Chevron Newsletter- Spring 2017

Your new team newsletter | Issue Five, Spring 2017

! y a d h t r i B Happy

Celebrating 20 years of Chevron

COMPETITIONS

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CHEVRON The early years

ON A ROLL at Stafford Depot

GETTING TO KNOW… Ian Boyd

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welcome

Celebrating two decades of Chevron

New Starters We are delighted to welcome the following new starters to the company: Tony Westgarth as TM Foreman Sean Eaton as TM Foreman Grant Carr as TM Foreman Patrick Wright as TM Foreman Steven Atkinson as TM Operative Richard Unwin as TM Operative

trainees As part of our continued investment in the future of Chevron, the following recruits have recently joined the company as trainee TM Operatives.

Welcome to our 20th anniversary edition.

We’ve come a long way since the £15 tin shed in Watford that was our first depot! And the business we are today wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for the original Chevron team led by Kim Yates.

For those of you who weren’t around in 1997, there are plenty of archive photos and anecdotes of how it all started in our anniversary special on page four.

Since our last issue, I’m pleased to say that we have achieved an accident frequency rate of 0.0, with over two million man hours worked. I’d like to thank everyone for playing their part in achieving this fantastic milestone. Keep up the great work and let’s continue to ensure that everyone returns home safely to their family and friends at the end of each shift.

As always, if you have any comments, or items you would like to see included in the newsletter, please get in touch.

Tim Cockayne Managing Director

lan Bradley A Peni Raiwalui Lee Sefton Alexander Trujillo Carrasco Francis Sullivan Wesley Sharp

iam Wall L Roko Draunidalo Deri Ralph Nathan Trott Sylvanus Mason Nathan White Harry Mitchell

FOREMEN MENTORS Our Foremen Mentor programme, which was aunched in January, has seen 14 new Foremen Mentors recruited and trained across the business. Each of these individuals will be responsible for overseeing the progress of new trainee starters, as well as mentoring and assessing qualified operatives and foremen joining Chevron for the first time. an Mitchinson D (Thatcham) Colin Hicks (Finedon) John Sanderson (Finedon) Rob Bickerton (Newport) Terry Powell (Newport) Richard Tansley (Tring) Chris Winship (Tring)

en Harrison (Leeds) B Gary Marshall (Leeds) Gary Kitchen (Leeds) Gordon Flynn (Manchester) Lee Evans (Manchester) Brian Smith (Stafford) Ian Parsons (Stafford)

Congratulations to you all. We wish you well in your new roles.

HGV TESt PASSES Congratulations to Mark Youngman (Leeds), Kevin Wragg (Thatcham), Michael Ryan (Manchester), Oliver Hayes (Stafford), Thomas Payne (Tring) and Dudlee Huggins (Newport) on passing their HGV tests. Well done!!

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awards

Triple success at supply chain awards The Chevron Area 3 TM team celebrated a sweep of awards at the recent Kier Supply Chain Community Awards.

The three awards recognised Chevron’s contribution to the supply chain in the following categories: H ealth & Safety - Winners (Kier Highways & Chevron) P rocess - Highly Commended (Chevron Area 3 TM Team) H ighways England Recognition Award (Kier Highways, R&W, Chevron, Hanson & WJ Lining) Mike Fenner, Luke Swatman, Ross O’Hanlon and Matt Morphet were on hand to accept the awards on the night. Congratulations to everyone involved and, in particular, Chris Davis and Jamie Reid, who were unable to attend the event.

Chevron was also highly commended at the Highways England Supplier Recognition awards for Supply Chain Management. This was based on our fully integrated ‘one team’ approach to providing Traffic Management for the Area 9 Asset Support Contract (ASC).

Winners and the highly commended at the Highways England Supplier Recognition Awards ceremony in Birmingham on 24 February 2017

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Newport named Depot of the Year 2016 Our Newport team has been celebrating after winning Chevron’s Depot of the Year 2016 award.

The Depot of the Year Award is presented annually to the highest performing Chevron depot, according to safety statistics, observation reporting, financial performance, labour utilisation, and IMS audit performance.

Gavin Dymond, Operations Supervisor, received the award on behalf of the Newport depot at the recent Chevron Annual Conference.

He said: “I am very proud of the depot and extremely grateful to all of the team for their hard work, which has led to them getting the recognition they deserve.”

Tim Cockayne, Managing Director, commented, “Over the past year, the team at Newport has taken massive steps forward and have been at the forefront of Championing The Chevron Way. They have raised the bar in terms of safety performance through their participation in the depot safety video programme and their commitment to observation reporting.”

