction of their new playground.

Juliet Jones, Head Teacher, said: “With the support of O’Brien we have been able to replace our very tired old adventure playground with this fantastic new one. O’Brien removed the old equipment and dug out all of the old foundations and then levelled and prepared the ground ready for the installation. The children were so excited to use the new adventure playground and we are extremely grateful to O’Brien for making it all happen.

O’Brien are always keen to help their local community and ensure that they can be of benefit to their local primary school.

O’Brien has successfully secured a new contract with the University of Oxford as principal contractor to build a new access road.

The works include a new junction to the public highway along with the new road which is 1km long. The road includes culverting existing streams, forming earthwork batters and the construction of the new access road kerbs and surfacing

Tony Mitchell, Operations Manager, O’Brien Contractors, said: “We are very pleased to have the opportunity to work for the University of Oxford. We have an excellent track record of delivering civil engineering services across the Midlands and as with all our schemes, our team will approach the project in a flexible manner, offering cost and efficiency savings to ensure we deliver the best results for our client.”

This will be O’Brien’s first contract with the University of Oxford, the contract is currently underway and due to be completed in June 2018.

O’Brien Charitable Trust (OBCT) met up with Harry’s mum, Hayley, and Harry, at their Warwickshire head office, to donate the £2K raised and discuss much-needed funds for The Helping Harry Trust.

Harry is a little boy who suffers from spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and has very complex needs. There are substantial caring costs involved to ensure Harry has access to the latest equipment and healthcare products, so that he can benefit from a greater quality of life. While chatting to Hayley about the Trust and its work, it was clear that the funds would be best used to help with Harry’s physiotherapy and could cover several month’s worth of treatment.

Steve Crosthwaite, from OBCT, said: “It was great to meet Harry and his mum Hayley. Hayley is hugely inspiring and her drive to ensure Harry’s care is the best it can be is wonderful to see. We couldn’t think of a worthier charity to donate to.”

To learn more about The Helping Harry Trust, please visit: https://thehelpingharrytrust.com/.

On a very chilly, wet and windy day O’Brien Charitable Trust (OBCT) had the pleasure of meeting with the Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance staff at  their Coventry Airport air base . The meeting was an opportunity for the OBCT team to congratulate the Air Ambulance staff on their fantastic work and hand over the £10,000 donation raised by O’Brien staff in 2017.

While at the air base, the OBCT team were delighted to be given a guided tour of the multi-million-pound helicopter and life-saving equipment and gain a greater understanding of how the air ambulance team carry out their duties from discussions with Jo Payne, National Partnerships Manager, the pilot, paramedic and doctor who were all working their shift that day.

Kelly Davis, from OBCT, said: “It was great to chat to everyone, I was really interested to hear the funds would be used to help with running costs, kit and training of the staff. At OBCT we feel the service provided is vital for providing life-saving treatment and it so important that charities like this one are supported so they can carry on the fantastic work they do.”

The Air Ambulance Service carry out a rapid response missions via car and Helicopter, cutting time to trauma and medical emergencies and can be the difference between life and death. If you would like to donate or raise money for this worthy charity, please visit: https://theairambulanceservice.org.uk/

O’Brien has successfully secured a new contract with the University of Oxford as principle contractor to build a new access road for the university.

The works include a new junction to the public highway along with the new road which is 1 km long.  The road includes culverting existing streams, forming earthwork batters and the construction of the new access road kerbs and surfacing.

Tony Mitchell, Operations Manager, O’Brien Contractors, said: “We are very pleased to have the opportunity to work for the University of Oxford. We have an excellent track record of delivering civil engineering services across the Midlands and as with all our schemes, our team will approach the project in a flexible manner, offering cost and efficiency savings to ensure we deliver the best results for our client.”

This will be O’Brien’s first contract with the University of Oxford, the contract is currently underway and due to be completed in June 2018.

 

GAP Group provided O’Brien Charitable Trust’s Site2site Walk with £500 towards its event, this money enabled the Trust to kit out all of its walkers in customised t-shirts and jackets for the 12-mile walk.

Kelly Davis, O’Brien Charitable Trust, said: “Our customised jackets and t-shirts were a great addition to our event. It gave the walk a professional feel and helped to raise the team spirit amongst the walkers, not to mention the rain, they kept us dry too! So, thank you GAP.”

The Site2Site walk raised over £3k for its charities, to find out more, please see the story here: https://obriencontractors.co.uk/obrien-charity-site2site-walk-raises-over-3k-for-charity/

To find out more about GAP Group, please click here: https://www.gap-group.co.uk/

O’Brien Charitable Trust will continue to raise funds for its charities throughout 2017, if you would like to help or contribute in any way please contact, Kelly Davis at kellydavis@obriencontractors.co.uk or call 01926 423918.

O’Brien has secured a £1.65 million design and build contract for new client, IM Properties, who own and operate the Blythe Valley Business Park, Solihull.

Working as principal contractor the project will involve the construction of a new 604 space car park at Blythe Valley, along with the resurfacing of most of the estate roads around the business park.

We are extremely pleased to be working for IM Properties and look forward to delivering a successful project.

The 16-week contract is due to start on 13th November 2017.

O’Brien’s Site2Site Charity Walk has raised in excess of £3K for its charities.

The charity walk took place on Saturday 9th September and 32 of O’Brien’s staff and families braved the 12 mile trek from Gaydon to Cubbington.

The route took the walkers through Harbury, Offchurch and back into Cubbington, with a couple of teams adding on a extra few miles bringing their mileage up from 12 to 16, with an unsuccessful short-cut.

The charity walk was organised by O’Brien Charitable Trust, a huge well done to them for their time and effort in arranging a great charity event.

Peter O’Brien, Director, said: “Congratulations to all who completed the Site2Site Charity Walk and to those who organised yet another successful charity event. We are edging ever closer to our £15k target, let’s keep up the momentum.”

O’Brien Charitable Trust will continue to raise funds for its charities throughout 2017, if you would like to help or contribute in any way please contact, Kelly Davis at kellydavis@obriencontractors.co.uk or call 01926 423918.

O’Brien has secured a contract at the British Sikh School in Wolverhampton for Morgan Sindall. Works will commence on the site shortly, with contract completion in time for the school to open to pupils in September 2018.

The contract win is a result of the success Morgan Sindall and O’Brien Contractors have had on previous projects.

Established in 1958, we are a second generation, family-run business that has gone from strength to strength and expanded into a range of new sectors.

From commercial units and Olympic-standard sports facilities, hospitals, universities, highways and commercial housing developments, our extensive experience consistently leads to the delivery of class-leading solutions.

Key projects and customers include: the regeneration of Longbridge town centre; groundworks and infrastructure works for Morgan Sindall and the Primark Retail Distribution Centre; foundations, drainage and underground services with Sir Robert McAlpine.

For more information, please contact info@obriencontractors.co.uk on 01926 423 918.