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M&S Great Yarmouth Simply Food Practical completion was granted for

M&S Great Yarmouth Simply Foods on

9th

January 2015.

Works involved in the seven week

project duration consisted of: new

flooring; ceilings; refrigeration units;

brand new tills & IT; internal and external

signage; back of house accommodation;

customer toilets; ambient shelving;

mechanical & electrical works and fire

alarm & sprinklers to the unit.

The new Simply Food also offers

shoppers the chance to relax at the 36

seat M&S café which also offers ‘tastes ‘

from the foodhall.

The project was a trial for ‘offsite

manufacture’ of various components

including: walls for toilets; cold room;

plant room; café; L.V.panel.

The site, managed by Contracts Manager

Andy Martin, was a registered

Considerate Constructor Scheme project.

The project was visited by the CCS

monitor in January who complimented

the works. At the time of going to press

we are still awaiting feedback on our

score but we are confident of a positive

result.

M&S – Installation of Menswear

Footwear Equipment Audas have been awarded 6 cafes from the Café Full Modernisation tender we

submitted last year. This is further to the works Audas have done with the M&S

Hospitality team last year. As main contractors we will assume responsibilities

previously carried out by a specialist hospitality contractor. This will result in

substantial savings to M&S, not only in terms of cost and programme but having

the benefit of expertise input from Audas.

The schemes allocated;

- Hedge End

- Altrincham

- Reading

- Edinburgh

- Pollock

- Shrewsbury

The works involve full strip out and close down of the café and provision of a

temporary offer. Overall the roll out is worth £1.2m which is to be delivered

before Easter. With expected PC dates fast approaching works at Altrincham

and Hedge End have already begun with other sites due to commence in the

next few weeks.

M&S Café Framework

The installation of menswear footwear

equipment is due to start next month. This is

an extension to the Menswear Lite scheme

which Audas delivered last year. Audas have

been allocated, namely: Camberley; Cheshire

Oaks; Warrington Gemini; Handforth; Hedge

End & Metro Centre the works involve

installation of the menswear footwear

equipment.

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Guilty or Not Guilty – What’s your verdict?

On the January 29th both Martin Brophy will be attending a ‘mock trial’ at St George’s Hall, Liverpool.

The set trial is the HSE v Peter Scott Construction Limited whereby a labourer on a construction site has been

severed with a live electric cable and suffering serious injury.

This Working Well Together (WWT) event will be presented by international law firm, Pinsent Masons LLP, in

conjunction with leading health and safety barristers from Temple Garden Chambers. Keith Morton QC will act as

the presiding Judge, with his colleagues Simon Jackson QC and Dominic Adamson acting as counsel for the

prosecution and defence.

The audience, including Martin, take on the role of the jury and vote on the verdict of the company after

reviewing all the evidence from both sides. The aim of the event is to educate the industry on preventative

action and the importance of having processes in place and an awareness of their legal requirements.

B&Q & Audas We are pleased to announce that we have secured

work with B&Q for the first quarter of 2015. In the

latter part of February Audas will be venturing across

the border into Scotland for the store closure at

Dundee. Works will are anticipated to take around 4

weeks and will involve the strip out and the ‘making

good’ of the unit.

In addition (March 2015) we will crossing the water

to Ireland , to be more specific Dublin Tallaght. We

have been tasked with the making

good of two retail units after the

store closure. The duration of the

works is expected to be

approximately 5 weeks.

Audas & Vodafone – Health & Safety Conference

Promotion Success!

We are pleased to

announce the promotion

of Nabilah Salihi. Nabilah

has now progressed to

Senior Quantity Surveyor

role at Audas.

Congratulation Nabilah!

In October 2014 we joined FORCES with our Insurance provider, Fusion Insurance,

to participate in their Fusion e-learning programme. Fusion Thinking is an online

Risk Management System made up of different safety categories such as: PPE;

H&S Management and Plant & Asset Management.

As a company we have chosen 13 courses relevant to our work including: COSHH,

Fire Safety, Manual Handling to name only a few. Each course is approx. 30-60

minutes long and after rolling out our first course (Manual Handling) we’ve had

minimal problems and fantastic results across the team.

With the deadline now lapsed for the Manual Handling course we will soon be

rolling out further courses such as Driving Safety, Display Screen Equipment;

Health and Safety for Managers; Office Safety; Risk Assessment; Stress Awareness;

Slips, trips and falls and Fire Safety.

On Thursday 8th

January 2015 Audas were invited to

participate in the Vodafone Health and Safety

conference at their Newbury headquarters. Phil

Sharp and Martin Brophy attended delivering a

presentation on the challenges of a retail fit out and

how Audas have addressed these issues and found

solutions to the challenges the teams face on a day-

today basis. Some of the challenges included were

space constraints, welfare, asbestos and electrics to

name but a few. Other presentations on the day

included and an address from Jeroen Hoencamp the

Vodafone Chief Executive and Arlette Anderson,

Head of UK Health and safety who reviewed

Vodafone’s absolute rules.