From left to right: Terry Powell, Rob Williams, Darren Clarke, Rhys Clarke, Gavin Dymond and Jordan Manley.

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happy birthday

Ann i versary Spec ia l

20 years of Chevron

Above: Our first sign shed cost £15. Ronnie built it.

Above: A Chevron depot now… we’ve come a long way in 20 years!

Below: Ronnie back in the day… 20 years on and he still looks exactly the same!

Above: As we didn’t have many of our own trucks, we hired lots of trucks from Kennings. One client asked us if our real name was Kenning Traffic Management!

Left: The boys in the truck working hard on a Phase change.

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Above: We took the boys to Wembley in 1999 to see England thrash Wales.

Unfortunately, the Welsh beat us and we have never lived it down since.

Above: Back in the day, this photo made the Sun newspaper. A year later we had some sweat shirts made up with a road sign on with the slogan “It may be a Jam for you but it’s Bread and Butter for us”.

Above: Wembley 1999. The only pictures in existence of a Chevron employee and a police officer both smiling at the same time. Later that night in a Watford nightclub it was back to normal.

Right: Our first birthday cake - we had to celebrate as we didn’t expect to last a year!

Below: Cake making has come on a lot since the 90s!

Above and right: PPE has come a long way too!

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PEOPLE

PEOPLE

Callum completes Fiji tour TM Operative (Manchester) Callum Marriot travelled to Fiji to take part in the BARLA Great Britain Lions (open age) Rugby League Tour 2016.

Chevron host first Supplier Day

The two-week tour saw the Lions play three matches, with Callum being named Man of the Match in a thrilling encounter with the Fiji Residents on 15th November.

Our first national Supplier Day, which took place in January, was a great success with more than 50 people in attendance. Representatives from all of Chevron’s suppliers joined our Senior Management Team and Operations Managers at the event. The packed agenda included sessions on Drug and Alcohol testing, PPE requirements, training and the induction process, audit feedback as well as a demonstration of our new tablet system. cartoon

By Chris Winship (Tring)

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people

Christmas magic Foster carers Gary Billis (Superviser, Leeds) and his wife Rebecca organised a surprise Christmas treat for children in care (looked after children) in December.

As part of the event, Gary and Rebecca invited 200 children from Doncaster Children’s Services Trust to Chatsworth House, where they got to meet Santa Santa and his elves, Jingle Belles Candy Cane and enjoy a funand Tinker. packed day out. And as well as a Christmas lunch, all of the children received gifts of books and chocolates (donated by Chevron).

“Being parted from family at this time of year is a heart wrenching time,” said Rebecca. “The look on the children’s faces when they saw Santa was out of this world. Sharing their biggest wish for Christmas was truly magical and for these children a memory of Christmas that will last for a lifetime.”

PEOPLE

Chris publishes first book

NOTICES

Baby news

Noah

Congratulations to Csillag Mckenzie, Accounts (Head Office), and her husband Craig, who became proud parents to Noah on 21s February. There was also baby joy for Jill Cochrane, Business Systems Manager (Head Office), whose grandson Edward Wilkinson was born on 19 December.

Our best wishes to you all.

Jill and Edward

charity

Mick in charity boxing bout Mick Carr, Supervisor (Manchester), has helped to fund a life changing operation for a girl with cerebral palsy by taking part in a charity boxing bout.

The match between Mick and his opponent Ben Grimes raised a total of £1,305 and was part of a series of charity events to fund a £21,000 operation for six-year-old India Gunning. If successful, the operation will enable India to walk.

Mick said: “I would like to say a massive thank you to everybody within Chevron who supported me with sponsorship and messages of support. I would also like to thank Morgan Thompson for helping me with my training.”

Congratulations to Chris Winship, TM Foreman (Tring), who has recently published his first book.

The story, called Unbalanced, took more than two years to write and was inspired by Chris’ love of science fiction. Chris is currently working on two more books, which he expects to be published by the end of 2017.

Unbalanced is available now to buy on Amazon (http://amzn.to/2lytu85).

