QUALITY ASSURANCE
Connell Brothers standards in Quality Assurance continue to be recognised by external bodies. The company have recently gained accreditation to the requirements of the OHSAS 18001 standard for our Health and Safety Management System.

Connell Brothers has implemented the health & safety system in order to do all that is reasonably practicable to prevent personal injury and damage to property and protect all employees, sub contractors, clients and members of the public.

This Standard operates alongside the companies existing ISO 14001 environmental standards and ISO9001 quality assurance standards

Accreditation to these three quality standards reflects our position as one of the country's leading demolition contractors and is something only a hand full can boast of.

RoSPA GOLD AGAIN FOR THE THIRD YEAR RUNNING!
Connell Brothers standards in Health and Safety continue to be recognised by external bodies. .
They have recently been decorated with the Gold Award from The Royal Society for The Prevention of Accidents for the third year in succession.

The award was given to Connell Brothers as recognition of the past four years work in the demolition sector carried out without any incidents or accidents and was collected by Jim Connell on May 10th at the Birmingham N.E.C as part of this years Health and Safety EXPO.

EIGHT YEARS IN A ROW FROM THE BRITISH SAFETY COUNCIL
Eight Years in Row from The British Safety Council!
Connell Brothers have also recently been given the National Safety Award from The British Safety Council for the Eight Consecutive Year.

RECENT CONTRACTS

De - planting and demolition of the former Degussa Manox Facility in East Manchester.
Connell Brothers are currently nearing the completion of the de - planting and demolition of the former Degussa Manox Facility in East Manchester. The majority of the contents of the site were to be retained for re use by the client and rebuilt in China.

The site closed down in April 2005 and many local residents were glad to see the end of what was considered a major eye sore in the area. The clearance of the plant has also enabled the potential regeneration of the approximate 40 acre site. For full details please visit our Case Studies Section.

Demolition of the former Gold and Silver Refinery, Johnson Matthey
One of the most notable and original contracts completed recently was the demolition of a former Gold and Silver Buillion Refinery Building on behalf of Johnson Matthey Plc.

Prior to the Demolition the Operational activities within the Gold and Silver Area comprised of Gold Refining, Gold Dissolution, Silver Evaluation, and Silver Refining.

"Despite the valiant attempts of our operatives no gold or silver was found on site!" said Dave Wood, the site supervisor for the works.

Please visit our Case Studies section for full details.

Demolition of The Maths Tower, Manchester University
The unsightly design of the Maths Tower situated on Oxford Road in the City Centre was said to be based on that of a scale ruler and is the largest to have ever been demolished in the city. The building was earmarked for redevelopment following the merger last October of the University of Manchester and UMIST to form a single University.

The Building stood at 21 storeys and is situated within the confines of the live University Campus which is recognised as the biggest institution in the country and the largest in Europe with over 33,500 students. Coupled with this is the fact the Tower Fronts onto one of the busiest roads in the City Centre.

RECENT AWARDS
Connell Brothers standards in Health and Safety continue to be recognised by external bodies.

They have recently been decorated with the Gold Award from The Royal Society for The Prevention of Accidents for the second year in succession.

The award was given to Connell Brothers as recognition of the past four years work in the demolition sector carried out without any incidents or accidents and was collected by Jim Connell on May 18th at the Birmingham N.E.C as part of this years Health and Safety EXPO.

Connell Brothers have also recently been given the National Safety Award from The British Safety Council for the Seventh Consecutive Year.

HEALTH, SAFETY AND RECENT AWARDS
Connell Brothers Operative Mr Daniel McBride was a close runner up in recent The Alf Brown Demolition Operative of the Year 2005. The award was presented at The London Hilton as part of The National Federation of Demolition Contractors Annual General Meeting.

Connell Brothers standars in Health and Safety contiune to be recognised by external bodies, we have recently been decorated with the Gold Award from The Royal Society for The Prevention of Accidents for the second year insuccession. The award was given to Connell Brothers as recognition of the past four years work in the demolition sector carried out without any incidents or accidents and will be presented at The Birmingham NEC on May 18th as part of this Years Health and Safety EXPO.

Connell Brothers have recently been given the National Safety Award from The British Safety Council for the Seventh Consecutive Year.

As part of our continual development of The Health and Safety culture within the company, Connell Brothers ran an in house competition to find the safest employee - the winner being rewarded £500. The competition proved a great success with all of the Connell’s 60+ workforce scoring over 88%! The prize was split eventually split between the companies two eldest and longest serving employees Mr Joe Fay and Mr Tony Clarke who have a combined demolition experience in excess of over 80 years. (They have certainly seen some changes in their time!).

