20/08/2014 – The school have secured funding totalling £2.6m from the Education Funding Agency and Buckinghamshire County Council to build a sports hall at Stanley Hill, Amersham. The contract for the construction of the new hall has been awarded to Balfour Beatty.

The state-of-the-art facilities will include a dance and fitness studio, a gym and four badminton courts. The hall will also be available for hire in the wider community.

Not only will this enable the students to take part in a wider range of sports and activities, but in the evenings and at weekends the facility will be open for use by the local community, thus addressing a shortfall in facilities locally.

Lee Swingler Brick & Stonework have been awarded the Brick and Blockwork Sub-Contract package and will be using the SafeStand 800 system during the construction works.

13/08/2014 – Balfour Beatty Rail, have tasked Lorclon Ltd with various civil works on site at Thorney Lane, South Iver in Buckinghamshire.

Lorclon Ltd have selected the SafeStand® 1200 System to be used at varying platform heights as a fall arrest system while installing and filling the Gabion Baskets on site. SafeStand is being used as it is quick and easy to move along, where other systems were not practical.

01/08/2014 – the SafeStand® one day training achievement course has now gained independent accreditation from IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health).

This training course was developed a number of years ago in conjunction with the Health & Safety departments of Bovis Lend Lease, Carillion and Laing O’Rourke and has now been successfully delivered to in excess of 500 personnel including operatives, tradesmen, site management and health and safety professionals.

IOSH (The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) is principally a UK based not-for-profit organisation that is made up of over 43,000members including thousands of Chartered Safety and Health Practitioners. The Institution also has an expanding international membership, with members in over 100 other countries.

The IOSH accredited training course can currently be delivered through our Health and Safety Consultants, Logic SHE Solutions Ltd, please contact us to discuss your requirements.

15/07/2014 – Construction works by Balfour Beatty have commenced on the Willow Walk development for Southwark Council in the London Borough of Southwark.  Southwark council has pledged to build 11,000 new homes over the next 30 years to address the high demand and short supply of affordable houses in the borough.

The Progressive Group have been awarded the masonry package for this development and are using the SafeStand® 800 system to provide a working platform to build the internal blockwork walls. SafeStand® Ltd have been working alongside The Progressive Group for a number of years providing working platforms on numerous Balfour Beatty projects and other leading main contractors throughout London.

Balfour Beatty will produce 75 new, affordable homes of which 21 will be for social rent comprising; eight one-bedroom homes, eight two-beds and five three-beds including two wheelchair units on the ground floor, complete with private gardens, bicycle storage and a communal courtyard. Balfour Beatty will also create a new street through the development complete with car parking, cycle racks and refuse facilities.