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Maxiflow receive award at Considerate Constructors 2012 National Company Awards

Tuesday 4th December 2012 • 04:07pm • By Samuel H Diamond

Considerate Constructors National Company Awards 2012

We at Maxiflow are proud to announce that we have received another top industry award in recognition of our tireless efforts to provide our customers with the highest possible service!

We are honoured and gratified to have been awarded a Bronze Award at the recent Considerate Constructors 2012 National Company Awards!

Considerate Constructors 2012 bronze award winner

The Considerate Constructors Scheme is the UK’s premier initiative in improving the image of the construction industry.

Through a series of rigorous inspections, audits and regular site visits, the scheme aims to ensure that its members uphold a consistently high standard of practise.

With over 350 companies registered nationwide, Considerate Constructors have a high profile across the building sector, with its members being increasingly recognised for their commitment to quality.

Maxiflow has been registered with the scheme for a number of years, and have previously received commendations and glowing reports for our dutiful efforts in vital areas such as health and safety, site presentation and conservation.

Maxiflow Considerate Constructors Bronze Award 2012

Maxiflow Contracts Director Warren Beatty (left) and Building Foreman Barry Cooper

Considerate Constructors’ annual National Company Awards was held on Thursday 29th December 2012, an event which aims to recognise companies “for their hard work and dedication towards improving the image of construction”.

Maxiflow representatives Warren Beatty (Contracts Director) and Barry Cooper (Building Foreman) attended the award ceremony, held at the prestigious Plaisterers’ Hall at One London Wall.

Accepting the award on stage, Mr Beatty gave a short speech thanking his fellow team members for their exceptional hard work and extended his gratitude towards the Considerate Constructors Scheme for their generosity in recognising Maxiflow’s achievements.

The fact that we have earned this award is incredible. We are a family-run, local company who are nowhere near the size or scale of some of the companies accepting awards at this event. Yet, we are being recognised as an equal peer on a national stage. We would like to sincerely thank Considerate Constructors for this award and are aiming for a Gold Award next year!

Warren Beatty, after the ceremony

> Article about the awards on Considerate Constructors’ Site

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12-Hour Rowathon raises over £4000 for Children in Need!

Tuesday 20th November 2012 • 09:24am • By Samuel H Diamond

Last Friday, Maxiflow took part in a 12-Hour Rowathon at the University of Chester for Children in Need.

Seven members of the Maxiflow Building team, volunteered their time and energy to help raise money for a good cause, becoming the rowing powerhouse known as Team Maxirow.

Fifty teams on fifty static rowing machines, graciously provided by Concept2, and an astonishing number of competitors filled Downes Sports Hall on the University campus.

You see, we had not anticipated one very important thing: there was no limit on the number of people who could be on one team.

As a result, there were only a handful of teams who maintained the same small group of competitors for the 12 hour duration.

So, a long day felt even longer as Maxirow watched other teams frequently swapping out their entire roster for fresh faces, opting to run their race as a series of sprints instead of a marathon.

However, adrenaline levels were kept high thanks to the spirit of friendly competition. Organizers from the University monitored the total distance covered on each machine and gave frequent updates naming the leading teams.

Hearing that they were consistently in the top 5 gave the lads an incredible push and an incentive to keep forging ahead.

As a result, the members of Team Maxirow pushed themselves to their limit and achieved an incredible Third Place in the competition!

Overall, the event raised over £4000 for Children in Need, easily clearing the target total of £2500.

We would like to thank the organizers from the University of Chester for expertly setting up and moderating the event, which was a ton of fun and should be considered a great success.

Additional thanks to GB Signs who provided our Maxirow.co.uk t-shirts free of charge and sponsored the team!

Special thanks to the members of Team Maxirow:

Aaron Ankers
Kevin Beatty
Warren Beatty
Jeremy Brandreth
Floyd Evans
Mike Graham
Paul Russell

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Restoration of the Willaston Memorial plaque

Friday 9th November 2012 • 03:56pm • By Samuel H Diamond

Willaston Memorial Plaque restoration header

This weekend marks Remembrance Sunday, a day the entire nation pays tribute to our countrymen who have fallen in times of war.

We will be commemorating the memories of our lost friends and family in private by observing two minutes’ silence at 11am.

On the same day, Christ Church in Willaston will be paying public tribute to their local heroes by unveiling a brand-new memorial plaque.

Willaston Memorial Plaque restoration by Maxiflow and Enterprise

Photo courtesy of The Daily Telegraph

Last year, the memorial was targeted by reprehensible thieves who stole the previous plaque for its saleable metals. We were on hand to repair the stonework the day after the theft, in a report which was featured on Granada Reports.

The story even caught the attention of the national press, and has recently been featured twice in the Daily Telegraph, illustrating the effect that such disgusting and thoughtless actions have on the public consciousness.

In partnership with Enterpise PLC, we have been hard at work sourcing a replacement plaque for the memorial, in addition to devising an updated security solution to deter future thefts.

This co-ordination has taken many months’ worth of tireless effort by a team including Warren Beatty, Maxiflow Building Contracts Director and Richard Whaley, Cheshire Building Supervisor for Enterprise Property Solutions (pictured above left).

The new plaque was cast in Australia, with attention being paid to ensure every detail, from the lettering to the paintwork, was an appropriate tribute to the brave soldiers it is honouring.

After a long and careful journey, the plaque has been reinstated in its rightful place at Christ Church.

The restored memorial will be officially unveiled at a ceremony on the morning of Sunday 11th November.

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Tags: Ellesmere Port, Enterprise PLC, Lead Theft, War Memorial, Willaston

Maxiflow score highly on Bentley Motors’ safety league table

Friday 14th September 2012 • 11:15am • By Samuel H Diamond

Maxiflow High Scorers On Bentley Motors Health and Safety Table

Maxiflow are honoured to have received a top Health & Safety commendation from Bentley Motors!

For over a year, we at Maxiflow have been working in close partnership with Bentley. We have delivered a wide variety of building works at Bentley’s manufacturing facilities in Crewe, from major projects such as providing electrical cabling, drainage services and car park refurbishments to smaller projects such as window re-glazing and erecting signage.

This week, members of Bentley’s Construction Safety, Environmental & CDM (Construction Design Management) teams presented a Health & Safety Briefing to their contractors from across the United Kingdom. Almost 100 companies were involved in the presentation, which outlined results from a recent HSE Audit.

The presentation emphasised the importance of effective H&S practice by ranking the performance of contractors who have worked for Bentley in 2012. The ranking criteria gave precendece to contractors who had suffered no accidents, no H&S infractions and had reached full compliance from bodies such as CHAS and SAFEcontractor.

Maxiflow High Up On Bentley Motors Health and Safety League Table

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We at Maxiflow are delighted to reveal that we were named one of Bentley Motors’ top-performing contractors for 2012!

Achieving a quality score of 100%, Maxiflow scored highly for an outstanding track record which featured no accidents and no infractions. We were also commended for our RAMS (Risk Assessment Methods Statements) meeting Bentley’s exacting standards on each and every job.

Many of the companies featured on the league table are large-scale national companies that serve the entirety of the UK. We are extremely proud that our family-run local business was able to perform at such a high level and prove our worth alongside our contemporaries.

We would like to thank Bentley Motors for producing this presentation and report.

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Tags: Bentley, Crewe, Health and Safety