Ringway Employee Handbook
WELCOME 1
FROM THE GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR
Our Vision
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RINGWAY GROUP Ringway Group Limited is the parent company in the UK for a number of operating companies in the highway maintenance industry. Ringway was formed in 1976 as a road surfacing company in the south east of England and has diversified into a general highway maintenance service provider providing services throughout the country. Ringway Group is part of the major European highways contractor, Eurovia, which is the Roads Division of Vinci, our ultimate parent. Vinci, whose head office is in France, is one of the largest civil engineering contractors in the world.
Part 1
For those of you who have recently joined us, I should like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the Ringway Group of companies.
Ringway Group
To be the preferred Service Provider within our chosen sectors Ringway Group Limited comprises:
Our Purpose
Our Values Versatility • Integrity • Resilience • Openness
The first section of this document includes a number of essential Policies. You may find further information on these Policies and others in other sections of this Handbook or on the intranet. Each Policy will be communicated to all employees, made available to third parties where appropriate and reviewed annually. Finally but perhaps most importantly, in view of the nature of our industry, I should like to assure you that the Group’s Directors believe that health and safety is of equal importance with other business objectives, an integral part of effective management and everyday working. In order to provide a safe, risk free work place for all, the Group’s Health, Safety and Environment Policy outlines the authority, responsibilities, safety methods and systems that must be adopted to instigate and maintain a safe working environment for all. I hope you enjoy working for the Ringway Group.
Scott Wardrop Group Managing Director
RIS National - Specialist Treatments Specialist Treatments deliver advanced and effective solutions for improving and renewing the surfaces of footways, roads, airfields and car parks. Many of the specialist services are particularly suited to runways and Ringway has accumulated extensive airside experience. RIS National - Production Importation of aggregates and manufacture of hot bitumen coated stone products for highway surfacing.
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We acknowledge your right to be informed and consulted on the matters that affect your work and recognise your individual importance to the Group. We hope to provide opportunities for each employee to develop their capabilities to the full by fostering better communication between management and employees.
Part 3
To achieve our Vision, we must provide high standards of service to our Clients and our employees with the security of working for a successful company, providing job satisfaction, fair remuneration and good working conditions.
Ringway Infrastructure Services Limited (RIS Limited) This company focuses on the provision of multi-function long duration, term maintenance contracts comprising all aspects of highway and bridge maintenance, together with the provision of winter services and 24 hour emergency service. Major and minor construction projects are carried out by specialist units. RIS Limited is split into 4 divisions RIS North, RIS East, RIS West and RIS National. RIS National comprises specialist units in Contracting, Production, Specialist Treatments and Surfacing.
Part 2
To increase our positive contribution to the nation’s infrastructure by being safe, profitable and achieving sustainable growth
Ringway Specialist Services Limited (RSS Limited) Ringway Specialist Services brings together the non term maintenance, specialist areas of the business. RSS Limited comprises three companies Signs, Euromark and Beach Communications. Ringway Signs Limited Ringway Signs manufacture, erect and maintain a wide range of signs, and manage signing projects. In Weston Super Mare, we have our own plant equipped with computer-controlled flat-bed cutting and printing equipment. Nationwide, our crews install and maintain the whole spectrum of highway and car park signing. We have also successfully transferred our expertise in signing to vehicle livery and street furniture including bus shelters. Euromark (Roadmarking) Limited Highway and car park marking including raised rib-line, spray, extrusion and screed. Fixing and replacement of road studs. Thermoplastic high friction surfacing. Manufacture of road marking and high friction hot and cold applied products together with high performance materials being introduced to meet new European standards.
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