Recognition scheme members
The Recognition Scheme has been developed to congratulate companies up and down the country who have committed their time and effort to improve the skills base of the future. The following companies are all members of the recognition scheme for the Diploma in Construction and the Built Environment. Their support plays a vital role in ensuring that young people taking the Diploma will gain the industry insight and experience needed to successfully complete this qualification and progress to further or higher education or the world of work.
- Aura Newcastle Ltd
- Balfour Beatty
- BAM
- Bennett Homes
- Bethell
- Bovis
- Bramall Construction
- Breheny Civil Engineering
- CB&I UK Limited
- CIBSE - The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
- Connaught Partnerships
- Costain Group
- Hanson UK
- Interserve Project Services Ltd.
- Kier Group
- Kinetics Group
- Lovell
- Manchester Working
- Mitie
- Mott MacDonald
- Seddon Group
- Solent Centre for Architecture
- Southway/Impact
- Wates
- White Building Services Ltd
Aura Newcastle Ltd
Aura is a consortium which specialises in transformation, construction, design, facilities management and project management. In partnership with Newcastle City Council, Aura is delivering Newcastle's £220m Building Schools for the Future (BSF) Programme.
Balfour Beatty is a world-class engineering, construction, services and investment business. They create and care for essential assets: hospitals, schools, road, rail, utility systems and major structures. They work in partnership with sophisticated customers who value the highest levels of quality, safety and technical expertise - applying their skills to meet their individual needs.
BAM Construct UK Ltd is part of the European construction enterprise, Royal BAM Group. Their origins in the UK stretch back as far as 1874. The company has a large network of offices covering England, Scotland and Wales and projects in the education, retail, mixed use development, health, office, leisure and law order sectors.
Bennett Homes have been building quality homes in Shropshire for four decades and are now one of Shropshire’s leading new home builders.
Bethell is one of the UK's leading, independent power, rail and construction groups.
Bovis Lend Lease is one of the world’s leading project management and construction companies, using industry best practices when working with clients to create high quality, sustainable property assets.
Bramall is part of the Keepmoat Group - the award-winning leader in the delivery of community regeneration, which is providing thousands of new and improved homes across a huge swathe of northern and central England.
Breheny is one of the largest privately owned Civil Engineering Companies in the UK, and enjoys an excellent reputation with its clients, partners and supply chain.
CB&I UK Limited combines proven process technology with global capabilities in engineering, procurement and construction to deliver comprehensive solutions to customers in the energy and natural resource industries. With more than 70 proprietary licensed technologies and more than 1,500 patents and patent applications, CB&I is uniquely positioned to carry out projects from concept through commissioning. Drawing upon the global expertise and local knowledge of 18,000 employees in more than 80 locations, they safely and reliably execute projects worldwide.
CIBSE - The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers received its Royal Charter in 1976. It is the professional body that exists to: ‘support the Science, Art and Practice of building services engineering, by providing our members and the public with first class information and education services and promoting the spirit of fellowship which guides our work.'
CIBSE promotes the career of building services engineers by accrediting courses of study in further and higher education, by approving workbased training programmes and providing routes to full professional Registration, including Chartered Engineer, Incorporated Engineer and Engineering Technician. Once you are qualified, CIBSE offers you a range of services, all focussed on maintaining and enhancing professional excellence throughout your career.
Connaught Partnerships
Connaught is the UK’s leading integrated services provider, operating in the social housing, public sector and compliance markets.
Costain Group
Costain - the international engineering and construction group
Hanson UK
Hanson is one of the largest suppliers of heavy building materials to the construction industry. They produce aggregates (crushed rock, sand and gravel) ready mixed and precast concrete, asphalt and cement-related materials and a range of building products including concrete pipes, concrete pavers, tiles and clay bricks.
They are part of the Heidelberg Cement Group, which employs 70,000 people across five continents. Heidelberg Cement is the global leader in aggregates and has a leading position in cement, concrete and heavy building products.
Interserve Project Services Ltd
The Project Services division provides services in the design, construction and maintenance of buildings and infrastructure. It focuses on framework agreements, PFI projects and long-term maintenance contracts and operates across a variety of sectors including education, health, custodial, water, power, waste, transport infrastructure and commercial.
Kier Group plc is a leading UK building and civil engineering contractor also specialising in private house building, property development, facilities management and the PFI.
The Group employs over 9,000 people worldwide and has an annual revenue in excess of £2.1bn.
With over 70 years experience, the Kinetics group is a Specialist Facilities Management Partner, self delivering sustainable, resident focused property solutions to over 245,000 Social Housing homes throughout the UK.
Lovell has over 1,500 committed employees and refurbishes over 10,000 homes per year, most with residents in occupation. They are able to draw on their experience of hundreds of different projects from every part of the country but are always meticulous in their assessment of local needs and respond to them with a unique, holistic plan.
Lovell is a wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Sindall plc, the construction and regeneration group. However, each of their eight regional businesses are fully autonomous, and with a full team of experts, each retain that crucial local perspective.
Manchester Working is a unique joint venture between Morrison PLC and Manchester City Council, which will deliver an unprecedented programme of repairs to thousands of City Council-owned homes in a new generation partnering relationship.
Mitie provides everything from strategic consultancy, to world-class delivery on the ground. From long-term infrastructure planning to facilities management, to day-to-day services.
The Mott MacDonald Group is a management, engineering and development consultancy serving the public and private sectors world-wide. Mott MacDonald's US$1.5 billion business spans 120 countries with 14,000 staff working in all sectors from transport, energy, buildings, water and the environment to health and education, industry and communications.
Their breadth of skills, services and global reach makes them one of the world's top players in delivering management, engineering and development solutions for their customers.
They use their world-wide resources and experience to:
Plan, design, procure and deliver projects on any scale
Provide management consultancy built on technical know-how
Help shape and implement development policies and programmes
The Seddon group is an established, family owned business built upon a dynamic combination of traditional values and modern processes. Since their formation over a century ago, they have evolved into a modern, fully-integrated group of specialist companies which is at the leading edge of the UK's construction industry. They operate throughout the country, with over 110 years of experience in regeneration, development, construction and maintenance.
Roy Cavanagh, Training Manager of Seddon Group and Diploma Employer Champion said: “We are offering work experience placements, on-site and school visits but it’s entirely up to the business how involved they are. Firms recognise this is an excellent opportunity to raise their profile within their local communities. It’s also a way of developing new recruitment channels.”
The Solent Centre for Architecture + Design has been created to play a catalytic role in achieving excellence in Architecture and the designed environment. It operates mainly in the Solent area including the whole of Hampshire and also the bordering areas along the south coast.
One of Southway's main aims as it sets about improving homes for local people is helping to create job opportunities.
Wates Group is one of the largest UK building and construction companies. Wates specialises in homes, retail and commercial developments, property maintenance and project management.
Dave Smith, Managing Director of Wates Construction, said: "In today’s fast paced working environment, you can’t assume that one size fits all. Academic training is important, but practical skilled-based training plays a key role in developing a workforce with the right skills for individual businesses and the wider construction industry. Wates is enormously proud to be involved with the Diploma in C&BE and believe it will go some way to developing a highly skilled workforce for the future.”
Wates Living Space is one of the UKs leading affordable housing contractors, working with RSLs Local Authorities and ALMOs to create high quality homes that make a difference.
White Building Services Ltd have been 'Delivering Partnership Solutions' since 1925, providing our Clients with the highest standards of quality, excellence and customer care.