Civil Engineering Contractors Association Inspiring Change · 2016-01-28 · Loraine Martins MBE...

Inspiring ChangeAwards 2016Promoting inclusion and diversity in the wider community.

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01 INTRODUCTION: INSPIRING CHANGE

02 RUNNING ORDER

03 SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS

04 BIOGRAPHIES

Contents

07 INSPIRING CHANGE - COMMUNITY

13 INSPIRING CHANGE - EDUCATION

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20 INSPIRING CHANGE - WORKPLACE

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The Civil Engineering Contractors Association has introduced a new suite of awards to recognise companies who can demonstrate they value and promote inclusion and diversity in the workplace and wider community. The awards will highlight organisations that understand the broad scope of diversity, nurture a culture of fairness, inclusion and respect and have taken active steps to ensure equality of opportunity.

Eligibility: All those working in the infrastructure sector of the construction industry.

Criteria: Entries were invited from organisations that have introduced innovative and creative interventions that are aligned to the business strategy and will inspire other employers to follow their lead.

Entries: Entrants were asked to provide a case study, of no more than 500 words, which describes how companies have developed an event, intervention or resource aimed at promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, improving employability skills or access to job opportunities.

Entrants were advised that their case studies should define the target audience, explain the benefits of their projects, and any research or analysis carried out to ensure successful outcomes.

The awards will be made on judging the evidence of:

This event has been delivered with support from the CITB Growth Fund. CITB are the main sponsors of CECA’s Inspiring Change Awards.

Introduction: Inspiring Change Awards

• How the initiative is aligned to company goals

• How it has helped to enhance the culture within the company

• How it has made a sustainable and positive impact on the workforce and supply chain or school and the wider community.

CECA Inspiring Change Awards 2016

Inspiring Change Awards:Running OrderParliamentary Reception, Wednesday 27 January 2016

7.00pm - Guests Arrive

7.40pm - Mims Davies MP (sponsor and introduction)

7.45pm - Caroline Dinenage MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women, Equalities and Family Justice

8.00pm - Loraine Martins MBE, Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Network Rail

8.10pm - Andy Walder, Education, Training and Skills Development Director, CITB

8.15pm - 8.30pm - Award ceremony, where each award is presented by the awards sponsors. There are four award categories.

- Inspiring Change in the Workplace

- Inspiring Change in Education

- Inspiring Change in the Wider Community

- Inspiring Change SME Award


Inspiring Change Awards: Sponsors

Inspiring Change Awards: Supporters


Biographies Mims Davies MP

Mims was selected for the Eastleigh seat in July 2014. In May 2015, she became the first female MP to represent the constituency, and the first Conservative since 1994. She worked in local radio for 12 years, including at the BBC, and most recently worked in strategic communications in road safety. Prior to being elected to Parliament, Mims served on Mid Sussex District Council and Haywards Heath Town Council. Mims is married and has two daughters, and in her spare time enjoys running.

Caroline Dinenage MP

Caroline Dinenage MP was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Education on 12 May 2015. She was elected Conservative MP for Gosport, Stubbington, Lee-on-the-Solent and Hill Head in 2010. Between 1998 and 2003 Caroline served on the City of Winchester local council. She was appointed the Small Business Ambassador for the South by the Prime Minister in June 2013 and between 2012 and 2015 sat on the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee. From April 2014 to May 2015 Caroline served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP.


Loraine Martins MBE FRSA

Loraine is the Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Network Rail, which maintains and develops Britain’s rail infrastructure. With some 34,000 employees, it is the fastest growing railway in Europe. Loraine leads a centre of expertise which supports Network Rail’s ambition to be a more open, diverse and inclusive business.

Previously, Loraine led a multi-award winning team on equality and inclusion and employment and skills in the construction of the Olympic Park, its infrastructure, venues and facilities for London 2012, for which she was awarded an MBE. Loraine has worked in the voluntary, public and private sectors and run her own management consultancy working with global businesses including BP and Arup which has seen her work abroad.

Loraine is the vice chair of the Trust for London, a grant-making body which tackles inequality and poverty in the capital, where she is chair of the special initiative the London Living Wage Campaign, which won the Trust for London the accolade of grant-maker of the year in 2013. Loraine is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and has been inducted into the Women 1st Top 100 club, a network of the most influential women in hospitality, passenger transport, travel and tourism, who act as ambassadors and role models for the female leaders of tomorrow. An acknowledged mentor, trainer and facilitator, Loraine has worked with a wide range of people supporting them in their careers.


