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👷♂️Men’s Health Week👷♂️ 9th – 15th June 2025 We look after our tools, our gear, and the job site — but how often do we check in on ourselves? This week’s a good reminder to: ✅ Book that check-up ✅ Talk to a mate if you’re feeling off ✅ Move your body (outside of work!) ✅ Take a proper break when you need…
The Breheny SHEQ Department welcomes Neil Day to the team as the new SHEQ Advisor for the Huntingdon and Doncaster regions, and Kara Freeman as the new SHEQ Administrator at Needham Market. Neil joins us from Anglian Water and will be shadowing our Group SHEQ Advisors, Nick and Ian as he gets up to speed with all things Breheny over…
Bright Ideas Winner of the Month: Mick Walker Congratulations to Mick Walker, a BCE Foreman currently working on Alconbury Gateway, for being this month’s Bright Ideas winner! Mick proposed the creation of a business card containing essential emergency details and contact information for working around services, particularly overheads. The card is distributed to new inductees or when new work begins, ensuring…
The Plant Information QR Code system will initially be rolled out across all equipment that requires a LOLER certificate, streamlining the process for clients and site managers to access important information. By simply scanning the QR code, users are directed to a dedicated folder containing all relevant paperwork for that specific piece of plant. This initiative will enhance safety and…
It’s National Apprenticeship Week! ⭐ Breheny are proud to be supporting 13 apprentices through their journey into the Construction industry. Harley Chapman has started his Plant Operator Apprenticeship at Bircham Newton this week. We are very pleased to be welcoming 3 more Plant Operator Apprentices who will be starting in May. Aaron Guy completed his Plant Operator course in December…
After becoming ISO 50001 accredited in 2015, we have been measuring our energy outputs and greenhouse gas emissions, knowing that the world was transitioning to a lower carbon approach. This proactive initiative led us to publish our Carbon Reduction Plan on our web site in 2021, following the release of PPN 06/21. Our latest innovation, the Breheny Carbon Impact Reduction Tool…
Congratulations to Hugh Chapman on his well deserved promotion to Contracts Manager. It’s been a pleasure watching Hugh progress with Breheny Civil Engineering since joining as a Sub-Agent back in 2019. He’s delivered some fantastic projects in various roles in his time here and we are excited to support him in the next chapter of his career as a Contracts…
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 approach, I’m sure he’ll continue…
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 career in the industry.
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 a huge impact on improving…