29 April 2020
RIP John Daly
We were very sad to hear of the death of John Daly, who passed away from coronavirus on 26 April 2020. John was part of the VGC family for over a decade.
19 April 2017
Client commendations for John's teams
Graham writes: Recently teams led by labour manager John Daly received several commendations from clients. Manchester to Blackpool rail upgrade Gangs working on the Manchester to Blackpool line were thanked by our client Siemens. The first was an incident in Bradshaw Fields, where we are working on LOC bases on the PN21BR Manchester to Bolton
20 August 2020
Company staff meeting 13 August 2020
We held our first ever online staff update meeting in August, with staff joining on MS Teams from around the country.
31 May 2019
Mental health awareness week 2019
Fiona writes: VGC had a great week raising awareness of mental health. We had a series of activities which got head office and site staff involved in our initiatives to inspire people to think and talk about mental health. To kick things off, we launched our brand-new tool box talk. This talk was delivered across
19 June 2018
June 2018 company update
Different presenters offered new points of view at last week’s six-monthly update. Twice a year, everyone who can make it gathers in the Cardinal House boardroom, for an update on how the business is doing. Thanks, welcomes and a sad farewell Managing director Laurence Mckidd started the meeting with thanks to everyone for their work
4 December 2017
A busy December for VGC teams
John writes: December is going to be busy for my teams in the Midlands, working on a number of projects for client Siemens. Blackpool to Manchester NWEP At the moment, people are working round the clock in Blackpool and Manchester. The three-month blockade on the Blackpool to Manchester NWEP (north west electrification project) started in
16 January 2017
Client compliments and thanks
John writes: I’m pleased to say that we’ve had a number of compliments from satisfied clients recently, especially regarding the work done over the holiday period. Resignalling Network Rail Andy Gallimore, Siemens installation supervisor, sent an email about one of our civils gangs: “During the commissioning over Christmas here in Manchester I had the privilege
21 December 2016
Our Christmas work teams
Thank you to everyone working over the Christmas holidays. We have a number of people working night and day instead of celebrating with family and friends, and we are grateful to them. “Thank you to all the people who will be giving up time with their family and friends,” said Laurence Mckidd, managing director. “This
29 July 2016
Awards for National Grid team
John writes: Three people working for us on the north Deeside (Connah’s Quay) sub-station job have helped the site to win two safety awards. Connah’s Quay won the Best Project award and the EAC project won the 100% Safe award in the ALLstar 2016 awards for Morgan Sindall. That means the project is the best
22 December 2015
Thanks to Christmas holiday workers
The VGC offices will be closed from 23 December until 4 January. However, a number of dedicated VGC people will be working over Christmas and New Year. These people are giving up time with their family and friends to carry out work on important infrastructure and transport works, and we thank them all most sincerely.