O'Keefe Trending Topics - ‘Fuel Duty with Ronnie Cusack’.
The energy crisis is affecting us all – directly and indirectly. In construction we are reliant on heavy oil or red diesel that has a much reduced tax levy, but all of that is about to change in April with the scrapping of the use of red diesel or rebated fuel as it is correctly known. There will be some exceptions but construction operations is not one of them. Our Operations Director, Derek Gilburt posed some questions to our Plant Fleet Manager, Ronnie Cusack to get a feel for the impact on our business.
Kent Construction Expo
We are attending the Kent Construction Expo for the third year in a row.
Atlas Mountain Trek
Two members of our team spent 2 days trekking the Atlas Mountains in Morocco for three chosen charities.
Dave Foley, our demolition contracts manager and Declan Kelly, our project manager, trekked more than 2,000 kilometres across Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
Risk does not have to mean danger in demolition
People still think of demolition as being a dangerous industry. In fact, it’s not dangerous, although it is high-risk.
Michael’s Marathon Run
Our business development manager Michael Louth completed the 39th Virgin London Marathon yesterday, despite never being a runner before!