CommunityCompany: Acciona

Number of employees: 29,000

Project: Counting our footprint - making our footprint count

Synopsis: Acciona calculated the carbon emissions and water usage of the company globally and its 28,000-vendor supply chain. Working in partnership with direct and indirect suppliers large and small, the company delivered a collaborative strategy to reduce that footprint through research, conception, delivery and the lifetime of the infrastructure or energy project. Acciona will be carbon neutral this year and in the past 5 years has reduced group CO² emissions by 46%.

Company: Alun Griffith (Contractors) Ltd

Number of employees: 500

Project: Targeted Recruitment & Training at Bulford Road Improvement Project

Synopsis: Alun Griffith’s Targeted Recruitment & Training initiative at Bulford Road Improvement Project has

demonstrated the benefit of both direct employment and engaging with local people to increase employability skills and

supporting those facing barriers to employment. The project was able to provide 4 full-time employment opportunities but the TR&T Plan exceeded objectives and targets by also supporting 2 NEETs and 2 long-term unemployed people gain recognised

qualifications and site experience resulting in fulltime jobs within the construction industry.

Sponsored by:


Company: BAM Nuttall


Project: Inspiring Change At QE Olympic Park Transformation

Synopsis: At BAM Nuttall, we recognise that diversity brings a wider range of talents, skill and perspectives into an organisation, resulting in significant business benefits.

On this project we adopted an employment regime that provided long-term opportunities to under-represented groups specifically within the local community. The result was a diverse, mainly local workforce, gaining employment experience and training to raise their future prospects, providing a significant contribution the Olympic Games legacy.

Company: Construction Youth Trust


Project: Budding Builders

Synopsis: Prioritising communities which face forms of disadvantage, Construction Youth Trust’s Budding Builders

programmes provide young people with an opportunity to learn new, demand-led skills in a variety of different trades; gain CSCS card training and support; and find clear progression routes into work or further training. The courses aim to inspire those living

in deprived areas about career choices in the built environment, and to provide them with a sense of direction and motivation,

with employment becoming a more achievable goal.


Company: Costain Ltd


Project: Alternative Recruitment Sources

Synopsis: When recruiting for new roles, hiring managers are challenged by the Costain recruitment team to consider alternative recruitment sources. In doing so recruitment costs are reduced and a greater diversity of recruits bringing new ideas to the business are employed.



Project: Supply Chain Academy

Synopsis: Costain’s Supply Chain Academy has been developed to support and develop small to medium sized enterprises

(SMEs). The objective in supporting SMEs is to deliver economic benefits through a competent base of local businesses.

Equipping SMEs with the skills and resources to deliver on our major projects is mutually advantageous and also provides the

competency assurances to allow the SME to work on other non-Costain major projects.


Company: Kier Construction Scotland


Project: Armed Forces Employability Programme

Synopsis: Kier Construction Scotland are delighted with the results from their first AFEP, a joint Kier, DWP and MoD initiative

aimed at reducing the number of NEETs whilst increasing the number of Armed Forces Reserves. Originally developed by Kier,

in March 2015 the Minister for the Armed Forces announced its National rollout. The initiative is aimed at the long-term

unemployed, who sign up for a 4-6 week course where they gain valuable experience and skills, a guaranteed interview and the

possibility of full-time employment. Plans for their next rollout of the initiative are already in progress.

Company: Kier Highways Ltd


Project: Providing Jobs For Ex-Military Personnel

Synopsis: Kier Highways have a unique and strongly forged partnership with First Military Recruitment on their Highways England Area 3 Contract, assisting suitable ex-military personnel find employment in the construction industry. One previously wounded new employee submitted 173 job applications without reply, before Kier gave him his opportunity. Personnel may have been wounded and/or medically discharged, but this partnership is offering employment to a highly skilled but previously untapped resource, whilst providing a meaningful way back into civilian life.


Company: London Highways Academy of Excellence

Number of attendees: 100

Project: London Highways Academy

Synopsis: The London Highway Academy of Excellence was established by F M Conway Limited in 2013. It was adopted

by the Worshipful Company of Paviors in 2014 to enable more apprenticeship opportunities to be offered. The academy runs

a two week pre-apprenticeship course offering recognised qualifications and then matches successful candidates with

employers.

