Engie Regeneration
Zero Avoidable Waste Strategy
This contractor has put together a zero avoidable waste strategy with several actions already being put in place on the site. These actions include A ‘Waste segregation zone’ which includes area of cut-offs free for labour on site to take home with them. Multilingual signage around the site on all signage and labels to bins in Romanian, Lithuanian, Polish, Albanian...
Workforce Support for Mental Health
At Engie Places and Communities, all of our Mental Health First Aiders’ have added a bold statement at the end of their signature on all emails. It reads ‘I’m a Mental Health First Aider’ in large, bright letters. This allows staff to reach out, if or when the time comes that they need to talk. It takes away the face...
Primary School Students get Hands On Experience of the Construction Industry
Pupils from Central Walker Primary School got the opportunity to learn how to build bird boxes and how to build the perfect brick walls as they visited staff on the site of the Wharrier Street development in Newcastle, which is just down the road from their school. Eight students got the opportunity to talk to members of staff about their...
Construction Awareness Week
Both children and parents of Newall Green Primary School had the opportunity to partake in Construction Awareness Week. Children from Year 1 through to Year 6 took part in fun construction related activities to help inspire them to consider construction as a future career. At the same time parents were taking part in our ‘into work training’. We delivered two...
STEM Activities for Summer Programme
As part of Manchester Youth Zone’s initiative to provide activities for local children over the summer, ENGIE offered to provide weekly STEM activities for the children with an emphasis on construction. The activities focused on using and developing soft transferable skills such as team work, working independently, problem solving and working to time frames, all important skills within the construction...
Expanded Polystyrene Recycling
When ENGIE was contracted to replace the cladding at Eyot House in Bermondsey, our commitment to be at the forefront of environmentally conscientious construction methods demanded a creative approach to recycling and repurposing the old expanded polystyrene (EPS) removed from the building. The existing EWI system comprised an insulation layer of expanded polystyrene (EPS) board, for which it was important...
Supporting Biodiversity
Recent research shows that almost one third of the UK bee population is in decline. Our 25 bumble bee species are some of the nation’s favourite creatures and are vital for the pollination of crops, garden plants and wild flowers. At our Pomeroy Street site in Lewisham, we are determined to do what we can to preserve the bee population....
Construction Awareness Week
In September 2019, ENGIE held a Construction Awareness Week in Newall Green Primary School where we not only delivered STEM activities to the children, but also training for some of the children’s parents to help them understand the industry. In October 2019, ENGIE began offering work experience to the parents who attended this course, one of whom was Chloe. After...
