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Keeping the UK’s Royal Air Bases operational during the COVID-19 crisis
It’s more essential than ever that both organisations continue to build on their collaborative, strong relationships, keep the lines of communication open and regularly review join…
22 May 2020
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Amey joins online seminar aimed at supporting veterans with new careers in the construction industry
In November 2019, Amey became an official Alliance Partner of BuildForce and committed to provide opportunities for Service leavers and veterans as they look for new careers outsid…
20 May 2020
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Amey’s key frontline workers keep Defence moving
Our own army of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) continue to carry out essential response and planned maintenance, and grounds maintenance across the Defence Estate to keep Defe…
18 May 2020
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Amey supports soldiers as they achieve Guinness World Record for farthest pulled vehicle in 12 hours!
The event took place at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, which was set up in readiness for the soldiers to take on the challenge of pulling a van, weighing nearly 1.8 tonnes, up and…
18 May 2020
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Our commitment to keeping our customers and workforce safe
The health and safety of our customers and our staff is our number one priority and as we continue to carry out response and planned maintenance, and grounds maintenance across the…
04 May 2020
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Amey joins multi agency conservation project to help critically endangered birds at RAF airfields across eastern England.
Natural England developed the project to be trialled in 2019 because data from the AWCU showed that the particular habitat of airfield grass across East Anglia, Lincolnshire, Notti…
30 Apr 2020
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Amey and DIO – proudly supporting the repatriation of UK Service families from overseas
With Service families being urged to leave their current deployments in Kenya, Nepal, Oman, Germany and Australia as quickly as possible, our teams were given just 72 hours’ notice…
20 Apr 2020
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Amey partners with The Open University to help disabled veterans
Craig McGilvray, Amey’s Managing Director, Secure Infrastructure, said “We already actively support similar schemes run by SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, BuildForce, the construc…
08 Apr 2020
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Keeping Defence Working
Both organisations have robust business continuity plans in place and these are shared so that all employees have clear instruction and guidance as they get used to different ways…
07 Apr 2020
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Supporting our Armed Forces and their families through the COVID-19 crisis
Our Customer Service Centre in Liverpool is usually a busy and vibrant place to work, but over the last few weeks we have been putting plans into place to ensure our employees are…
07 Apr 2020
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Amey attends BuildForce Armed Forces insight day
Last month, Richard Castell, Amey’s Operational Relationship Manager, attended the first BuildForce event of the year, accompanied by Vikki Breen, Amey’s Senior Recruiter, at the P…
23 Mar 2020
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Amey leads the way in customer service
Stuart has worked in Defence for more than ten years and is passionate about customer service. Over the last few years, with the help of our 200 strong Defence customer service tea…
23 Mar 2020
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After a combined century of service to the RAF, Bob and Steve reflect on their military careers as they reach retirement
Bob began his career 55 years ago when he was an Aircraft engineer with the RAF, before becoming Chief Technical Officer where he worked on aircraft such as Hercules and Vulcans. A…
02 Mar 2020
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Collaborative relationship between Amey and DIO leads to quick removal of fallen tree at RMA Sandhurst
A large horse chestnut tree was uprooted in the early hours of the morning of Wednesday 19th February, completely blocking the public road and limiting access into and out of camp.…
02 Mar 2020
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Amey attends event aimed at attracting Service leavers and veterans to our business
Held at the famous Silverstone racetrack, the event attracted around 400 Service leavers and veterans who were keen to learn more about the career opportunities that may be open to…
17 Feb 2020
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Amey’s Defence grass cutting teams introduce ecologically friendly Shetland Sheep to HMS Sultan
In previous years, goats had been used to keep the landscape in check but due them becoming very expensive to keep they were removed from site and the grass cutting and grounds mai…
17 Feb 2020
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Amey’s Defence teams deliver runway works at RAF Coningsby with no impact to RAF operations
RAF Coningsby is home to two frontline, combat-ready squadrons and is the training station for Typhoon pilots so when Amey’s Defence teams received a brief from the Defence Infrast…
03 Feb 2020
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Amey’s customer service teams benefit from new training facility provided by Amey employee and ex-Sapper
David Bate joined Amey in 2018 after serving as a Sapper in the Royal Engineers. David worked initially on taking inbound calls and logging housing repairs but more recently moved…
03 Feb 2020
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Major General David Eastman visits Amey’s Customer Services Centre to gain some insight into his new role
Major General Eastman, accompanied by Colonel Andy Szabo, Assistant Chief of Staff Infrastructure, was welcomed by Tim Redfern, Amey’s Managing Director, Defence, and Richard McKin…
20 Jan 2020
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Amey forms alliance with BuildForce to support Service leavers and Veterans
Building on our commitment to the Armed Forces covenant, we’ll be working closely with BuildForce to provide opportunities for Service leavers and Veterans to engage with our busin…
20 Jan 2020
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Amey ensures MOD sites reopen safely as we start a new year
Distractions, poor weather conditions and forgetting about hazards are all common contributors to workplace incidents in the first few months of the year, which historically is whe…
06 Jan 2020
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Amey wins Institute for Collaborative Working award in conjunction with Defence Infrastructure Organisation
The prestigious event, hosted at the House of Lords, Westminster, was attended by representatives from Amey along with a number of other Industry Partners, all shortlisted for thei…
06 Jan 2020
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Amey steps in to deliver United States Visiting Forces (USVF) contract at five locations, increasing portfolio of Defence contracts across the UK
The contract was officially handed over to Amey on 1st December and includes the provision of reactive maintenance, statutory and mandatory compliance tasks and additional works se…
16 Dec 2019
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Developing and inspiring our people to deliver an improved service to our military community
In our housing contract we’re continuing with our improvement journey, following our recent Kaizen Blitz sessions, by providing our people with the opportunity to take part in a 13…
16 Dec 2019
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Amey prepares to keep MOD sites safe and secure over Christmas and New Year
Our Site, Area, Project and Supply Chain Managers are working closely together to make sure their local teams are aware of the checks they need to make before leaving for the holid…
16 Dec 2019