Chris started his career as a groundworker before progressing to Working Foreman, then Site Manager. Chris joined Gipping sixteen years ago and during this time he has completed NVQ level 6 – Construction Site Management (Construction) – Building and Civil Engineering. Chris is highly motivated, proactive and drives the completion of a project. He is extremely well organised and forward thinking.
Chris Crabtree
Site Manager

Qualifications:
NVQ level 6 - Construction Site Management (Construction) - Building and Civil Engineering
SMSTS
CPCS Plant Operator
First Aid at Work
Scaffold Inspection
Fire Warden
Asbestos Awareness
IPAF Mobile Elevating Work Platform
Temporary Works Supervisor and Co-Ordinator
Pedestrian Operated Tower Crane
SEATS (Site Safety Plus)
Telescopic Handler
Forward Tipping Dumper
Excavator 360
Health and Safety Test
Mobile Tower
Excavator 360 above and below 10T
Manual Handling
Environmental Awareness
Fire Marshall Certificate
First Aid at Work
Abrasive Wheels
HAV Awareness
Delays, Extension of Time, Loss & Experience, Instructions & Variations, Practical Completion
Payment Processes, Dispute Avoidance, Adjudication & H&S Law
NFB Project Collaborative Planning
NFB Lean Construction
LABC East Anglia Technical Seminar
Suicide First Aid Lite for Heavy Industry
COSHH
Working at Height
Selected Project Resume

Howard Community School

St Peter’s Brewery, Bungay, Suffolk

Tollgate Primary School

Wells Hall Primary School, Suffolk

St Helens House, Ipswich, Suffolk

Hillscross Conversion, Cambridge

St Peters Primary School, Dagenham, Essex

Europa Way, Ipswich, Suffolk

Shipdham, Suffolk and Yaxham, Norfolk

Deben Court, Wickham Market, Suffolk

Hollands Road Business Centre, Haverhill, Suffolk

Muntons plc, Stowmarket, Suffolk

Qualifications:
NVQ level 6 - Construction Site Management (Construction) - Building and Civil Engineering
SMSTS
CPCS Plant Operator
First Aid at Work
Scaffold Inspection
Fire Warden
Asbestos Awareness
IPAF Mobile Elevating Work Platform
Temporary Works Supervisor and Co-Ordinator
Pedestrian Operated Tower Crane
SEATS (Site Safety Plus)
Telescopic Handler
Forward Tipping Dumper
Excavator 360
Health and Safety Test
Mobile Tower
Excavator 360 above and below 10T
Manual Handling
Environmental Awareness
Fire Marshall Certificate
First Aid at Work
Abrasive Wheels
HAV Awareness
Delays, Extension of Time, Loss & Experience, Instructions & Variations, Practical Completion
Payment Processes, Dispute Avoidance, Adjudication & H&S Law
NFB Project Collaborative Planning
NFB Lean Construction
LABC East Anglia Technical Seminar
Suicide First Aid Lite for Heavy Industry
COSHH
Working at Height
Our Team

Andy Laflin
Joint Managing Director

Paul Orriss
Joint Managing Director

Julian Davies MCIOB
Associate Director, Construction

Emma Brine
Associate Director - Purchasing/BMS

Joe Butler
Associate Director

Matt Smith
Senior Estimator

Peter Flatt
Contracts Manager

Steve Offord
Contracts Manager

Zac Land
Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Xena Partridge
Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Steve James
Project Manager

Joel Murray
Project Manager

Lee Walsom
Project Manager

Shaun Whiting
Project Manager

David Andrew
Site Manager

Chris Crabtree
Site Manager

Dale Gregory
Site Manager

Michael Newman
Site Manager

Carl Taylor
Site Manager

Paul Howes
Civil Engineering Manager

Nick Maslin
Working Foreman

Michelle Bloomfield
Administrator

Leanda Hoyland-Linch MCIM
Creative, Media and Marketing Manager

Karen Wark
Accounts Assistant

John Bartle
Tradesman and General Operative

Mark Batram
Tradesman and General Operative

Sam Beer
Apprentice Tradesman and General Operative

Rob Byrne
Tradesman and General Operative

Will Crabtree
Tradesman and General Operative

Mark Hughes
Tradesman and General Operative

Rowan Lockyear
Tradesman and General Operative

Ian Mumby
Tradesman and General Operative

Declan O’Brien
Tradesman and General Operative

Bob Paulley
Tradesman and General Operative

Stan Pryke
Carpenter & Joiner

Eden Reynolds
Carpenter and Joiner

Jason Starsmoore
Tradesman and General Operative

Ian Taylor
General Operative and Telehandler Driver