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Malcolm Construction Delivers for Glasgow the Best Games Ever! 1 GROUP 24 THE MALCOLM GROUP magazine issue seven Malcolm Construction delivers for Glasgow In this issue: Q&A with Construction’s own Jim McAlister Page 6 Scotland’s First Volvo Euro 6 FM Takes To The Road Page 11 XX Commonwealth Games - We Leave Our Mark Page 17 The best Cyclists Now Safer for Malcolm Investment Page 28 200,000th Volvo is Malcolm’s New Star Games ever! Back Cover practical solutions, successful partnerships 2 24 3 Welcome to the seventh edition of 24 seven! Scotland’s Top Health & Prime Minister Pays a Visit to Malcolm’s This has been an outstanding year for the whole Malcolm Group, with each Division having its own high points. In the Safety Conscious Company The Malcolm Group welcomed British Prime following pages we have a wealth of news stories covering Minister, David Cameron to its Linwood everything from new business contracts to our charitable complex as part of Mr Cameron’s planned works, with our involvement in the success of the XX visit to Scotland, in conjunction with the Commonwealth Games, perhaps our greatest achievement Scottish Referendum. of the year. During his televised visit, he praised Malcolm’s In this edition we also have a one-to-one with Jim McAlister, enterprise, alongside other leading Scottish Operations Director, Malcolm Construction, in which he gives us a behind the scenes glimpse into the breakneck businesses, as companies making a serious year that brought about the transformation of Hampden contribution to the economies of both Scotland Park and prepared the Games Village, in the East End and the wider United Kingdom. of Glasgow, for the arrival of some of the world’s finest athletes for just two weeks of competition. Andrew Malcolm, CEO, Malcolm Group, treated the Prime Minister to an informative tour of the Also read, how we played host to Royalty and the Head of facilities including Malcolm’s Maintenance’s Government at separate milestone Malcolm events, about Tachobay. His visit was rounded off with a an owl on our train and how some of our people continue to meet and greet and some refreshments with amaze, by doing extraordinary things to help others. The Malcolm Group is honoured to have been awarded the title key Malcolm personnel, hosted at the Donald As ever, your 24 seven is packed with stories created by Malcolm Heritage Centre. From left to right: Euan Malcolm, Ker Malcolm, Nicola Robertson, David Cameron, Malcolm people and it’s my pleasure to see them published. of Scotland’s Top Health and Andrew Malcom, Walter Malcolm, Donald Malcolm So, keep up the good work and keep these stories coming! Safety Conscious Company. Andy Rycroft, Group Health Helen Ryan, Marketing Manager and Safety Manager, attended Tel: 01698 835872 Email: [email protected] the annual Transport News Scottish Rewards presentation Building Maintenance has its Work Cut Out ceremony held at the Crowne Plaza in Glasgow. This popular ceremony, now 2015 is set to be another busy year for the Building From the CEO in its 21st year, attracted almost 600 industry guests. Maintenance team, with the following works also scheduled: 2014 has been another successful and fulfilling year for the Andy was delighted to accept the award on behalf of the Malcolm Group. Group at the breakfast celebration held on Friday 7th WEST AVENUE AND GRANGEMOUTH Glasgow 2014 was a massive success for Glasgow and for November. Within the past two years, the Malcolm Group Divide warehouses into 1000m2 cells for bonding, including Malcolm Construction. Transforming Hampden provided a has made a strong commitment to raise the profile of new dock levellers. great showcase for the skill and determination of our people. safety within the business by building safety into the core of all training delivered. This award further reinforces the HAYDOCK The legacy of the Commonwealth Games to the business, is Malcolm’s continued involvement in the conversion of the importance the Group places on health and safety. Install an additional inspection pit to the garage, refurbish Athletes’ Village to private and public sector housing and the garage welfare area and extend the Jack Strips. When completing the Drivers’ Certificate of Professional It has been an extremely busy year for the Building as a landmark reference for our capabilities to current and potential clients. Competence (CPC) programme five years ago, safety was Maintenance Division with significant maintenance works WAKEFIELD a core element and every year since, the safety module and building projects being undertaken right across the Build a whole new infrastructure, including a new 2 pit The growth of Malcolm Logistics’ reputation and profile has has been updated to refresh employees. Malcolm Group estate. also continued this year, with HRH Princess Anne gracing garage, new traffic office and truck wash. our reception at the