Other presentations included:

• Looking at the impact of a fatality on a

business

• Working at height (mast installations)

• Street works

• Driver fleet Safety

Phil Sharp, Director, who was in attendance on the

day stated: ‘It was a pleasure that Vodafone

requested Audas to present on the challenges and

risks we face during refurbishment works, and to

detail what is seen as best practice to overcome

these challenges. The Audas presentation was well

received by the 150+ delegates in attendance, who

included Vodafone staff and a large cross section of

Vodafone’s supply chain, albeit a bit daunting for

myself and Martin Brophy when on stage, micro

phoned up with the spot light shining.

Nevertheless, the whole day was about the

importance of Health and Safety across a myriad of

works and how everyone has to play their part. Of

significant note one of the speakers shared their

unfortunate experiences of a fatality to one of their

workforce, (which as you can imagine was deeply

saddening to hear) but acted as an extremely strong

message that safe working practices must be adhered

to at all times and taking risk, or doing something

unplanned, can have a catastrophic effect on so

many people.

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‘Team Vodafone’ consisting of Martin Rowe, John Goode, Sam Armstrong & John Grace have been busy over the past 3

months completing projects at: Whitehaven; Morpeth; Belfast; Newark; North Finchley; Accrington and Alton.

The North Finchley store, (previously a ‘Phones 4 U’ outlet) opened on the 13th

November 2014. The landmark opening

was a proud moment for Vodafone, and indeed Audas having been involved in the making of Vodafone history.

The Vodafone Team have just attained practical completion on the 14th

January 2015 at the Glasgow Forge outlet and are

now gearing up to commence works at Waltham Cross on the 19th

January.

We were anticipating a slow start to the New Year with Vodafone sites with an allocation of only 3 stores in the first

quarter, but we are delighted to report this has now increased to 10, with a high possibility of there being more in the

pipeline.

Vodafone Update

Audas ‘Waist Management Team’

Last September, various members of the team came together to form the Audas ‘Waist Management

Team’. The aim was to motivate each other to lose weight, become healthier and ultimately see

inches disappear from their waist lines. In December 2014 the winner was revealed as Lindsay

Bowker who won 80% of the pot with Kirsten Brown coming a close second taking the remaining 20%

The team lost as a collective 109 lbs throughout the 3 months – the final weigh in day being the day

before Audas Day.

Due to popular demand the Waist Management Team are back to help team members banish those

bingo wings in 2015. The team has already had their first weigh in, but don’t despair entries are still

open until the 19th

January 2015.

Where do I start? Just record your weight ASAP either at the office or send a pic of your weighing

scales result to Rose who will track your weight. Thereafter repeat the above each Monday.

The winner and runner up will be announced on the 1st

May 2015, the Friday before May Bank

holiday. As before 80% of the pot to the biggest loser, 20% to runner up. Judging is based on

percentage of body weight lost. We will of course be periodically reporting the cumulative weekly

weight loss of the group.

To ensure motivation levels a fortnight leaflet of helpful tips and interesting hints on weight loss will be issued

to the whole of ‘Team Audas’ to hopefully encourage everyone reduce/maintain their waist lines.

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BUPA Great Manchester Run 2015

New Recruits

The latest additions to the team:

Anna Hughes

Accounts Assistant

John Marland

Finance Director

Neil Liversidge

Site Manager

Janie Howard

Project Manager

Greenbank Charity Football Tournament

Audas are planning a 5-a-side football

tournament between the various businesses

on the Greenbank Business Park (Audas head

office).

The tournament will be held at the Blackburn

Soccer Dome. A £35 donation per team has

been suggested to help raise funds for The

Martin House Children’s Hospice, Wetherby,

and the East Lancashire Hospice in Blackburn.

The winning team will receive a brand new

Greenbank Business Park trophy for their

company.

If anybody is interested in participating and

representing Audas – drop Sam

Braysford a line.

Audas Day 2014

On Friday 5th

December 2014 the whole of Audas joined together for an

afternoon of information sharing at the prestigious Royal Baths Chinese

Restaurant Harrogate, for our annual ‘Audas Day’. The aim of the day was to

share information gained from all teams across the year, learn new ideas from

each other and look back at the year in full to celebrate our continued success.

The afternoon went fantastically with all enjoying a delicious Chinese lunch

whilst presentations from the Directors and Admin team went down a storm

with the whole team.

To finish off the day most of the team hit the lively

town of Harrogate, receiving VIP treatment

in the Viper Rooms where our guys were able to

demonstrate their moves on the dance floor.

In the past Audas have entered a team on three separate occasions albeit, for whatever

reason, we missed out last year. Anyhow, we are looking to return this year, stronger

than ever, to once again pound the streets of Manchester raising funds for Martin

House Children’s Hospice

Steve Hanson from Callidus is currently fundraising for Martin House Children’s

Hospice. In April, he is aiming to complete a marathon and around 75 miles of cycling

per day for 12 days to cover the (approx) 1,200 miles of the journey which will take him

down the Atlantic Coast of France from North to South. (I’m sure you will agree - 10k

Falls into insignificance in comparison to undertaking a marathon a day, every day, for

12 days). Steve has a fundraising target of £20,000 – hopefully the Audas team and

their supply chain partners can help him on his way by contributing their fundraising

efforts to his nominated charity.

If anyone would like to participate please drop Lindsay Bowker a line.