Sanderson Associates

Link: http://www.thebusinessdesk.com/yorkshire/news/55215-prop-construction-awards-finalists-revealed.html

THE finalists for the Yorkshire and Humber Construction Best Practice Awards have been announced.

Awards will be presented in 10 categories covering a wide range of subjects including leadership, collaborative working, health and safety and value.

Malcolm Foster, Best Practice Club secretary and deputy chief procurement officer for Leeds City Council, said:  “Once again we are pleased to announce that we have had a record number of entries with 65 submissions over the various categories.

"The judging panel has been very impressed with the quality and standard of submission which seems to get better and better each year.  It is particularly pleasing and encouraging to see the enthusiasm even in these difficult economic times.”
 
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony, hosted by star impressionist Jon Culshaw, at Aspire on September 24. All the winners will be entered for the National Constructing Excellence Awards.

We are extremely pleased that we have been shortlisted for three awards:-

Leadership and People Development

The SME Award

The Achiever’s Award

Full details can be seen at:-

http://www.thebusinessdesk.com/yorkshire/news/55215-prop-construction-awards-finalists-revealed.html

Link: http://www.transport-statement.co.uk

We are pleased to announce we have today launched a new website at http://www.transport-statement.co.uk

The new website is designed to target visitors whom are looking for further details regarding a Transport Statement and explains what is generally required to be contained within it.

A Transport Statement is a simplified Transport Assessment and is used in some cases where transport issues arising out of development proposals may not require a full Transport Assessment, with this in mind the website goes on to explain in further detail what a Transport Assessment is and generally what is required to be included within that.

The website may also be viewed by entering the following addresses into your web browser at:-
http://www.transport-statement.co.uk and http://www.transport-statement.com

For her summer holiday this year Louise, a Traffic Signals expert with Sanderson Associates, was a member of a support team for a charity coast to coast bike ride across Scotland.  This involved meeting the two cyclists at regular intervals, keeping them well fed and watered and being on hand in case of any medical/mechanical emergencies.  

After a night in a hotel that time forgot in Fraserburgh (they were the only guests) they headed over to Inverness.  This was the longest day covering a distance of 100 miles which they polished off in 6 hours.  The second morning saw them Nessie spotting whilst travelling down the Great Glen (yes they did see her and have photographic proof below)

In case a 70 mile bike ride to Fort William wasn’t enough of a challenge they (Louise included) headed off for an afternoon stroll up Ben Nevis – all 4,409ft of it.  When planning this trip Louise decided to take our Company brochure and get a photo of her at the highest point in the United Kingdom holding the brochure, however when they got to the top they were surrounded by thick fog and were getting battered with driving rain (in contrast to the hot sunshine in the valley bottom when they had set off) so the brochure stayed firmly tucked away in Louise’s rucksack.  A perfect photo opportunity arose on the way down when the weather improved and they passed through a section of path improvement works at approximately 2,500ft.  Photo below…

To complete the challenge a further 85 miles were covered on day three to Fionnphort on the Isle of Mull where two very tired cyclists were more than happy to see the sea!  After a couple of well earned pints after tea they collapsed into bed to start recovering from 255 miles by bike and 9 steep miles on foot!

Keep checking back to see where the brochure ends up next…

Link: http://www.transport-assessment.com

We are pleased to announce we have today launched a new website,  http://www.transport-assessment.com

The website is designed to target visitors whom are looking for further details regarding a Transport Assessment and/or a Transport Statement.

The website may also be viewed by entering the following addresses into your web browser at:-

http://www.transport-assessment.co.uk

For the second year running we are advised the organisers received a record number of entries and we are delighted that Sanderson Associates have this year been short-listed in the following categories:

• Leadership & People Development
• The SME Award
• The Achiever's Award - Alison France, Managing Director

The Yorkshire and Humber Construction Best Practice Awards 2010 will take place on 24th September 2010 in Leeds.