News Inviron and GKN swing


into fundraising action Inviron


Technical services provider, Inviron and its Filton-based client, GKN Aerospace, have together raised a fantastic £1,200 for local Bristol charity, The Jessie May Trust.


companies’third annual golf tournament, held at Filton Golf Course, the two teams took to the fairway to battle it out for the winners’trophy, whilst raising much needed funds for the charity which provides nursing care for children with life limiting conditions.


Derek Taylor, contract manager at Inviron, commented: “Our annual golf day is a great team building event but it’s also an excellent opportunity to get together with our client GKN, as well as our generous suppliers, to raise money for a very worthwhile charity which gives support to terminally ill children and their families in the local community.”


hefty cheque to Emma Kenton, Community and Events Fundraiser from The Jessie May Trust this week, who said: “We’re very grateful to Inviron and GKN for their significant donation. They have been regular supporters of ours over the last three years and it’s generosity like theirs that ensures we can continue to provide the much needed services that we do.”


this cheque to The Jessie May Trust. We know the funds will be well used. As a team we were also really pleased to win the golf tournament this year, having been beaten by GKN for the last two years. Finally the trophy sits in pride of place at our Bristol office – for the time being!


staff, the Inviron team and to all of our suppliers for making this one of the most successful golf days since we started in 2009.”


For more information about The Jessie May Trust please visit www.jessiemay.org.uk


“I would like to say a big thank you to all GKN Derek concludes: “It was wonderful to hand over Derek and Kevin Hart from GKN presented their


Chemical containment areas are susceptible to deterioration through chemical attack. If the deterioration is not addressed early, the structural integrity of the concrete will suffer from serious long term damage causing potential chemical leakage and structural failure resulting in environmental damage and impact.


Belzona has developed a solution to repair and protect against the detrimental effects of chemical attack within chemical containment areas.


By way of example, Application Services Division, Belzona Technosol Limited recently completed an application for a premium spirits distiller in Scotland. The application was to provide a repair and protective system for a caustic chemical containment area.


area offering no guarantees that it would successfully contain the products if the vessel was to fail.


The existing protective system had failed resulting in the chemical containment


the concrete substrate had badly degraded and required extensive repair. Belzona 4131 (Magma screed) and Belzona 4141 (Magma Build) were used to repair the degraded sections of the walls to bring the bunded area back to original state.


On preparing the surface and removing the fibre glass lining it became evident that


The concrete floor surface was skimmed to a depth of 6mm and 50mm x 50mm fillets were installed to all horizontal and vertical corners of the bund with Belzona 4131 (Magma Screed) and Belzona 4141 (Magma Build).


Atwo coat system of Belzona 5811 (Immersion Grade), high performance barrier coating which is ideally suited to this application providing protection, from the effects of the disclosed chemicals, was then applied to the internal and external walls of the bund along with the floor.


By utilizing this Belzona solution, chemical attack of concrete can be prevented reducing environmental impact and expensive operational downtime.


Construction industry gains new framework from BSI for best practice procurement BSI


Anew procurement standard for the construction market has been launched by the British Standards Institution (BSI).


BS 8534:2011 - Construction procurement policies, strategies and procedures. Code of practice - gives recommendations and guidance on the development of policies, strategies and procedures for the procurement of construction in the built environment.


In contrast to its sister standard, BS ISO 10845 – Construction procurement - which provides the detail, BS 8534 takes a top level approach which will be highly useful to all procurers of construction work within both private and public sectors. It will also be extremely helpful to supply chain teams which procure sub-contracted labour.


BS 8534 evolved as a result of the 'Rethinking Construction Standards' workshop series sponsored by the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and delivered by BSI in partnership with Constructing Excellence. It responds to industry demand for consistency in the way construction work is procured and in the engagement of the supply chain in the project decision making process.


“Successful construction procurement enables a project to be delivered on time, to cost and to the desired quality,” says Jonathan Griffin, Head of Market Development at BSI. “BSI strongly believes that the construction industry will benefit from the introduction of a high level best-practice framework in this area since it will; eliminate wasteful processes in design, procurement and construction; facilitate fair competition, reduce the possibilities of abuse; improve predictability of outcome and allow the demonstration of best value procurement across the life span of the project.”


Implementation of the new procurement standard in the public sector will also help achieve a co-ordinated approach resulting cost savings and therefore better value for taxpayers. Improving the construction procurement process is also one of the major initiatives under the HM Government Low Carbon Action Plan.


For further information on BS 8534:2011 - Construction procurement policies, strategies and procedures. Code of practice - or to buy the standard visit http://shop.bsigroup.com/bs8534


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