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Working smarter – getting better every day Construction Contracts (CCL) is a medium sized civil, drainage and water contractor based in Naenae, Lower Hutt City. CCL is owned and operated by directors David Howard and Dayle Scrimshaw and employs around 38 full time staff.
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CL is already an award-winning company when it comes to training, having won a ‘highly commended’ at the Construction Excellence Awards in 2015 and winning local CCNZ Contracting Awards in 2015 and 2016. The company was also the proud winner of this Connexis Company Training Award last year. Since winning the Connexis award in 2015, CCL says it has continued to invest heavily in training, development and innovation. Company shareholder Steve Scrimshaw has assumed the specialist role of training and development manager and is settling into his new role, he says. “We have also moved our training and development records into PeopleSafe, a software package that helps us to manage our health and safety as well as our training records with reminders to renew training and certifications,” says director David Howard. “All of this helps us to work smarter and get 38 Civil Contractors NZ in association with Contractor magazine
better every day.” The company has continued its training programmes and is assisting staff to obtain driving licences, first aid, Site Safe and temporary traffic management training, he adds. “We continue with our weekly in house ‘Smarten Up’ training. We have signed up to new training qualifications with Connexis and receive great support from our training rep, Karewa.” All staff are involved in this ongoing training, he says, which includes National Certificates with Connexis, and National Certificates in Drainlaying through the Plumbing, Gasfitting, Drainlaying and Roofing Industry Training Organisation. “The biggest benefit to us as a business is getting the production done. The qualifications help us to get people to the level where they can work unsupervised, and do things safely and correctly. It’s about getting the job done right first time, and I want people to be better than when they arrived,” says David. l
