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Barking and Dagenham College Skill Show

A huge thanks to Vistry Group and Caroline Richardson for inviting us to take part in this year’s Skill Show, held once again at Barking and Dagenham College. We had the chance to watch, advise, and engage with the next generation of electricians, offering our guidance as they take their first steps into the industry. […]

Senior Site Team at Barkingside Yard

Meet our senior site team at the Barkingside Yard project for Vistry. Here they are checking out the latest webinars available and scanning the new QR code to download the pocket app. Our Lead QS Ricky has been doing the rounds to all site teams to promote awareness.  

New project for Hopkins Homes

We’ve had a great start to the new year! We are pleased to have secured a new development for Hopkins Homes, a joint mechanical and electrical venture for the group. This is comprised of 246 units, a collection of 3, 4 & 5 bedroom homes, apartments and houses located in Beaulieu Park, Chelmsford. This development, […]

Supporting a Local School

To support one of our local primary schools in Colchester, we were more than happy to step in and provide some child sized protective equipment for their mud kitchen and digging area. Over the last 18 months, Braiswick Primary School has taken part in the OPAL primary programme. This programme supports and encourages children to […]

New Phase at Newhall

Work is underway for our new phase at Newhall for Vistry Central Home Counties. Our mechanical and electrical teams are working on 60 units, a mixture of private houses and PRS apartments. This is a fantastic project to be working on and it has been great to see the overall development grow over the past […]

1st Fixing in Wivenhoe

1st fixing has begun at Richard Ave, Wivenhoe, for our electrical team. This continues our working relationship with Taylor Wimpey East London with this collection of one-bedroom apartments and two, three & four bedroom houses. If you are interested in joining the team for this or any other project, register your interest here – https://colnevalleygroup.co.uk/careers/ […]

Supporter of Lighthouse Charity

We are happy to have renewed our membership and ongoing commitment with the Lighthouse Charity, an outstanding organisation that flies the flag for welfare and wellbeing within the construction industry and offers all kinds of help to operatives and their families including emotional wellbeing, as well as physical and financial wellbeing.

Junior Design Engineer

Ben is one of our Junior Design Engineers and is receiving remote training on our design software, MEPWorx. As well as attending day release at The Colchester Institute, Ben is receiving in-house training to cover all aspects of M&E Engineering Design ensuring there are new engineers in the industry ready for the future. For more […]

New Appointments

We are pleased to confirm two new appointments here at Colne Valley Group. The first being Aaron Ratcliffe, who will be moving up from Construction Director to become the new Managing Director of Electrical. The second of our appointments will see Mark Barber moving up from Commercial Director to Group Operations Director, overseeing the commercial […]

Jason’s Promotion

Congratulations to Jason Seagar on his promotion to senior estimator. Jason has been with the group since 2020, and with his dedication to the job has worked hard to achieve this well deserved promotion. Keep up the good work!

We’re Hiring – Senior Electrical Design Engineer

The role… We are currently recruiting for a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to join our growing team.    The selected candidate will… Ensure all projects are completed to a high technical standard providing full Stage 3-5 technical design, on time and on budget. Carry out fee earning work for both internal and external clients, getting […]

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