Work commenced this week on our latest contract award at The Treehouse, East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH). The breaking ground event was held on Tuesday, after an amazing effort by the Team, led by Gipping Project Manager Chris Crabtree, to get the site ready. The event was blessed by fantastic weather, and as expected, there […]
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Breaking ground at the Treehouse
Congratulations to Chris Crabtree on his promotion to Project Manager. Chris started his career as a groundworker before progressing to Working Foreman, then Site Manager. Chris joined Gipping over sixteen years ago and is a highly motivated, proactive, well-organised and forward-thinking team member. Chris consistently receives excellent feedback from Clients, notably at our recently completed […]
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Congratulations, Chris!
Christmas may feel like a distant memory, but the students at Lofty Heights CIC Skills Academy will benefit for a long time from a couple of pre-Christmas deliveries! When the Christmas Wish for materials came from Claire Flowers and Jon Spraggons at Lofty Heights, we teamed up with Mark Lockwood of Travis Perkins, Ipswich, to […]
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Lofty’s Christmas wish delivered!
Congratulations to Will Crabtree, who recently achieved a Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Occupational Work Supervision (Construction) Will joined Gipping in 2023 as a Tradesman and General Operative and worked at our Ravenswood Site before moving across to Hawke Road. If the name sounds familiar, you are right…Will is the brother of our Site Manager, […]
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New Year, new qualifications!
Today it was enrichment day at Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School, where we are working on the construction of a new sixth-form block. When Head Teacher, Dr Richard Wilkin, asked if we would be willing to give a series of talks to Year 11 students about the project, career opportunities for women in construction, and […]
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Pupil enrichment day at Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School
We were delighted to jointly sponsor the timber for these very smart raised beds at Sprites Primary Academy in Ipswich. Thank you to Mark Lockwood of Travis Perkins for your generous contribution. The construction work was done free of charge by our Site Manager, Dale Gregory, assisted by his brothers-in-law. Dale says: ‘The school were […]
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New raised beds for Sprites Primary Academy
Our former Ravenswood Site team were thrilled to attend The Ipswich Society‘s Annual Awards this week, to be presented with the Award of High Commendation for Ravenswood, along with Barefoot & Gilles Architects and Handford Homes. As an implementation of the Ipswich Society’s objectives, Annual Awards are given for the projects which have made a […]
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Another award for Ravenswood!
Our Site Managers are on a roll! This week, it’s our Site Manager, Carl Taylor‘s turn for a big pat on the back. Congratulations, Carl, who recently achieved NVQ Level 6 in Construction Site Management (Construction) – Building and Civil Engineering. Carl started his career as a bricklayer and is a motivated, loyal and hardworking […]
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Carl achieves NVQ Level 6
Gipping’s Joint Managing Director, Andy Laflin, was delighted to chat to Mark Wakeford, Chairman of the NFB, on The Building Podcast last week. Andy talks about Gipping’s focus on recruitment and training to ensure the quality and calibre of staff and supply chain, and the value we place on our membership of the National Federation […]
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Andy on the Building Podcast
Big congratulations are in order for our Civil Engineering Manager, Paul Howes, who has recently achieved NVQ Level 6 in Construction Site Management (Construction) – Building and Civil Engineering. Well done, Paul!
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Well done, Paul!