With Christmas approaching, we’re proud to support Chelmsford Food Bank and to give back to the community we’re working in. Simon Lomax organised this for Beaulieu Community Centre. Dennis from the Chelmsford Food Bank was happy to receive our donations from two of our colleagues, Ashley Grime and Josh Buckles. Every donation helps make this […]
Congratulations to Gareth Williams on his well-deserved promotion to General Foreman. Gareth is currently working on our challenging project in Battle, East Sussex and looking forward to its successful completion in the new year. Gareth has worked with Breheny for close to 10 years and in that time has always shown great commitment and a hard-working […]
Yesterday our Andy Newell and Leon Simpson-O’Regan attended the Rotherham Local Employment Advisory Forum (LEAF) careers event. We have been supporting this event since 2018 encouraging young people to consider a career in civil engineering and construction in support of the YORCivils3 Framework. We spoke to many students about construction and their routes to a […]
In response to the recent explosion tragedy in Bedford our Junior Foreman, Derek Sullivan went to see the volunteers looking after some of the people who have been moved from their homes to ask if there was anything that he or Breheny Civil Engineering could do, as he was working on a site close to […]
Guy Spurling, Tom Young and Haydn Backhouse are participating in Movember this year. Our Motivation: In the construction industry, health and safety is paramount. We always talk about how important it is that everyone gets home safe at the end of each workday, a sentiment reinforced by Breheny’s behavioural safety initiative “Think Safe, Work Safe, […]
Stress Awareness Day takes place on the first Wednesday of November every year. The theme for Stress Awareness Day this year is Little By Little, as set by the Stress Management Society. This theme aims to highlight the importance of how making even the smallest of changes towards self care and stress reduction can have […]
Yesterday Simon, Kumar, Lauren and Owen attended the Suffolk Future Skills Fair at Suffolk New College. Lauren and Owen shared insights into the exciting world of civil engineering and their experiences as young professionals at Breheny. Lauren discussed the value of apprenticeships and the variety of career paths in the industry, while Owen shared his own […]
Riley, Ciara, Darren and Alex were at the Highways UK conference last week! We caught up with existing connections (including those at Nuneaton Signs, who even had ice creams!) and introduced ourselves to new potential suppliers and clients.
Breheny are proud to support women in construction! Hannah, Kirsty, Ciara, Mason, Emma and Lauren made up the 80 inspirational people that attended the first Women in Construction Anglia lunch supporting each other and sharing experiences to succeed within the industry whilst providing visible role models to female construction students at West Suffolk College. Thank […]
Two of our projects were Highly Commended at the CECA Yorkshire & Humberside Awards 2024 for projects in the under £1m category . These were the Yorkshire Asset Recovery Programme where we were working for the Environment Agency on projects at Cowick and Wentbridge, Wakefield. We also received Highly Commended at the East Riding Leisure Centre in […]