As part of Clifford Devlin’s ongoing commitment to community engagement and support for local initiatives, it has announced a 2-year kit sponsorship deal with Essex-based, Hassenbrook FC. The club’s Under-14 Blue Team features Clifford Devlin’s Senior Asbestos Contracts Manager, Mark Collins’ son Ben.

Hassenbrook FC, which is Based in Stanford-le-Hope, was established in 2020. It currently has 15 groups which cater for children aged 3 to 16.

“On behalf of all the boys and everyone at Hassenbrook FC we just wanted to thank Clifford Devlin for its support, said Club Secretary, Simon Hoskins, “As you can imagine, things have been really tough for everyone this past year so to be able to get the boys back playing and our new football club up and running, with the help from sponsors like Clifford Devlin, is a massive step forward.”

The club has exclusive access to 9-a-side and 11-a-side pitches in Stanford-le-Hope and welcomes any youth teams (Girls or Boys) from Under 11 to Under 18 who would like to join. All Essex Youth Leagues are supported by the club including but not limited to the following:

• Southend Junior League
• Brentwood Community Football Alliance
• Echo League
• Chelmsford Youth Football League

“Our ultimate aim is to grow the Club and make football available to everyone in our community, “ continues Simon Hoskins, “We really are ‘all about the youth’ and we want to offer an affordable, safe, secure and thoroughly enjoyable experience for all our members. We know that the last year or so has been exceptionally difficult for everyone especially our young children and getting back to some sort or normality is a priority but only when it is safe to do so. Rest assured all of our facilities will be Covid safe and all of our volunteers will follow any Government and FA guidelines stringently.”

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In June 2021 we relocated our Head Office from Bow, East London, to purpose-built space in Thurrock, Essex. The 1.6 acre site contains refurbished offices for twenty admin and management staff, meeting rooms as well as space for our plant, fleet and materials stores.

“It was quite a wrench to leave our home of the last 32 years,” says Clifford Devlin’s Head of Administration, Siobhan Clifford, “However, the new site offers us excellent transport links with the Dartford Crossing on our doorstep and the A13 and M25 just 5 minutes away. This will make us more accessible for staff and visitors while enhancing our responsiveness for reactive contracts throughout London and the Home Counties.”

The site in Bow had also become awkward to operate from explains Siobhan:
“It was definitely time for us to move on,” she says, “When we moved to Bow the location near Devons Road was essentially an industrial site and a perfect location for our yard. In recent years the area has become increasingly gentrified with industrial units re-developed for residential tenants and arts/crafts workshops who were less tolerant of the presence of our plant, machinery and operatives.”

“The need to move was some time ago factored into the long term succession planning for the business and has now been neatly choreographed to coincide with the change of ownership to the EOT and the formation of the new Board of Directors.”

The new address is: Clifford House, Hedley Avenue, West Thurrock, Grays, Essex RM20 4EL

The telephone number remains the same: 020 7538 8721

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The event, which was attended by Managing Director Tim Clifford, Head of Administration, Siobhan Clifford as well as members of the company’s new EOT board, included a 15 minute qualifying race for fastest lap time to determine the grid starting positions for the non-stop 35 minute Grand Prix-style Race with a trophy presentation for the top three drivers.

Asbestos operative Ross Cressingham topped the leaderboard (with a best lap time of 77.261 sec) making this his second major achievement of the last few months following his success in being named UK Asbestos Operative of the Year by the industry body ARCA in October 2020.

The event concluded post race refreshments in the Fox Connaught.

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Head of Group Operations, Liam Hennessey commented:
“I would like to congratulate those involved in the assessment process for their hard work as well as everyone involved in the Asbestos Division for its continued performance and vigilance on-site.”

The latest statistics published by the HSE reveal that just over a third (34%) of all licenced contractors hold a 3-year licence which reflects the robustness of the company’s systems for maintaining worker competency, detailed, accurate methodology and on-site supervision and auditing.

Clifford Devlin has held an asbestos licence from the HSE continuously since 1983, when licensing began.