DEMOLITION OF THE MATHS TOWER BEGINS
Connell Brothers have recently embarked on the demolition of the 20 storey Maths Tower Building at Manchester University. The structure is of a very unusual designe believed to have been created to look like a scale rule! The site is not only situated within the confines of a live university campus with 30, 000 students in close residence, but coupled with this is the fact the building fronts onto one of the busiest roads in Manchester City Centre.

This is the latest in a long line of inpressive city centre contracts undertaken by the company, please visit our case studies section for more details.

The Woodside Regeneration project was led by the Borough of Telford and Wrekin in partnership with The Wrekin Housing Trust, English Partnerships, Advantage West Midlands and the Housing Corporation.

John Connell, Connell Brothers director and current chairman of the North West Region of The National Federation of Demolition Contractors said: “The safety of local residents, children in the adjacent school and the elderly residents in the Bennett House Residential Home was of paramount importance to our company. The works were programmed  to take account of local conditions and information leaflets have been made available at the Woodside Project Office. The high profile project has required a lot of detailed planning, including liaison with all parties involved and members of the Royal Protection Squad Royal visit of Prince Phillip who opened the job. We’re delighted to be able to say that no accidents or incidents were reported during demolition which allows us to maintain our blemish-free record.”

GOLD AWARD
Connell Brothers have recently achieved the Gold Award from The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and were preseted with the accolade st the Birmingham NEC by the Vice President of RoSPA Lord Brougham & Vaux CBE. This refelcts Connell Brothers persistant high levels of performance in the crucial area of Health and Safety

A HAT-TRICK OF YOUNG TRAINING SUCCESSES

It’s been a busy and successful first half of the year for training within Connell Brothers Ltd.

As part of the company’s continual training programme in developing young members of the team and their training skills, the company has scored a hat-trick of successes.

James Flynn aged 18 is currently at the National Construction College at Bircham Newton and doing very nicely, placed at second in his class for plant operator training.

Mike Finnigan aged 23, who studied at Liverpool University and gained an Honours Degree in Business Economics, is currently completing his graduate management-training programme at Connell Brothers and is head office based. As part of Mike’s training programme he has successfully completed and passed his NEBOSH General Certificate in Health & Safety.

Adam Balyski aged 18 has successfully completed his NVQ level 2 Plant Mechanics Course at Bircham Newton and is currently progressing on his level 3. As a keen rugby league player Adam also gained honours by playing and collecting a winners medal for St. Anne’s Amateur Rugby League Club, in the Open Age, BARLA (British Amateur Rugby League Association) National Cup Final held at Bloomfield Road in Blackpool on Saturday 24th May 2003. Still on a high and celebrating on his return to the end of year presentations at St. Anne’s on Sunday he was awarded the Coaches Player of the Year Award for his age group.

Connell Brothers philosophy is to train and develop the youngsters of today to secure the future.

MAINE ROAD FOOTBALL GROUND – THE DEMOLITION BEGINS

Connell brothers, award winning demolition contractors have been commissioned by Manchester City Council to demolish the former home of Manchester City Football Club in order to make way for a multi-million pound redevelopment scheme within the Moss Side Area.

Connell Brothers are well versed and experienced in the field of Stadia Demolition following the successful demolition of Filbert Street, the former home of Leicester City F.C which was completed in the summer of 2003 accident and incident free.

Connell Brothers expertise has been recognised by numerous external bodies and as a result they have been awarded the accolade of Demolition Contractor of the Year, the only company in the North West to receive this award.

The complex project is a six month demolition and asbestos removal package which presents numerous challenges such as the adjacent terraced properties and St Edwards R.C. school which is in close proximity. Liaison and planning are key elements to the safe execution of the works and Regular Residents meetings are being attended to reassure the locals that Safety is of paramount importance to Connell Brothers and will not be compromised in any fashion.

The demolition of the stands especially the 30m high Kippax Street has required the utilising of a variety of modern day demolition equipment including a new state of the art high reach excavator equipped with specialist hydraulic attachments. This Demolition Machine reaches a staggering 41 metres and is the largest Demolition Cat within the U.K reflecting Connell Brothers position at the cutting edge of the industry. The machine will carry out the dismantling of the structure in a controlled and sequenced manner following a full structural appraisal by Connell Brothers structural engineer.

During the course of the project Connell Brothers will undertake a strict regime of Health, Safety and Environmental auditing of the works with regular visits from external advisors to ensure that it runs to programme without accident or incident and maintains the companies blemish free Health and Safety Record.

Company Director John Connell said “ We are delighted to be working with the council on the scheme and are proud to be assisting with the regeneration of the Moss Side and Rusholme Area"

Connell Brothers have also recently gained full membership of the Asbestos Removal Contractors Association

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