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Mick (right) celebrates winning his charity fight that raised more than £1300

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Health and Safety Update

Monthly Safety & Innovation Awards The winners of the H&S Award since our last issue are: ctober – Terry Green, whose O actions helped prevent a potentially serious incident when a member of the public drove the wrong way up a carriageway inside a total closure on the M5 Smart Motorways Scheme.

ecember – Terry Green D and Kelvyn Llewellyn, whose quick thinking helped to avert a potential incident, when they noticed a member of the public walking the wrong way up the main carriageway on the M5 Smart Motorways scheme.

nthony Cook, who A continually leads by example and has gone above and beyond on numerous occasions. His efforts have helped us win the Balfour Beatty JV H&S Award seven times.

J anuary – Ian Boyd, whose instinctive reaction averted tragedy, after spotting a third party vehicle travelling at high speed towards himself and fellow operative, Alan Rilings on the M1. The incident happened so quickly, that there was just enough time for Ian to grab Alan and throw both of them over the centre barrier – an act that undoubtedly saved both their lives.

ovember – John Sanderson, N who ensured the safety of the travelling public and contractors after a set of tower lights had flipped on the A14 near Cambridge.

Safety is our business and these are great examples to illustrate this and remind us that everyone has a duty to ensure that they and their colleagues get home safely to their families and loved ones.

Well done all!

Remember the monthly prize is £100 and the annual prize is £1000.

Monthly award process The Monthly H&S Award is changing!

Nominations can now come through one of three routes: 1. Observation Reporting – as per the current monthly award, a good observation report highlighting areas of concern or an outstanding approach to health & safety will be considered.

2. Nomination – this can be from anyone within the business or a customer, but they

have to demonstrate outcomes against one of the Chevron Way Values. SF89 standard form must be completed and submitted to Christopher Rowley, National Health & Safety Manager (christopher@chevrontm.com).

3. Depot Proud Audit – good ideas that have led to demonstrable outcomes following Depot Proud audits will also be considered.

The Depot Proud audit will be introduced over the coming months.

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Health and Safety Update

H&S Report January 2017

Anthony Cook wins Annual H&S Award

August 16: 1 September 16: 1 October 16: 0 November 16: 1 December 16: 0 January 17: 0

Congratulations to Anthony Cook, TM Foreman (M5 Smart Motorway scheme), who has been awarded Chevron’s Annual Employee Health and Safety Award 2016.

This award is in recognition for the continual high standards of safety that Anthony has demonstrated throughout the year. As day-shift Lead Foreman on the M5 Smart Motorway scheme he has gone above and beyond what is expected of a team leader on numerous occasions with his efforts in and out of work hours.

Anthony leads by example and his quick thinking has identified both areas of concern or potentially serious hazards at work. He has then always offered sensible solutions to a problem or acted accordingly to mitigate the risk.

Demonstrating the Chevron ‘In Safe Hands’ approach to workplace health and safety to his colleagues and the customer, Anthony has continually pushed the M5 team in the right direction. As a result of this, Chevron won the Balfour Beatty Vinci JV Health and Safety Award nine times in 2016 and Anthony’s efforts were a significant contribution in this achievement.

Thank you for all your contributions to Chevron’s safety record in 2016.

Anthony receives his award and £1000 cheque from Tim Cockayne, Managing Director

Observe and Report Improving H&S record Our H&S Performance saw a significant improvement in 2016, with key industry indicators such as Accident Incident Rate and Frequency Rates being the lowest since 2012, and also below the Industry average.

Our Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate was also the lowest it has been since records began in 2014.

Our Lost Time Frequency rate at the end of 2016 was the lowest it has been since records began in 2014; in fact, it has almost halved.

Observations Top 5 2016 1. Public entering/removing closure 2. Taper strikes 3. EQUAL - Poor planning and Contractors not following safety rules 5. PPE Safety Sam A summary of the types of injuries incurred in 2016 Thirteen ankle/foot injuries (including RIDDOR) Seven leg injuries Five arm/hand injuries Five head/neck and back injuries

These indicators are critical to us winning work, but also maintaining our position on existing contracts such as Area 10, 9, 7 and 3. Our improved performance is a reflection of the hard work that you put in on a daily/nightly basis to ensure that when working with Chevron you truly are In Safe Hands.

Our improvement in 2016 was great, however, 50% of our accidents were Slips, Trips and Falls incidents; many of which could have been prevented; for example, jumping out of or off vehicles, not using head torches, or climbing onto barriers.

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We always aim for a zero accident rate and will be looking at ways we can improve our H&S performance further in 2017.

Everyone can play their part by being vigilant, thinking before acting, completing observation reports where slips, trips and falls hazards exist, or by simply coming forward with an idea to make the workplace a safer place for you and your colleagues.

