::: Venture Construction & Developments Ltd :::

Ventures Background

Jason Tucker set up Venture Construction & Developments Ltd on the back of a long history of experience within the construction industry.

Jason Tucker has a reputation for reliability built up over many years, which is based on more than keeping its promises. It results from sound management and carefully organised systems and, most of all, a recognition that a reliable company means reliable people.

The development of its subcontractors has always played a big part in the company. At every level clients deal with personnel whose experience contributes to the success of each project. This policy has helped the firm form strong working relationships with its company clients, such as MJC Group, County Wide Home Care Ltd, Tilbury Trucks Ltd, Glasscote Ltd, Rockney House Residential Home, as well as many private individuals.

Aims for the Future

Strategies

Business Objectives for the Future

Aims for the Future

Venture Construction & Developments Ltd. is a new company formed in April 2005 by Managing Director Jason Tucker. With a wide range of projects undertaken through the Private Sector, the Company aims to negotiate with Public Sector Clients to further expand its business portfolio. A much respected construction company in the Worcestershire area, Venture is recognised for the reliability of its organisation, the quality of its work and the skills and loyalty of its employees.

For the future it aims to take advantage of those strengths by maintaining and further developing its strong links with the Private Sector Clients and, without prejudicing it’s service to that sector, build on it’s Public Sector with a view to climbing the ladder with Local Authorities.

It will continue to aim to ensure that its employees have the motivation and skills to continue to provide clients with the best possible services.

Strategies

Employee Development

Venture will develop, and review the effectiveness of its employee training and development skills.

With specific regard to Training and Development, ensure that the company maintains equality of opportunity for all its employees.

To maintain employee Personal Development Review (PDR) programme-enabling employees to help to identify their own personal training development needs and follow this up with the completion of a Training Needs Analysis and formal Training and Development programme.

To address Succession Planning, providing Management training as appropriate, in order to help the company maintain its ‘promotion from within’ culture.

Continue to recruit, support and develop Apprentices, establish on-site assessment procedures and introduce a formal review interview programme.

To review existing Induction procedures to ensure that the training and development needs for new employees are addressed from the start; these procedures to apply, also, to existing employees who are promoted or change jobs.

To evaluate the effectiveness of training and development activities:

ensuring that employees are properly briefed before a training activity starts
debriefing when the training has been completed and measuring the effect on attitude and performance during succeeding months

Communications

To create an atmosphere that enables the company to share with employees:

where the company is going
what the company needs to do to get there
what management, employees, Office and Sites need to do to do to help the company get there
how well the company is doing: starting with the distribution of a copy of this Business plan, to all employees, in order that they are aware of the company’s Aims and Objectives.

To review current ‘meeting’ practices to ensure that senior staff are aware of new projects, the progress of existing projects and the performance of completed projects and empower senior staff to cascade as much of that information, as is practical, to those employees for whom they are responsible.

To ensure that site operatives, including subcontract labour, are fully briefed when commencing new projects, or when joining an existing team, including safety factors, an outline of the work that has to be done, who is doing what and the reasons for the ‘team selection’ and the planned completion date.

To give consideration to

producing a regular Newsletter
holding regular general works meetings

Marketing

Without diluting of prejudicing its private Sector effort to seek ways of expanding it’s public Authorities work base, including the further ‘cementing’ of Architect and Surveyor relationships.

Employee Recognition

To seek ways of recognising employee contribution
To consider ways in which employees can benefit, financially, in the success of the company

Information Technology

To review the suitability, availability and utilisation of existing computer equipment and software
To review the skill levels of staff who use the computer equipment to ensure that the company is taking advantage of existing equipment and software

Sustainability

Venture Construction & Developments Ltd recognise the governments new guidelines with regard to sustainable construction and wish to further its business strategy by implementing the following

Reduce the supply chain in the procurement of materials
Minimise waste on site through close co-operation with the Project Team. Utilising standard size components to room sizes, liaising with subcontractors and formalising a waste management plan to ensure waste is in line with government Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)
Value engineering projects at the design stage
Segregating waste
Minimise the impact on the environment by purchasing recycled materials, where available, and discussing ways to improve wasted energy

Investors in People

The Investors in People is a framework that helps organisations improve performance. To meet the standard venture will show that its investment in its people is effective because:

it is committed to development in its employees
it has clear aims and shared them with its employees
its investment in its employees helps it meet those aims
it understands the impact that its investment in its employees has on its performance.

In the near future venture Construction will be looking to gain this much accredited award.

Design and build

We offer a comprehensive design and build package from the conception, planning and design through to practical completion.
We have teamed up with one of the West Midlands top Architectural Practices Central Building Design (www.centralbuildingdesign.co.uk) to offer our clients innovative and functional design to ensure that the finished project meets and exceeds all of their needs.
This partnership takes away any hassle the client could encounter in obtaining Planning Permission and Building Regulations approval.
Our high standards and commitment to excellence along every step of the process ensures a successful outcome for our clients.

Health & Safety

Venture has a comprehensive record for Health & Safety awareness. The company is encouraging all domestic and trade subcontractors to gain the accredited CSCS cards for staff members and will shortly be putting directly employed staff through this course. All projects undertaken consider all aspects of Health & Safety and the vast CDM Regulations.

To achieve our goal in being the leader in our sector, venture Construction has the advantage of a Health & Safety Advisor, Mr Glenn Webb, who will implement our Company Health & Safety Policy, together with Method Statements and Risk Assessments.

Venture Construction also has the benefit of a Planning Supervisor, Mr Andrew Denham, under the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 1994.

Business Objectives for the Future

Market Share

To continue to consolidate its market share.

Profitability

To improve profitability in the future by:

Continuing to monitor and review requisition of materials and improve on waste factors
Improve efficiency of the workforce through targeted training

Employee Development

Continue to monitor senior management skills in promoting and supporting the training and development of employees
Continue with Personal Development Reviews of employees
Implement Health and Safety Procedure for the control and monitoring of safety at all levels of management
To continue with the elevation of training in its effectiveness

Communication

To continue to share with employees the Business Plan for the future and keep them informed of progress against that plan throughout the year via our newsletter

Employee Recognition

To continue to review current procedures and practices and continue to recognise employee contribution

Information Technology

To continue to review our utilisation of our expanded computer system and to encourage employees through training to increase their skills in its use and utilisation

Investors in People

To build on our Investors in People recognition and continue the principal aim of investors in people by developing its workforce to meet the company’s business goals