VGC awards list

Our team on Thames Tideway east achieved Costain ‘Defining Blue’ status for the whole of 2019

We won Costain ‘Defining Blue’ at Crossrail Bond St for excellent performance in Q2, Q3 and Q4 in 2019

RoSPA health and safety award ‘workplace involvement in safety and health’ 2019

Two further Network Rail STAR awards were received in 2018 after Crossrail’s senior construction manager assessed our projects at Gidea Park and Shenfield.

‘250 club’ acknowledgement by Balfour Beatty Vinci JV for our team on the M6 junction 2-4 smart motorway upgrade in summer 2018.

Our team at Goodmayes won a Crossrail Anglia SHE award from client Costain in summer 2018.

Rob Barnard’s team won a third Network Rail star jointly with Costain in 2017, also for works on the north-east spur of Crossrail Anglia.

Awarded Costain Blue status at Crossrail Bond Street station for three quarters running over 2016-2017.

Subcontractor of the month awards in March and April 2017 from Costain on the Crossrail Anglia contract

‘250 club’ acknowledgement by Balfour Beatty Vinci JV for our team on the M5 junction 4a – 6 smart motorway project in May 2017.

Network Rail STAR award for health, safety and environment (with a score of 97%) in Aug 2016 for Crossrail Anglia

A second Network Rail STAR award in December 2016 for track drainage project at Crossrail Anglia

Network Rail and Costain contractor monthly safety award in Aug 2016 at Crossrail Anglia

Health and safety supplier forum award three times running from Aug 2016 to April 2017 for Crossrail Whitechapel (BBMV)

TfL LU Beacon award July 2016 for the Farringdon signal equipment room project

‘Safety Contractor of the Year’ at Crossrail Bond Street station works 2014 and again in 2015 – awarded by Costain Skanska JV. The safety acknowledgement system changed in 2016; we continued to top the table as long as the system was running.

Gold status with Supply Chain Sustainability School awarded in Jan 2016

Atkins SAG (Safety Action Group) safety award in January 2015 for East Kent resignalling phase 2 project

Subcontractor HSE award in August 2014 from client Skanska for the M1 junction 19 improvement project.

Subcontractor safety league for Ferrovial Agroman in Sept and Oct 2015 for Heathrow Bravo taxiway works

Balfour Beatty’s Track Partnership supplier performance league table for Jan 2015; top of close call league table in May and June 2016

Zero Harm award Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering 2012

Shortlisted for 2019 Building Britain award

VGC is a member of the integrated labour team on the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement project. The ILT collaboration was recognised with the Innovation award at the A14 Supply Chain awards in January 2018.

VGC and partner Danny Sullivan Group received a collaboration award from CSJV for our work on supporting ex-offenders into construction careers.

VGC is a member of the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon integrated labour team which won the 2019 Highways England ‘improving employee engagement and behavioural change’ award

VGC was accepted as a signatory to the Energy and Utilities Skills Partnership Procurement Skills Accord

Our collaborative work with Costain and Network Rail was one of six project shortlisted by Rail Media in 2017 for the Most Interesting development in support equipment award.

Women into Construction support award received September 2019

Women into Construction support award received October 2018

Shortlisted for London Construction Awards Diversity and Inclusion award 2019

Crossrail Sustainability award for maximising employment opportunities Aug 2016

Shortlisted for CECA Inspiring Change award May 2018 (workplace category)

Shortlisted for Construction News Diversity Champion award in 2017

We won the Construction News 2020 Diversity and Inclusion Excellence award

We received the social value award at the November 2020 Balfour Beatty Highways conference

Highly Commended for the 2020 CN Specialist Community Engagement award

Highly Commended for 2019 IRP award for Best Corporate Social Responsibility Practitioner

Skanska infrastructure supply chain award: ‘Act Ethically and Transparently’ Sept 2018

Shortlisted for the 2019 Construction News Talent award for Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative of the Year

In October 2018 we were shortlisted for the Institute of Recruitment Professionals award for Corporate and Social Responsibility Practitioner of the Year.

Shortlisted for UKRIA corporate social responsibility award in 2017

Infrastructure 21 award for Training Excellence 2015 (CECA New Civil Engineer)

NSARE (National Skills Academy for Railway Engineering – now called NSAR) outstanding training award 2014, and gold status award in 2018.

Shortlisted in the Training and Development category of UKRIA (UK Rail Industry Awards) 2015

VGC is one of only around 250 organisations to achieve the London Healthy Workplace award (2019).

Shortlisted (one of only two companies) for the Construction Investing in Talent awards ‘Best Retention Strategy’ 2016

Shortlisted (one of nine companies) for the Construction Investing in Talent awards ‘Best Place to Work’ 2016

Shortlisted (one of eight and the only labour supply company to be shortlisted) for Construction News ‘Employer of the Year’ 2015 award