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Our Glasgow branch is a finalist at the NFRC Scottish Roofing Contractor of the Year Awards.

This is for the category Reinforced Bituminous Membrane completed at Prince & Princes of Wales Hospice, Glasgow. The winners will be announced at the Luncheon on 15 November at the Grand Central Hotel.

Further details can be found on the NFRC website.

Figures show one-in-six construction-based workers suffers from a form of mental illness. Even more alarming is the statistic that reveals suicide kills more people in the building sector than falls from height. It’s also reported that two construction workers reportedly take their own life each day. Such distressing data highlights the urgent need for roofing companies and the industry as a whole to educate employees and ensure they have the best possible support in order to recognise mental stress symptoms in themselves and colleagues. In doing so, they will be taking a vital first step to making a full recovery from the debilitating effects of anxiety and depression.

Journey
As a company, BriggsAmasco is facilitating an environment that encourages, where reasonably possible, improved mental health amongst employees. This journey began in 2017 when a workshop was staged as part of the company’s annual Health and Safety forum. It was held on behalf of contract-related staff and subcontractors in order to steer individuals seeking guidance towards the appropriate mental health support.

Feedback from employees who attended the workshop was extremely positive. This was particularly encouraging, as BriggsAmasco aims to create an environment and culture where staff feel comfortable discussing their psychological state, whether it is good or bad. Employers should take into account the fact that not all workers feel comfortable raising such issues with their manager, whereas others will view it as the best avenue to getting help.

Listening to workers and addressing their specific needs is vital. Any staff member that is not comfortable speaking to a BriggsAmasco representative has access to the company’s Employee Assistance Programme that is 100% confidential and deals with anything from mental health issues to financial or legal problems they may be experiencing. New employees are issued with information cards, highlighting external organisations – The Lighthouse Club, Building Mental Health – which provide support to the construction community and their families.

Mental health initiative
BriggsAmasco hosts each new employee at its Birmingham head office for a two-day induction that includes a presentation and discussion on its mental health strategy, devised to ensure each employee has access to at least one mental health first aider on site and within its offices. Two members of BriggsAmasco staff are Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) trained and available to deliver the courses throughout the business.

Since March 2019, the company has trained 35 staff as mental health first aiders; a figure that will increase in the following year. The company’s board of directors will also undergo training in mental health awareness to help continue open conversations across the company, as proof of how seriously it takes its staff’s psychological welfare.
Mental illness has long been considered something of a taboo subject within the building industry. By bringing the issue to light through its education and training initiatives, BriggsAmasco is doing all it can to safeguard its employees’ peace of mind.

By Steph Palmer, BriggsAmasco Training Officer

Janice Tyler our Environment & Supply Chain Manager, provided an update to Project Scotland Magazine on the subject “Green education doesn’t go to waste”.

This was printed in the June 2019 edition and can be found on pages 28/29 or be clicking here to view the digital version.

The Annual MasticAsphalt awards was held on 14th June at the Royal Horseguards Hotel in London, where the guest speaker was the six-time world snooker champion Steve Davis.

Our Birmingham branch brought home the Outstanding Mastic Asphalt Project over 200m2 for completion of an impressive £550,000 car park waterproofing project at the Jaguar Land Rover Manufacturing Centre in Whitley, Coventry.

BriggsAmasco wins Gold at the NFRC Health & Safety in Roofing Awards.

Lee Southall, Area Safety Adviser for the Midlands region, collected the award at the Midlands AGM, on our behalf.

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Janice Tyler our Environment & Supply Chain Manager, had an interview with RCI Magazine on the subject “The building blocks of a sustainable industry”.

This was printed in the May 2019 edition and can be found on page 58, or be clicking here to view the digital version.

The experience and skills of its onsite installation teams has resulted in BriggsAmasco, the UK’s leading industrial and commercial roofing company, being shortlisted at this year’s prestigious National Roofing Federation Contractors (NFRC) UK Roofing Awards.

The NFRC, the UK’s largest roofing trade organisation with more than 1,000 members, is described as “the voice” of the roofing sector. Its awards are an annual industry highlight, and this year BriggsAmasco has been nominated in the ‘Mastic Asphalt’ category for its waterproofing work at the Jaguar Landrover Manufacturing Centre in Coventry. The project involved supplying a watertight solution for an additional car parking facility at the expanded site.

Kris Bryan at BriggsAmasco said: “This is great news for all concerned at the company. The Jaguar Landrover project perfectly encapsulated our site team’s installation skills and knowledge. The UK Roofing Awards are celebrated throughout the sector, so to be among finalists in this event is a fantastic achievement.”

This year’s category winners will be announced at a gala awards luncheon being held on Friday, May 10th at the InterContinental Hotel in London. The event will be hosted by TV presenter, Sarah Beeny.

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Janice Tyler our Environment & Supply Chain Manager, had an interview with Holly Miles of the RCI Magazine on the subject “The future is green”.

This was printed in the January 2019 edition and can be found on page 70, or be clicking here to view the digital version.

BriggsAmasco employee Andrew Hubbard had the honour of representing the UK at the bi-annual IFD Young Roofers World Championship.

This year’s contest took place in Riga, Latvia and featured 31 teams from 11 counties competing to showcase their technical excellence in a range of roofing disciplines. Andrew was a member of the four-strong NFRC UK Roofing Team.

Working to a competition design specification, the roofers were judged on their workmanship, use of materials and accuracy in a range of disciplines, with the NFRC UK Roofing Team competing in the pitched roof and waterproofing categories.

Although Andrew and his skilled countrymen returned home empty-handed on this occasion, they earned praise from the team’s selectors for their ‘professionalism and commitment’ throughout the three-day tournament.

Gary Walpole, NFRC’s Safety, Health and Environmental Manager, said Andrew’s single-ply skills became apparent during a SPRA training course. ”Andrew’s willingness to learn and attention to detail shone above the other apprentices on his course,” Gary said.

“What has impressed me the most about Andrew over the couple of years I’ve known him is how proud and passionate he is to have a career in roofing; he certainly doesn’t view it as just a job. His aptitude and attitude is a credit to the industry, which is why I selected him to represent Great Britain at this year’s Young Roofers World Championship.”

Gary added: “I’d also like to take this opportunity of thanking BriggsAmasco for supporting Andrew whilst he was training for the competition.”

As well as supplying one of the competition’s up-an-coming roofers, BriggsAmasco donated the rig and training space for the contests waterproofing element.

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The leading commercial roofing contractor triumphed in the Liquid Applied Waterproofing category in a nationwide contest designed to celebrate ‘roofing excellence in Scotland’. Judges, who included Ian McKee, Managing Director of GLM, one of the country’s leading design and project management consultancies, praised BriggsAmasco’s delivery of a multi-roof waterproof system at Marischal Square in Aberdeen, calling it an ‘excellent looking job’. The project formed part of a £107m scheme to transform Aberdeen city centre into a ‘vibrant’ mixed-use quarter featuring seven restaurants, a 126-room hotel and two office buildings; the recipients of BriggsAmasco’s award-winning waterproofing system.

David Maginnis, BriggsAmasco Managing Director, said: “We’re delighted with the award. NRFC is the UK’s largest roofing trade association, and its awards are much valued throughout the industry. Our success is testament to the effort and skills of our entire team. Marischal Square provides an excellent example of how BriggsAmasco is able to successfully deliver roofing projects regardless of size or complexity. We thank NFRC’s judges for their kind words in support of our entry.”

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