This week has been about site compliance tours and connections with the teams we have engaged with – oh, and the rain, of course!
Monday – Aligning the Past and Present
An overnight in Bedfordshire ensured we were bright-eyed and ready for the day ahead. A fascinating heritage project saw the site team balancing today’s health and safety standards with designs from the past — no small task! Expertise and skill are vital here to ensure works meet historic expectations while safeguarding everyone on site. Well done to all involved.
Our second tour brought us closer to home, visiting a former drill hall built in the late 19th century. The project involves restoring this unique space into a modern home for a university’s student services team — again, the challenge of blending heritage with compliance.
We also rounded off several clients’ safe systems of work as their projects entered the construction phase.
Tuesday – Empowering Through Learning
Day one of the CITB SSSTS course (hosted by MSA Safety Ltd) kicked off with energy. It’s always inspiring to connect with site supervisors on the front line — sharing challenges, learning, and experiences. Our belief remains that good training is not about what we know, but about enabling others to share theirs. Be an unselfish trainer — you never know who you’re empowering!
Meanwhile, our team continued developing and refining quality management systems, helping one client improve an existing ISO 9001 system and preparing another for their first external audit. The focus of the day – continuous improvement.
Wednesday – Confidence and Growth
Day two of the SSSTS course, and with it, the nervous energy of delivering toolbox talks and facing the end-of-course test. We are proud to share that all delegates passed — congratulations to every one of them!
While one of us was training, another was learning. Attending the CITB SEATS course as part of our ongoing CPD to strengthen our environmental awareness and enhance client support.
Elsewhere, client system refinements continued, alongside conversations to ensure we truly understand their goals and needs.
Thursday – Collaboration in the Wet
Back on the road (and still in the rain!). These continual downpours make life tough for all construction workers — waterlogged sites, tricky logistics, and the cold reality of outdoor work. Yet the industry’s resilience never fails to inspire us — stoic, determined, and quietly proud.
Another early start brought us to a complex site on the south coast. We worked with our client amidst their challenges of weather, logistics, and programme pressures, to encourage collaboration across the site — not a “tick-box” compliance tour, but a shared commitment to safer, smarter work.
The day continued with a welcome client lunch and candid conversation about current challenges and opportunities. Listening is often the most powerful form of support we can offer.
Friday – Full Circle
We ended the week as we began — with compliance tours, this time split between London and a mid-point project. For one, we travelled by train (and yes, the rain came again), and for the other by our fleet’s electric vehicle. Both tours involved strong engagement with site teams, including a deep dive into document control and on-site practice.
During one conversation, Lee was reminded of his roots — chatting with a site manager who had also started out as a hod carrier over 40 years ago. They shared a few laughs and memories… were they really the “good old days,” or does nostalgia soften the edges? Either way, it’s a reminder of how far experience carries us — and how our beginnings shape the standards we hold today.
Closing Thought – Recognition and Renewal
We ended the week on a high note with news of two new project awards — one for a health and safety systems gap analysis, and another for CDM/BSA support on a Grade II* listed renovation. A fitting close to a week that was as much about heritage and learning as it was about progress.
As we look ahead, a reminder, improvement is not an event — it is a practice, carried forward day by day, rain or shine.
