For the last 3 years Breheny have been working in collaboration with It Takes a City (Cambridge) to transform an old community space known as Joys Garden into new accommodation for the homeless in Cambridge. An Open Day took place on 29th November so residents and the media could view the new homes, and the […]
As part of Breheny’s commitment to community engagement our Hatchfield Farm project in Newmarket, our site team recently delivered much needed new sensory play equipment to Little Buds Nursery School. The sensory cube will help to provide the children with a safe space to access their sensory needs and was specifically asked for by the […]
Kevin Sturgeon from our Rushbrooke Lane project in Bury St Edmunds visited Abbeycroft Leisure in the town to donate towards the Reducing Isolation with Food initiative for Christmas. The initiative cooks and delivers over 250 Christmas dinners to local people, giving them a delicious Christmas meal and maintaining a connection for isolated members of the […]
Our Chris Wosman visited Newark Foodbank at their Balderton warehouse; to see the good work they are doing for the local community. He presented a cheque for £1000 on behalf of Breheny Civil Engineering and the Newark Southern Relief Road Project to support their work over the festive period. If you want to donate to the […]
Following the installation of 228 solar panels to our Huntingdon office and workshop buildings, we are delighted to report a 36% reduction in electricity used from the grid over the last 12 months. This represents a 10 tCO2e reduction of carbon emissions in the 12 months since installation.
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, […]