A key ingredient in the success of the process is the company’s adoption of the electronic Assure 360 system in 2020 explains Liam:
“The integration of Assure 360 has enabled us to convert to paperless, real-time recording and reporting of every task associated with asbestos removal. This has streamlined the process on-site and enables us to enhance the monitoring and compliance of our health and safety measures in this highly-regulated discipline.”

Clifford Devlin’s levels of worker competency and performance of work on-site were recognised last year by the industry trade body the Asbestos Removal Contractors Association (ARCA). In October 2020 Clifford Devlin was presented with a twelfth consecutive Gold Award for training and a third consecutive gold following independent site audits by ARCA. We were one of only 11 licenced contractors to achieve gold in both training and site audits last year.

Following the assessments by ARCA one of our operatives, Ross Cressingham, was also named Asbestos Operative of the Year for 2020.

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The is the sixth-consecutive gold award Clifford Devlin has achieved, confirming its Gold Medal status and is its 13th gold in total since the contractor started entering the RoSPA awards in 2008.

“For obvious reasons 2020 was an extremely challenging year and we are delighted that our ability to redesign our approach to continue to operate safely during a pandemic has been recognised by such as august body as RoSPA,” said Clifford Devlin’s HSQE Director, Ian O’Connor.

This is the first time Clifford Devlin has entered the industry sector award which, unlike the achievement award, is competitive and recognises organisations that have demonstrated the best health and safety management performance within specific industry sectors.

Evidence provided by the company to demonstrate good health & safety practice during 2020 included the implementation of risk assessment, internal and external auditing, accident investigations and RIDDOR data, health surveillance, training needs analysis (TNA), continued professional development and employee-engagement.

The submission included details of the measures Clifford Devlin took which enabled it to continue to operate throughout the COVID-19 pandemic which included implementing official guidance into standard operating procedures, collaborating with clients and suppliers and applying common sense, explains Ian O’Connor:
“A series of company-wide risk assessments conducted at the outset of lockdown in March 2020 enabled us to devise new procedures that allow us to continue work while protecting the safety of our staff, clients, suppliers, residents and the public. These included COVID site inductions, applying fix-team partnering and, where possible, staggering start times, social distancing, minimising use of public transport, use of PPE and infection control as well as restricting site entry to essential personnel.”

“We also collaborated with clients and other contractors to identify measures that would enable us to continue to operate safely on active sites,” he continues, “For example, work was halted for four weeks in March 2020 on our demolition at the Euston site for HS2, while risk assessments were carried out and new safe working methods developed and implemented in conjunction with the Principal Contractor Costain Skanska JV. By restructuring the sequence of works and employing social distancing on-site, by staggering shifts and creating more site parking to reduce the use of public transport, we were able to re-start works safely in April 2020.”

Julia Small, RoSPA’s achievements director, said: “RoSPA is very proud of the achievements of its entrants, and with this award we recognise the best of the best, those organisations that have gone the extra mile, raising the bar for the delivery of safety in the workplace. Employees, wherever they may be should be able to go to work safe in the knowledge that they will return home unharmed and healthy at the end of every day. Our RoSPA Award winners are central to achieving this goal. By entering they are driving up standards and setting new safety benchmarks for organisations across the world.”

The RoSPA Awards scheme is the longest-running of its kind in the UK, but it receives nearly two thousand entries from 46 countries, making it one of the most sought-after achievement awards for health and safety worldwide. Currently, around 7 million people are directly impacted by the RoSPA Awards.

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One hundred per cent of the shares previously owned by the second generation of the family-owned business established by Peter Clifford and Alphonsus (“Foncie”) Devlin, have been transferred to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT).

An EOT is a special form of employee benefit trust introduced by the Government in September 2014 in an attempt to encourage more shareholders to set up a corporate structure similar to the John Lewis model. The aim is to facilitate wider employee-ownership, albeit via an indirect holding company.