Successful candidate apprentice retention rate with employers : 2014 - 73% and 2015 - 88%

Company: Morgan Sindall


Project: Maximising potential and inspiring change for women in construction

Synopsis: Morgan Sindall is putting fairness, inclusion and respect at the heart of project delivery. In partnership with Crossrail and ‘Women in Construction’, we are breaking down barriers to our industry. Together, we’ve created bespoke work placements for women pursuing careers in construction – leading to full-time employment. We’re also working with local schools to improve industry accessibility for young people from all backgrounds. This will help ensure tomorrow’s workplace is more diverse, creative, innovative and inspiring.


Company: Skanska


Project: Social Agenda Project Teams

Synopsis: Skanska’s Graduate programme means that each of our Graduates has the opportunity to make a real difference to

the communities in which we work by delivering a significant Social Agenda Project in partnership with one of our community

partners. This means Skanska can do more to engage with young people from diverse backgrounds and promote the fantastic

opportunities that the civil engineering sector has to offer.

Company: Carillion


Project: A465 Dualling Project – Tackling Unemployment In The Welsh Valleys

Synopsis: The Heads of the Valleys region in south Wales suffers from long standing severe deprivation and high unemployment. Throughout delivery of the A465 scheme Carillion focussed initiatives to provide employment and skills to local unemployed people. Using an on-site ‘Job-Shop’ and targeted recruitment days over 400 local people were employed (85% of the total labour spend). Through a pioneering volunteering programme, a local man was employed on site having been previously unemployed for 18 years.



EducationCompany: Acciona


Project: The Sustainable Classroom

Synopsis: Employee volunteers, in 100 schools on 5 continents, engage with primary school aged children through interactive lessons to discover that small changes in our daily behaviours help to conserve our planet’s resources.

Company: Atkins


Project: Pathways to Engineering

Synopsis: In 2015 Atkins and Citizens UK launched Pathways to Engineering - a new community programme to provide

engineering work experience, training and support for young people across London.

The programme has been developed in partnership with London-based schools and colleges, and builds on best practice from

other UK STEM programmes. It prepares students for internships with big engineering companies like Atkins, and ultimately gives them the opportunity to apply for apprenticeship opportunities

with these companies.

Sponsored by:


Company: Carillion Civil Engineering


Project: A465 Dualling Project - Inspiring The Next Generation In The Welsh Valleys

Synopsis: The A465 runs through the old heartland of Welsh heavy industry. Delivering more than just a road Carillion have helped tackle poor educational attainment endemic in the area. Developing lasting partnerships with schools, introducing National Skills Academy for Construction and BITC’s Business Class. Carillion have offered a broad range of targeted experiences to support development of team-working, literacy and numeracy skills, organisational skills and presentation skills while raising awareness of the world of work.

Company: Colas


Project: Inspiring Tomorrow’s Talent Today

Synopsis: Colas is passionate about inspiring young people from all backgrounds to join our industry. We engage with a diverse

range of students from primary school level right through to further/higher education. We promote the importance of on-the-job training through hosting work experience placements,

work shadowing, attendance at careers fairs and preparing young people for the world of work through company-sponsored

voluntary work undertaken by our employees - in 2015, Colas employees volunteered 780 hours of their time to Inspiring

Tomorrow’s Talent Today.




Project: Budding Brunels

Synopsis: Budding Brunels is a bespoke 3 day schools engagement programme that aims to introduce students from diverse backgrounds to the variety of professions available in the construction industry. By bringing students and industry ambassadors together the programme offers students the opportunity to experience the industry from the inside, whilst all the while being provided with the support they need to develop their employability skills.


Number of employees: 500+

Project: Exciting Opportunities For Young People At London Bridge

Synopsis: With the London Bridge Redevelopment Project, Costain is committed to providing training and employment

opportunities for young disadvantaged people.

Through a wide range of employment based training, apprenticeships, full time employment opportunities and our

ongoing relationship with The Prince’s Trust we have successfully improved the prospects of a number of disadvantaged young

people over the last three years.




Project: Engineering Your Tomorrow

Synopsis: Costain has joined forces with innovative careers website ‘plotr’ to encourage more young people to consider a career at Costain.

Costain’s collaboration with plotr is in line with Costain Cares which aims to invest in young people, provide career opportunities and help the industry address a long-term skills shortage. It is also in line with the Engineering Tomorrow strategy, Costain’s commitment to identifying, developing and implementing innovative solutions to meet the UK’s major national infrastructure needs.



Project: Inclusive Access for Under-represented Young People

Synopsis: Costain’s commitment to developing science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects can be

clearly seen by becoming a founding sponsor the new London Design and Engineering University Technical College (UTC). The

UTC aims to educate the inventors, engineers, scientists and technicians of tomorrow and is based in east London, opening its

doors in September 2016. The UTC is backed by the University of East London and Employer Sponsors including Thames Water

and Costain.


