Ground Control

Lisa Bussey and Roy Candlin have been busy in Birmingham this week, supporting nationwide charity Cash for Kids alongside our partner JLL with Faye Biddle, and Lauren Clarke packing presents for children who wouldn’t necessarily get a gift for the festive season. Great work guys! #HumanNatureAtItsBest

Bringing festive cheer to Birmingham school children🎄 This week, the JLL Gravelly Industrial Park team was busy packing 462 bags of generously donated chocolate and sweets for pupils at a local school. This is part of an annual initiative and team effort from partners, aimed at supporting children who don’t receive much during the Christmas period. A big thank you to the volunteers this week including Roy Candlin, Lisa Bussey, Wayne Gorman, Kenny Hanney, Lee's Lawncare, Rowans grounds maintenance, Faye Biddle, Mark Henry and Lauren Clarke. #HumanNatureAtItsBest #CommunityImpact #Volunteering

It was great to be part of this year's National Landscape Awards, sponsoring the 'Regeneration Scheme - Under £500K' category and celebrating our industry. As we wrap up several exciting projects, we look forward to submitting our nominations for 2025. #BALIAwards2024 #LandscapingExcellence #BALIAwards #NationalLandscapeAwards British Association of Landscape Industries

🎉 A big congratulations to our graduate, Phoebe Gannon! Last week, Phoebe officially wrapped up our Operations Graduate Scheme and is now gearing up to start her new role as Assistant Contract Manager in our Landscaping team this January. 🌱 In her final weeks, Phoebe delivered an impressive end-of-programme presentation to the board in London, showcasing everything she’s learned during her journey. She also joined the team for some well-earned festive celebrations. 🎄✨ We’re so proud of all that Phoebe has achieved and can’t wait to see her career at Ground Control continue to thrive. 💬 Watch this space to follow her journey! https://lnkd.in/eD9pkU8B Jack Terry Dillon Alcock Adam John Daisy Staff Grady Edgington Finn Dobson

We are thrilled that our partnership with JLL has earned the '2024 International Gold Green Apple Environment Award'. The International gold winning site is JLL's Elmdon Trading Estate. It was recognised in the 'Conservation and Wildlife Projects' category. The Green Organisation Green Apple Environment Awards are presented to recognise, reward, and promote environmental best practices worldwide. Congratulations to all involved and thank you to Roy Candlin and Lisa Bussey (pictured) for everything you do to support the project. #GroundsMaintenance #Environment #Sustainability #Ecology #Wildlife

How are digital technologies being utilised in Landscape Architecture? Hear from our Principal Landscape Architect, Tamae Isomura in the latest edition of Landscape Journal by Landscape Institute. Tamae shares her insight on artificial intelligence and Landscape Architect professions, and her key takeaways from the 'Digital Practice and Technology for Landscape conference', where she chaired a discussion on BIM for Landscape.   Read the latest edition of Landscape, the journal of the Landscape Institute: https://lnkd.in/dNYffQyX   #BuildingInformationModelling #LandscapeInstitute

This is a fantastic opportunity for Ireland-based teams of arborists and tree surgeons to join our thriving Ground Control Ireland business. Contact Declan O’Gorman on 01 897 0220 or at Info@ground-control.ie. https://lnkd.in/eSECW2nW

Ground Control is now a proud Platinum Member of the Essex Wildlife Trust. The Essex conservation charity protects wildlife and inspires a lifelong love of nature. The trust manages nature reserves and discovery parks across the county, providing outstanding outdoor education and preserving places of wonder. Our platinum membership illustrates our long-term commitment to investing in wildlife through this charity. Thank you Grant Maton for presenting us with our certificate at our Billericay HQ yesterday and to our team advocates Cat Benson, Chloe Muirhead, and Javier Roig (pictured).

Another pothole filled and ready to be driven over before the next shift begins. Thank you Mike Reeves for documenting the seamless process at an industrial site for our partner Biffa the waste management specialist.   Our unique pothole repair service: - is guaranteed for up to three years - can fill your potholes in less than 30 minutes - can be driven over immediately For an instant, free quote for pothole repairs, resurfacing line marking, and other car park maintenance and repair services, please get in touch ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eVGi-KSn #PotholeRepairs #Nationwide

An update on #StormDarragh: It is fair to say that the Network Rail ‘Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and Borders’ route bore the brunt of the storm. The Met Office red weather warning ⚠️ covered virtually all of our railway. And beyond the very high winds, we had an Amber warning with more high winds 💨 and rain ☔️ for nearly 36 continuous hours. The teams from Network Rail and Transport for Wales have been brilliant throughout, railway industry collaboration at its best. We have also been supported by our supply chain, including Ground Control , AmcoGiffen, Lanes Group and more. I have been incredibly grateful 🙏 to the teams for the way they have put their own safety and customer safety at the forefront of their decision making throughout. We have had literally hundreds of items blown onto the railway, hundreds of trees 🌲 down, dozens of signalling and telecoms faults, numerous external power ⚡️ outages, numerous flood risks (and events) and more. In addition, the road 🚐 network (for us to respond) was also severely impacted. Overnight last night and today, we have worked collaboratively with Transport for Wales and have had mutiple route-proving (empty) trains with only our maintenance teams on board methodically checking 👁️, clearing and repairing 🔧 the railway 🚂 . As we go into this evening, we are still working hard on this and will be throughout the night. We have been able to open up many of our routes today, but we have more to do tonight and tomorrow. If you are planning to travel tomorrow (Monday), please check before you do. I would like to thank 👏👏 my railway colleagues for what you have done this weekend. Also for what you are continuing to do tonight to restore the railway. I am genuinely proud to work on the Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and Borders railway, a true railway family. I am also grateful to the TV 📺 and Radio 📻 press for working with us throughout the weekend. And, finally, sorry to anybody who may have been planning to use the railway over the weekend. We are doing our best to get it back safely working for you as soon as we can. Some photos (courtesy of our response teams) below. Cheers Nick #RailwayFamily #StormDarragh #Teamwork #NinetyFourMPH #RailwayCollaboration #BBCBreakfast #BBCRadio #LifeIsBetterInOrange