Malcolm Logistics’ stand at Multimodal, Due to the success of this, a move to ‘extend’ the idea of the An upgrade and refurbishment of the Newhouse depot is GLENROTHES where she officially launched our new 50’ container.In Drivers’ CPC has now delivered a Forklift Operator ‘CPC’ currently ongoing. Brand new windows have been installed Demolish parts of the existing infrastructure and extend the addition, we hosted visits by the Prime Minister and the and a Mechanics’ ‘CPC’. and the front yard is being redesigned with a new front trailer/unit parking and refurbish the traffic office. Scottish Transport Minister at Malcolm sites, which provided entrance and staff car park. Work is also progressing on the us with the opportunity to discuss our vision for the future All in-house training now has a safety module built in and first and second floor offices. The upgrade at Newhouse is and raise our concerns about the impact of legislation and safety champions are installed at each Malcolm Group regulation on our Industry. set to continue in 2015 with the scheduled refurbishment of depot. The board of directors, including CEO Andrew the ground floor, an extension to the rear of the warehouse As a sign of our confidence in our staff and the business, Malcolm, have also attended externally provided safety and the installation of a new pit in the garage. we are investing in the future, with new Logistics sites for senior executives sessions. at Castleford, Glenrothes and Avonmouth during 2014; At Burnbrae Road, various works have been completed, significant upgrade work to the Newhouse site; with further The Group recognises that implementing various small including the upgrading of the yard. A new diesel tank works due to commence in the form of warehouse changes combined health and safety initiatives, rather than one has been installed as well as a new canopy for the A, B at Linwood West Avenue and Grangemouth in early 2015. big scheme, is fundamental to influencing and changing and C Warehouse. All of this has been made possible by the commitment and behaviour. In addition, the Group is committed to their dedication of our staff, to whom I offer my personal thanks. mantra of ‘Prevent accidents today, return to work Due to new longer length trailers, the concrete “Jack I wish all of you, our customers and suppliers - tomorrow’. Strips“ need to be extended. The testing of new LED “All the best, for a safe, healthy and prosperous 2015”. energy efficient lighting, for all suitable depots, is currently in progress. Andrew Malcolm, Chief Executive Officer practical solutions, successful partnerships 4 24 5 Magic of Disney Visits Lower Drink-Drive Limit & Newhouse Revised Company Policy Competition winner David Thomson, Storeman at On the 5th of December the Newhouse depot, recently swapped his life in the 2014 the Road Traffic garage for a six day trip for two to Orlando Florida, Act (Prescribed Limit) courtesy of breakfast TV show Good Morning Britain. (Scotland) Regulations 2014 came into effect. Presenter Sean The result of this Fletcher and his amendment to the Road camera crew Traffic Act will be the lowering of the drink drive limit in visited Newhouse Scotland. These new limits are considerably lower than to surprise the current UK limits. unsuspecting David with the There are no current plans to reduce the limits in England Malcolm Logistics Reach for the ECO Stars exciting news. and Wales, however the Group cannot operate a Drugs and Alcohol Policy with different thresholds at different locations Following on from joining the Europe-wide ECO Stars When joining, members have their vehicles and overall Well done David! and clearly we cannot have a threshold that is higher than the Fleet Recognition Scheme, Malcolm Logistics have fleet rated by industry experts to assess their current legal limit. The new lower limits will therefore apply across recently got on-board with two schemes in Scotland environmental performance, giving an ECO Stars rating the Group, irrespective of base location, with effect from 5th in North Lanarkshire and Fife. between 1 and 5. December. Every employee has been sent an update to the Driver CPC Audit Success existing Policy; please return your signed acceptance copy to NORTH LANARKSHIRE A bespoke “road map” or action plan is then produced your Manager if you haven’t already done so. which contains tailor-made guidance to help improve the The Malcolm Group and indeed all companies employing Already signed up to schemes in Edinburgh, Dundee efficiency of their fleet. drivers throughout the UK have recently reached the The new limits are:- and Yorkshire, Malcolm Logistics along with nine other end of the first five year session for Drivers’ Certificate Current Limit New Limit Measurement companies in the area have joined this scheme. ECO Stars began in South Yorkshire in 2009, and has of Professional Competence (Drivers’ CPC).
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