Army Basing construction site achieves top CCS rating

Aspire Defence Capital Works has been highly commended by the Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) for our approach to the environment, safety and community initiatives, scoring our best ever rating in a recent CCS site audit.

The aim of the CCS is to improve the image of construction through monitoring all registered sites, suggesting areas where improvements could be made and rewarding those who are performing at the highest levels.

A CCS audit was carried out at Tidworth on 29 November and the site performed ‘beyond compliance’ in all five areas of the inspection: care about appearance, respect the community, protect the environment, secure everyone’s safety and value their workforce. In all categories, the site received an ‘exceptional’ rating i.e. a score of 9 out of 10.

The CCS Monitor’s site report stated:

One cannot fail to be impressed by the efforts made on this site to meet the requirements of 2017 code of considerate practice. There is a real feel good factor about the project and I believe this is testament to the excellent efforts of the Project Manager and his team to meet scheme requirements. The overall presentation of the site is of an exceptionally high standard gives an extremely positive impression of the contractor and industry. The contractor is evidently mindful of base sensitivities and works closely with military personnel regarding ensuring appropriate standards of performance are maintained.

Rhod McGregor, Project Director (TidNBul) ADCW, said:

“This was the first audit for the project and we are striving to improve our scores across all our projects. The team have performed really well in achieving the highest score on the ABP project to date of 45 out of 50.”

A second audit at Bulford on 12 December also returned high scores (43/50), with ADCW praised for its efforts to create positive interaction with the local community, its commitment to protecting and enhancing the environment and for high levels of safety performance in all areas of operation.