Managing Director, Tim Clifford, believes that the move to employee ownership will help secure the long-term future of the business:
“The EOT route will enable us to transition the ownership structure without the potential disruption a sale to new owners might involve, thereby maintaining continuity of culture and business process which is what our father would have wanted,” says Tim, “It is also an opportunity for us to recognise and reward the contribution our staff make to the development and continued success of the company”.

As part of this restructuring exercise the company’s existing Management Board have been appointed as full Board members, creating directorships for Liam Hennessy (Operations), Martin Doble (Building Works), Derek Aslett (Commercial) and Ian O’Connor (HSQE).

The current Board believes that this development will also contribute to the seamless continuation of the Clifford Devlin brand and business into the future:
“Promoting our Management Board to senior status will help reduce some of the workload for day-to-day activities on the existing Directors and will improve overall governance of the business. It will further enable us to gradually transition our responsibilities over the course of time,” said Tim.

Clifford Devlin will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2022. The firm has been a fixture of the capital’s demolition industry since 1962 when the business was originally established in North London, before moving to East London in 1972. The company, which has added asbestos removal and building works to its original core offering of demolition, has remained a family-owned business throughout. Peter Clifford, who passed away in 2010 at the age of 83, gradually transferred control and ownership to members of his family before standing down in 1998.

The company specialises in complex, inner-city, enabling works projects featuring demolition, asbestos removal, structural alternations and groundworks packages. The building division also offers a full refurbishment service. In 2020 it completed a £7.5m project to facilitate the development of the Euston hub of HS2.

Data suggests that employee-owned businesses drive corporate performance with higher productivity, profitability and greater levels of innovations.
“Aligning the interests of business needs and employees can make companies focus more on the long-term and secure more sustainable growth with an engaged and committed workforce” continues Tim Clifford, “By giving our staff a greater stake in the business we aim to increase their engagement and commitment and help build a platform for the future growth as well as provide them with an opportunity to share in the continued success of the company.”

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“I look forward to using my experience at Board level of various construction and civil engineering businesses to help Clifford Devlin transition to the EOT,” says Declan, “The company has an excellent reputation in the industry and I am convinced the new ownership structure will allow continued stability and help facilitate its further potential.”

In February Clifford Devlin announced it was transitioning its ownership structure to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). The restructuring, which saw members of the company’s management team appointed as Board Directors of Clifford Devlin Ltd, with one, Ian O’Connor, also being appointed to the EOT Board of Directors, is designed to provide the company with stability and continuity while existing members of the Clifford family gradually reduce their influence and handover more responsibility over time.

“Declan’s experience of managing major infrastructure projects across a wide range of sectors will help develop and enhance our ability to deliver complex, multi-disciplined schemes which has been Clifford Devlin’s forte for many years,” said Managing Director Tim Clifford, “His presence on our new board will provide the additional knowledge and expertise we need to manage our ownership transition.”

The company, which specialises in inner-city, enabling works projects featuring demolition, asbestos removal, structural alterations and groundworks packages, recently completed a £7.5m project to facilitate the development of the Euston hub of HS2.

Declan Sherry has over 30 years’ experience in the construction and civil engineering industries having specialised in delivering projects across a wide range of sectors from infrastructure to defence, energy, commercial and residential both in the UK and Europe.
Most recently he was part of the governance team at the £9 billion project to redevelop the iconic Battersea Power Station.

Declan has been a Chartered Civil Engineer since 2000 and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors since 2016. Declan career began in 1989 and spans three family run businesses: O’Rourke Civil Engineering Ltd, Lancsville Construction & Henry Underground & Rail Services Ltd and McGee Group. Declan founded Red Key Ltd in 2016 as a management consultancy.

In addition to his work at Battersea Power Station Declan has been involved in the successful delivery of a number of other major infrastructure and nationally strategic projects including Hinkley Point C, Kings Cross, Urenco’s Tails Management Facility, a number of London Underground station and infrastructure upgrades, iconic headquarter projects including BAA Riverside and Bloomberg London as well as several Hospital PFI developments.

Declan is a keen advocate of behavioural safety improvement and is passionate about mentoring staff, passing on knowledge and experience to aid staff progression.