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CLIENT INBOX

CAPTION COMPETITION

Virtus audit report on A5199 Finedon depot

Marian Baciu (Gaby) stands out from the crowd and is far from your average Operative, displaying good industry knowledge, good leadership skills & very good attitude. Marian is a credit to Chevron and clearly takes pride in his work with can do attitude.”

David Bailey

Millhouses Methodist Church, Sheffield We were preparing for a funeral…and Robert Whitely was both very helpful, personable and understanding. Really quite exceptional. He waited to guide the funeral party through the temporary signs around the church, because of the road works underway in the vicinity and generally sought to work with us to make things as convenient as possible.”

£100 worth of shopping vouchers are up for grabs if you can come up with a winning caption for this photograph… the man behind the mask is John Walls in case you don’t recognise him!

Please send your entries to lisa@chevrontm.com and we will announce the winner in the next edition.

New recruitment partners We’re always looking out for competent and reliable people to join our team. To boost this drive, we’re delighted to announce a new partnership with First Military Recruitment (www.first-military. co.uk), who will be working us to recruit new Traffic Management Operatives at all levels.

The partnership has already led to us successfully recruiting 12 new operatives since January when it was first launched.

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people

Getting to know…

Ian Boyd TM Op er at ive (F in ed on )

What do you like best about working at Chevron?

The variety of different tasks within 12A/B and the continued opportunity of professional progression.

Who would be your ideal ‘gang’ for a night out on the town?

Gareth Edwards, Jonah Lomu and Stee Vukinavanua (entertainment value).

What three things would you want if you were shipwreck on a deserted Island?

A helicopter, manual on how to fly a helicopter and a can of Red Bull for the long journey!!

Favourite Movie?

Any Given Sunday (I love the “inches” speech by Pacino).

contact us If you have any news stories, want further information on any subject or have any queries, please contact our Business Development Manager, Lisa Killinger.

Chevron Traffic Management, 3 Thame Business Park, Wenman Road, Thame, Oxon, OX9 3XA 01844 354666 Lisa@chevrontm.com Visit us on the web at www.chevrontm.com Follow us on Twitter @ChevronTM Find us on Yammer Join the discussion on LinkedIn

Favourite Food?

Liz’s Fijian cooking Favourite Music?

Deep House Favourite Hobbies?

Playing rugby, fishing, and going for a run.

TATTOO FIXERS! Congratulations to Shaun Tucker, TM Operative, Tring, who wins a £100 Love2Shop voucher for having the most amusing tattoo. Believe it or not, it’s supposed to be a West Ham United badge!

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DEPOT FOCUS: STAFFORD

Peak performance Chevron Stafford has achieved an incredible amount in its first three years, as Operations Manager, Karl Exall, explains.

There’s never a dull moment here.

Since opening in July 2014, the depot’s provided all the TM for Kier Highway Services (KHS) in Area 9 and work has been pretty much non-stop.

Even from day one of the contract, we were implementing two significant schemes, which had never been done before!

Over the years, we’ve appointed various Supply Chain Partners to assist in delivery of the contract and integrated key members of staff into Kier to assist with programming, design and ECI. At first we were based at Kier’s Hilton Park depot; however, it soon became obvious that we would quickly outgrow it. So, in 2015 we moved to a small, derelict ex-Highways England compound at Doxey in Staffordshire.

This was to be our home for the next year.

We installed temporary offices and

welfare within the depot and in a matter of months, had grown from providing 30 men per day to more than 100. This continued success resulted in Stafford being awarded Chevron Depot of the Year 2015.

Following this, we invested in expanding the depot facilities, installing new boundary fencing, lighting, new offices, as well as a sign manufacture workshop and quality welfare facilities for the staff. Chevron Stafford, as it is now known, was well and truly up and running!

Since then we have continued to develop and overcome many

challenges and are currently providing more than 200 men per day to service the Area 9 contract; this includes 28 x IPV’s and 35 x 3.5t TM Vehicles.

We currently have a turnover of around £15m and counting. This is an outstanding achievement, considering we started off with nothing three years ago.

This success would not be possible without the efforts of the whole team of office staff, supervisors and crews, who continue to provide TM resources 24-7, 365 days a year.

Stafford fact file:

L ocation: The Depot is in Doxey, Staffordshire. An ideal location to service the whole of the Midlands.

Team: 40 permanent staff, plus approx. 30 agency staff used on a regular basis Equipment: 15x IPV’s and 18 x 3.5 tonne pick- ups

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