Company: Costain Skanska JV


Project: Costain-Skanska JV (C405)/Paddington Academy Career Ready Programme

Synopsis: CSJV’s continual collaboration with Paddington Academy and their Career Ready programme students ensures that our project continues to inspire young people from all ethnic backgrounds. As part of this programme, this site tour was hosted by our female professionals working on the project. It introduced to the group of female students the varied careers available for women in civil engineering and construction.

Company: ESH Construction


Project: Building My Skills

Synopsis: Building My Skills is a structured employability skills programme which brings together businesses to engage with

over 9,000 students from 74 schools, colleges and universities from 27 local authority areas during the academic year.

The programme is delivered free of charge by a workgroup made up of regional, national and global businesses. Since it was

established in 2010/11 academic year, the original workgroup has grown to include over 100 businesses.


Company: Jackson Civil Engineering


Project: Adopting An Interactive Careers Approach To Inspire Change In Education

Synopsis: Jackson Civil Engineering and its parent company One Group Construction have adopted a new approach to careers, focussing on doing rather than talking. Through a number of interactive careers exhibitions, Jackson has been able to reach a diverse audience, showcasing the wide variety of jobs available in construction. By encouraging young people to choose construction as a career, we hope to do our bit to address the significant skills shortage facing our industry.

Company: Mackley


Project: Looking To The Future

Synopsis: The main objective with Mackley’s programme of working with Brighton civil engineering students is to promote

awareness, curiosity and excitement of the industry. Our structured and fully focussed site visits and seminars help

students define goals for their learning. They are designed to make the thinking process more open-minded, explicit and

reflective.

We encourage creativity and flair and reiterate their potential importance in this ever-changing world of construction.


Company: South West Highways


Project: Promoting The Construction Industry To The Younger Generation

Synopsis: South West Highways are actively involved in promoting the construction industry to the younger generation and increasing the aware of the role of the construction sector and employment opportunities available. Promoting diversity in the industry, raising the profile and changing perceptions to encourage the younger generation to enter the industry. So far South West Highways have spoken to 4,200 young people and realised that little is known of the construction industry and civil engineering. The company is actively engaged in raising the awareness of apprenticeships as a route to follow.

Company: Topcon


Project: Inspiring Change For The Next Generation Of Engineers

Synopsis: Topcon GB & Ireland, the positioning partner for construction and geo-businesses, has been proactively working

with schools and colleges across the country to educate students about opportunities available to them in engineering

and encourage the next generation to develop the skills the construction industry so critically needs.

As the Strategic Technology Partner to Class of Your Own, the UK’s most innovative and successful social enterprise for

education and the built environment, Topcon has been able to inspire more than 200 students across the country to develop the skills that are needed to maintain the sectors that are the

backbone of the UK.


WorkplaceCompany: Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd


Project: Fairness, Inclusion & Respect Initiative

Synopsis: Griffiths has developed and embedded a culture of fairness, inclusion and respect through our FIR Initiative. Led by our Managing Director in consultation with staff, we have transformed our approach to developing and implementing policies, procedures, inductions and rules and promoting employee well-being to provide consistency for the business. As a result of the FIR Initiative our employees feel valued and respected - improving business sustainability and contributing to our industry - leading to a low staff turnover rate.

Company: Balfour Beatty


Project: Creating An Inclusive Environment - Leading The Way In LGBT

Synopsis: Balfour Beatty launched its LGBT affinity network in 2014, was the first infrastructure company to become a member

of the OUTstanding LGBT professional network and is proud to be represented in the Financial Times Top 100 LGBT Business

leaders list.

We believe that diversity and inclusion creates an environment which helps the business continue to grow as a strong, dynamic and innovative organisation, and support for our LGBT network

demonstrates our commitment to this agenda.

Sponsored by:


Company: BAM Nuttall


Project: Women@BAM Inspiring Change

Synopsis: Women@BAM group inspires women into the industry and supports them to achieve personal and professional growth. Success has been realised through national development campaigns including engagement forums and ‘Bring Your Daughter to Work Day’ to promote female role-models, challenge thinking and inspire different behaviours.

BAM Nuttall has seen positive results demonstrating progress made in 2015, including a 3.5% increase of women in middle-management; 6 women achieving 2015 industry awards; and visible and inspiring role models.

