Thank you also goes to the Thanks For Your Effort April Nominees who are….

Hugh Reynolds, Supply Chain Compliance Officer, Supply Chain.  Hugh has successfully managed and completed our FORS Silver and Gold renewal submissions for Supply Chain this year and we have now been awarded the FORS Gold standard certificate as a recognition of his and the company’s efforts. The submissions require weeks of work in collating and collaborating all the required information from different areas of the business as well as liaising with FORS and other external parties.

Luke Tyghe and Dave Tyghe, Assistant Asphalt Plant Managers, Stourton Depot & Asphalt Plant.  Luke had volunteered to work the weekend because the plant and depot were busier than usual (it was his weekend off and had worked the previous weekend). On the Saturday the plant mixed as usual but on shutdown a problem became apparent which put it out of action. The normal course of action would be to contact Site Manager, John Beard, and/or the Site Fitter who would be on call, unfortunately, the Site Fitter was unable to attend as he had been instructed to self-isolate through track and trace and John had worked the previous nightshift. After several phone calls the problem was diagnosed and Luke sourced the replacement part from an out of hours supplier. He had also contacted his father, Dave Tyghe who is Assistant Manager, over at Salford Plant. Dave duly offered his services to assist Luke in getting the plant up and running. The part didn’t arrive until 8.30pm which meant the pair did not leave site until 11.00pm!

Gemma Crawford and Paul Cooke, Planning and CS Manager and RMX Freight Manager, Supply Chain.  Following an unplanned event with the kiln at Rugby over Easter which impacted on cement availability, there was the need to very quickly develop a plan to determine how the available cement would be distributed. Gemma worked closely with the Cement Commercial team and the Internal Readymix team to coordinate this process.  In addition, Paul would coordinate with each of the General Managers how many loads would be supplied each day into each market and to which plants, and then liaise with Gemma to ensure she had all the information required. A similar process was also in place between Gemma and the Commercial team. This continued for the whole of April which was an extremely challenging period for both Gemma and Paul (and their respective teams).

Julie Welch and Frances Bott, Health & Safety Manager and Health & Safety Info. Systems Analyst.  Julie and Frances worked together to produce a very simple and clear training programme to raise awareness of the need for defensive driving. As we understand it Julie prepared the information and materials for the 20-minute training video, then Frances converted it into video format for inclusion onto the online training platforms in CX. Then there were versions prepared for all countries in the region, with relevant translations, as necessary.