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Here you can find out about the latest news from Barratt Commercial Support.
Five Star Occupational Health and Safety Audit 2018
Barratt has successfully completed a best practice Five Star Occupational Health and Safety Audit conducted by the British Safety Council for a third time, demonstrating our commitment towards the continual improvement of our health and safety management systems and associated arrangements. We underwent a comprehensive, quantified and robust evaluation of our occupational health and safety policies,... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:49
Building Homes For Swifts and The Community
As part of our partnership with the RSPB, we've joined forces with Manthorpe Building Products to create a new swift nest box in a brick format which can easily be fitted in any new home.
The first of these swift bricks have just been fitted at North Thames' Kingsbrook development in Aylesbury. In total the division will be installing up to 900 of the bricks at the site.
Swift bricks are hollow, and... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 07 Sep 2018 08:59
Supply Chain Sustainability School
Background: The Homes School has been effective at engaging the top 200 + suppliers of materials and equipment to the homes market. However we can be much more successful at engaging the sub-contract trades who are responsible for providing the skills and labour on site.
These trades have significant social impacts and also effect issues such as the performance gap, waste, materials use, energy &... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 06 Jun 2017 10:36
Construction Best Practice Guide
The Guide is designed to be used predominately by Construction Teams, but will also benefit Technical and Commercial Teams as well as all Contractors. It is designed to highlight and clarify mandatory requirements, and also offer further options for those wanting to deliver above and beyond the standard requirements. Where something is a mandatory requirement we have highlighted it with an M in the... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 12:00
Drug and Alcohol Testing
As part of our continuing strategy to identify and manage risks associated with our business, we have identified the potential misuse of alcohol and illegal drugs whilst at work, as an area which requires our further consideration.
We have issued an Alert to our site teams to provide them with some guidance on the Group's policy and that random testing for drugs and alcohol will be undertaken. We will... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 16:00
Our new National Drawing Portal
Introducing our new national drawing portal, a single platform offering access to drawings and documents across all functions.
The new drawing portal is one of a number of initiatives that has been developed by the Commercial Business Process Review, in conjunction with the provider Conject.
The aim of the Business Process Review is to improve the way each function carries out its core activities, to... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:05
The Barratt Innovation Challenge!
What is the Barratt Innovation Challenge?
To face the challenges in housebuilding, Barratt Developments is starting to embrace new and innovative methods of onsite and offsite construction. We are working with our supply chain to deliver efficiencies that can assist with continually improving quality, raise environmental standards, and further improve the safety of our people. Engaging with our supply... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 15:11