24 March 2014
VGC Director awarded major Papal award
We are delighted to confirm that on 13 March 2014, Andy Rogers, non-executive director for the VGC Group, was honoured by Pope Francis, with the major Papal award of a Knight of St Gregory the Great (KSG). Andy has being awarded this knighthood for a range of initiatives, including his time put into Catholic education over 26
20 August 2013
Crossrail award for VGC apprentices
VGC Labour Solutions is delighted to be part of the team at C511 that won the Crossrail Sustainability Award in the Young Crossrail and Community Investment category for their Construction Training in the Community initiative. VGC Labour Solutions have employed three apprentices on section C511 of Crossrail – namely Lee Van-Cliff, Shabul Hussain and Mumin
5 May 2013
"Be Safe by Choice with VGC" has a positive impact
In 2012 VGC launched its own behaviour based safety (BBS) programme called ‘Be Safe by Choice’. WS Atkins Training was engaged by VGC to assist in the development and delivery of the programme which raises awareness of how behaviour and attitudes can play an important part in reducing accidents and incidents in the work place.
1 October 2012
VGC sets gold safety standard
The VGC Group is setting standards for safety in the workplace across the construction and rail industry. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) awarded VGC its most prestigious accolade, the Gold Achievement Award, in recognition of our high levels of performance in keeping the workplace environment safe for our staff and contractors.
18 May 2012
Zero Harm improvement award
VGC has been awarded Balfour Beatty’s Zero Harm improvement award. This was in recognition of our successful management of safety on the M25 project. We achieved this by providing positive support to Balfour Beatty’s Zero Harm programme, and consistently improving the safety culture of our workforce. VGC recently introduced a programme of behaviour based safety
