More thanks go to our fantastic colleagues nominated for the November Thanks For Your Effort award for showing exceptional dedication and going above and beyond their day jobs. They are:
Alex Maybury and Dave Besford
Tipper Drivers in Aggregates Supply Chain. Nominated for their excellent customer service levels.
Both Drivers were delivering Asphalt to Nottingham Prison on a Saturday following a five day shift. Alex and Dave experienced customer delays and only just managed to get back to their respective sites within the 15 hour maximum working day under the driver’s hours rules. Due to the prison working conditions no mobile phones were allowed in the working. Both Drivers demonstrated excellent customer focus to ensure the work could be completed but staying within the complex legalities of tachograph regulations. The customer was able to complete the work that had been scheduled and the prison was able to fully re-open all sections afterwards without leaving trip hazards if areas were not fully resurfaced.
Matthew Johnson
Plant Manager, Newport Readymix. Nominated for ensuring safety, focusing on customers, acting with integrity.
Matt went over and above his regular duties and expectations during the month of October. He has broken two plants records in one month, which included best volume month (4134m3) and best daily volume (600m3 during a large pour for Weststone Construction). Several customers were complimentary of Matt’s service and product quality in what was an excellent month for Newport plant. Most importantly, Matt achieved these accomplishments whilst working in a safe manner, putting the driver’s safety first on the two busiest days that the plant has ever experienced.
Herman Classen, Joe Castle, Fletcher Gould, Callum Voss and Alex Dale – The Porofoam Team
Technicians, Quality & Product Technology, National Technical Centre. The team were nominated for ensuring safety, focusing on customers.
Technicians and Apprentice Technicians at the National Technical Centre team are responsible for attending every supply of Porofoam, our highest value VAP in terms of spread premium. They attend site visits in teams of two, and add the technical foam to a base grout mix in proportions according to the product spec. Recently, the demand in the market for this product spiked and the teams were called upon to go above and beyond to help deliver record revenue. Working early/late as required as well as weekends, they all pulled together to service the projects. This was all whilst looking out for each other, to the extent that there was a step in to prevent one of the team driving to the North West one day due to tiredness and another team member who was rested took their place.
Bill Newton
Quarry Manager, UK Materials Aggregates. Nominated for ensuring safety, focusing on customers, pursue excellence, working as One Cemex, acting with integrity.
Having established the new rail connected landfill at Parkfield Rd in Rugby, initially with one train per day, there was a requirement to ramp up to two trains per day, ahead of schedule. Having quickly and successfully put plans in place, the client and their freight operator changed the timings of the trains and method of work potentially putting our planning consent at risk and damaging community relations. Bill quickly highlighted the issue, escalated for support, managed changes and mitigations and relations with neighbours, whilst the situation was resolved. Managing a confusing and frustrating period safely and efficiently. Trains have now been running at two per day for a month without any further issues thanks to Bill’s intervention and close attention to detail.