“I am looking forward to working with the new Board, the greater Clifford Devlin team and of course our clients.” says Declan.

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“We believe that our experience and ability to deliver complex, multi-disciplined enabling works across a range of sectors was key to us gaining a place on this major framework,” said Head of Group Operations, Liam Hennessy, “We hope this will provide the company with a stable a pipeline of future opportunities.”

ProcurePublic estimates the Framework could account for spend across the UK of up to £80m, over the next four years. It is available for use by any UK public sector organisation that seeks demolition, site preparation, civils or clearance work. The framework is not divided into lots and covers all disciplines associated with construction enabling works including:

• Deconstruction and dismantling
• Explosive demolition
• High reach
• Strip out
• Structural alterations
• Saw cutting and diamond drilling
• Groundworks
• Associated civils work
• Site clearance and reclamation
• Waste management

Mark Harrison, Procurement Director for ProcurePublic said: “It was important for us to focus on demonstrable demolition experience in Top Down and Large Panel System construction. We were extremely impressed with the calibre and quality of tenders received and the supplier partners, who now feature on our locked in four-year agreement.”

Central & Cecil Homes Housing Trust (C&C) provides both affordable and luxury properties for sale and rental and care homes, all exclusively for those aged 55 and over in locations across the city. The Established in 1926 Cecil Homes merged with Central London Housing Trust in 1993 to form C&C.

ProcurePublic Ltd was founded in 2015 as a consulting, asset management, technology and innovation firm. It manages the procurement process of various framework contracts  that allows its clients to demonstrate Best Practice through smart procurement techniques. Clients include housing associations, healthcare organisations, Bluelight, local government, charities and transport providers.

Clifford Devlin has been providing the construction sector with enabling works for nearly 60 years. As well as a comprehensive range of demolition disciplines the company also provides licenced asbestos removal and buildings works. Clifford Devlin recently completed a £7.5m enabling works package at the Euston hub of HS2.

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Ross qualified for the accolade by scoring 100 per cent in the written examination of ARCA’s annual refresher training while concurrently achieving a competency qualification (RSPH Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Removal of Hazardous Waste, Construction – Licensed Asbestos) within the same timeframe.

ARCA’s Training Manager Satish Patel commented:
“The combination of an NVQ award and the successful completion of annual refresher training enables us to assess operatives’ competency in both technical and practical regard. Ross’ exemplary performance in both disciplines makes him a very worthy winner of the Ross Turner Award.”

Ross’ entire career in asbestos management has been with Clifford Devlin. He joined the company in 2011 looking for a new challenge after spending 5 years in various roles in the construction sector. Following 3-months on-the-job instruction he completed formal training to become an ARCA-trained New Asbestos Operative in 2012. Since then he has worked his way up to Advanced Operative status with the company, in 2018.

The Experienced Candidate Assessment Route (ECAR) NVQ course he attended in September 2019 was an intensive review of skills and knowledge of the specialist discipline of asbestos removal at the trade association’s Rayleigh Training Centre in Essex. The evaluation phase involved assessment via oral, written and practical tests. The practical was particularly challenging as it involved setting-up an enclosure based on a Plan of Works while being observed by an assessor throughout, which tested operatives’ skills and their ability to interpret documented plans to correctly erect the enclosure and install air locks, negative pressure units and vision panels.“We are delighted that Ross has achieved this signature honour which we feel is well deserved,” said Clifford Devlin’s Managing Director, Tim Clifford, “Ross is a quick learner and has always been keen to embrace and absorb knowledge and new skills either via formal training or from practical experience on-site. This achievement sets a great example to the rest of our workforce to try and emulate.”

Ross shares the accolade with Filip Willmanowicz of European Asbestos and Charlie Andrews of Horizon Environmental.

The award, which has been running for 12 years is named after Ross Turner who served as ARCA President from 1995 to 1997. Ross who passed away in September 2011 was renowned and respected throughout the asbestos and demolition sectors. He was one of the few people to have been Chairman of ARCA and President of both the National Federation of Demolition Contractors (NFDC) and the Institute of Demolition Engineers (IDE).

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