Company: Buro Happold

Number of employees:1,439

Project: Share Our Skills SOS

Synopsis: In 2014, BuroHappold launched their Share Our Skills (SOS) initiative which aims to ‘make the collective skills

of BuroHappold available to those in society most in need’. SOS awards time to BuroHappold employees to engage with and deliver projects aligned to this ethos. In just 18 months, BuroHappold has awarded 300 days of time to employees,

enabling 23 projects across five continents, with teams from six of their offices and a number of external collaborators.


Company: Carillion Morgan Sindall JV

Number of employees:750

Project: Diversity - Driving The Future Of Our Industry

Synopsis: In August 2015, the CMSJV and A1L2B project were approached by Twofour Broadcast. They were directing a documentary called “Hire our Heroes” – a new 2 part series for BBC2 which saw renowned businesswomen Alex Polizzi help raise awareness of the issues facing veterans and ex-service personnel struggling to find work outside of the armed forces. The documentary followed the stories of 4 different ex-service personnel as Alex attempted to get to the root of the problem before trying to find them suitable employment, kick start a new career and hopefully help them transition into a new civilian job.The A1L2B project declared their interest as one of the ex-service personnel had an interest in the construction industry and the principles of the documentary aligned to our values.



Project: Not Just For Boys

Synopsis: To tackle gender stereotypes and promote diversity, Construction Youth Trust launched the national campaign

#NotJustForBoys as a manifesto for change in the sector. We need to encourage young women into the construction industry

through appropriate courses and education, careers support, government funding of young women on construction and

industry training courses and more. By raising awareness of the many careers available across the industry, we aim to educate,

train and inspire more young women into construction and the built environment.


Company: John Graham Construction Ltd


Project: Embedding BeFair to Drive Cultural Change

Synopsis: Embedding the CITB Be Fair Framework has allowed GRAHAM to drive cultural change across their business and positively influence the supply chain. A unique approach to delivery involved innovatively establishing FIR ‘Champions’ throughout the organisation and the development of a FIR

focused project team to drive change. Success has been proven through both an increase in all aspects of staff engagement

measured through a formal survey and an increase in recruitment from underrepresented, diverse groups.

Company: Kier Infrastructure & Overseas


Project: Where’s the Bear?

Synopsis: ‘Where’s the Bear?’ was introduced to integrate our infrastructure division within the wider business, whilst raising money for the Kier Foundation (our independently registered

charity). We challenged our staff to take the Kier Bear 1080 miles from office to office via nonmotorised transport.

The lessons we learnt exceeded expectations. It has helped shape the way we work. The final figure raised stood at £32,000, and is

testament to everyone’s hard work.


Company: Kier Highways Ltd

Number of employees:1,867

Project: RESPECT Campaign Reaps Dividends

Synopsis: RESPECT underpins Kier Highways’ key focus in ensuring we attract and retain the best people by creating an engaging, inclusive and exciting work place that enables personal development for progression and great performance delivery.

RESPECT has established a connection with our workforce that makes us braver and bolder to further tackle the ED&I challenges we face as a business and an industry, and this has been recognised in achieving an industry first ‘Investors in Diversity’ accreditation.

Company: Skanska

Number of employees: 5,000+

Project: Skanska’s Diversity & Inclusion Journey

Synopsis: Skanska is working hard to address its low levels of female diversity, in particular at senior levels. The initiative being put forward is Skanska’s mixed pair mentoring scheme,

which helps foster greater understanding between employees of different sexes, and from this year has been extended to broader

diversity groups such as disability, sexual orientation etc. With over 200 mentee/ mentoring relationships, it is now believed to be a contributory factor in women progressing in the company as 10% of senior roles are now filled by women, up from 8% in

2011.


Company: South West Highways

Number of employees : 650

Project: Pluss

Synopsis: In order to combat a lack of people and skills in the industry, we have worked with disadvantaged groups to promote

the infrastructure sector, giving these groups an opportunity that they wouldn’t normally get. South West Highways has been

offering meaningful work placements and one to one learning support where required.

Company: The Clancy Group plc


Project: Fostering An Inclusive Workplace With 2020 Vision

Synopsis: Thanks to the hands-on and highly personal involvement of our board of directors, each of our 2500+ staff were included in the launch of our five-year strategy – Vision

2020.

Empowering our people to propose improvements and innovations has resulted in a phenomenal response and now

provides a constant flow of exceptional ideas which differentiate us in the marketplace. By encouraging and inviting inspiration in the workplace, we will simultaneously deliver our company

vision and mission.

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