May 2008

Thomas Vale Construction hosted a networking event with a refreshing difference on Thursday 1st May 2008. The event took place on a canal boat that commenced from Brindley Place and continued around Birmingham.

Members of Thomas Vale attended a ‘Sustaining the Promise’ event last week held to celebrate the achievements of the Birmingham Construction Partnership (BCP). Since its launch in 2004 the Birmingham Construction Partnership has been at the forefront of partnership frameworks and has to date helped to deliver around £500million of city improvements to Birmingham.

A report out this week has revealed that Birmingham City Council has created in the region of £120m of value from its pioneering construction partnership.

The continued success and growth of Thomas Vale Construction was reflected by 42 new members of staff commencing on 1st April 2008. The team will be working on year five of the Birmingham Construction Partnership ‘Decent Homes Scheme’ which has now been extended to seven years.

On Sunday 13th April John East, Commercial Manager at Thomas Vale Construction accomplished the London Marathon in an impressive 4 hours 11 minutes, even with injury!

Work has started on an £8.5 million new health centre in Birmingham to boost services for 13,000 residents.
A turf-cutting ceremony marked the beginning of the development to provide a "one stop shop" of GPs, physiotherapists and dentists in Richmond Road, Stechford.