Bachy Soletanche celebrate 7th consecutive RoSPA Gold Award
Bachy Soletanche is pleased to announce that we have been awarded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Gold Medal this year, making it our 7th year in a row winning this award. This achievement, which recognises Bachy Soletanche as one of the UK’s geotechnical industry leaders in Health & Safety, is a special milestone [...]
Driving Change In Construction Through Inclusivity
In this interview Richard Totty, Senior Design Engineer, describes his passion for volunteering with the STEM Ambassadors scheme and also discusses his motivations for promoting Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) in construction at Bachy Soletanche. We ask Richard what can be done to help increase diversity in the sector and to promote equality in the workplace. [...]
Breaking The Stigma Of Same-Sex Parents
As part of our Pride-month discussions this year, we spoke to Dafydd Belshaw, Group Quality, Sustainability & Environmental Manager, about his experience of having two mums. We discuss how it shaped him, his thoughts on labels, and why we need to normalise LGBTQ+ and same-sex parents. What is your experience with having [...]
Tina Gretlund: Being A Woman In Engineering
In this edition, Senior Design Engineer, Tina Gretlund, discusses her route into the engineering industry and why she’s proud to be an engineer. Engineering: the use of scientific principles to design and build structures – a practice that dates back to ancient times - has fascinated me since I was a child. I was born in [...]
Sophie Vicard: Gender Balance in Construction
In celebration of International Women in Engineering Day this year, we spoke to Sophie Vicard, Geotechnical Project Manager at Bachy Soletanche, to get her thoughts on the gender balance in the construction industry, her experience in the sector and the role models that have inspired her. What is your role at Bachy Soletanche? I am currently [...]
Ruth Webster: The Pathway To Success
Ruth Webster joined Bachy Soletanche as a temporary receptionist and has risen through the ranks of the company to become a Senior Contract Engineer. In this section, Ruth discusses her progression through the company and gives advice on how to follow suit. How did you come to work at Bachy? My route into the company has [...]
The Importance Of A Diverse Workforce
Boris Caro Vargas, Bachy Soletanche's Managing Director, discusses the importance of a diverse workforce, the benefits it brings to a company and the wider environment, and how the industry can improve as a whole. What does an inclusive workplace look like? It’s a difficult question… an inclusive workplace is one that is [...]
Andy West: From Kenya to Hereford… The Long Way
Andy West, Commercial Manager at Bachy Soletanche, celebrates 30 years of working for the company. Here, he looks back on his career to date, stand-out project experiences and how the industry has changed during that time. As I write this, I am currently working from my home in Hereford as I have been for [...]
Targeting a Zero Injury Workplace: VINCI Safety Week
In 2020, 40% of all work-related fatalities were in construction, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Falling from height, and collisions with plant are all common potential hazards faced by construction workers every day. Due to the inherent, high-risk nature of the work, the construction industry is held to some of the highest safety standards around. [...]
Suporting Mental Health Awareness Week 2021
Today, Monday 10th May 2021, marks the launch of Mental Health Awareness Week, the UK’s national week to raise awareness of mental health and wellbeing. The week, which is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, is in its 21st year and runs from 10-16 May. This year, the theme for the week is ‘Nature’. Across the country, people [...]
Geotechnical Collaboration Drives Down Embodied Carbon at EcoPark South
Bachy Soletanche and Vibro Menard have been awarded a contract by Taylor Woodrow, to deliver the geotechnical work on the first phase of the EcoPark South project in Edmonton, London. The scheme, designed to reduce embodied carbon, is part of North London Waste Authority’s £1.2bn programme to create a new waste management hub and Energy Recovery Facility. The environmentally [...]
Bachy Soletanche Reduce Environmental Impact of Piling Rigs
Bachy Soletanche is continuing to drive its sustainability agenda, by using exhaust emission reduction technology to reduce the environmental impact of its piling rigs and equipment. Early in 2020, Bachy Soletanche identified the importance that reducing plant emissions has in contributing to VINCI’s ambitious targets of reducing its impact on the climate and environment. In conjunction with Cybrand AEC [...]