The Iain Rennie Hospice at Home charity provides specialist and supportive care and advice for patients with cancer and other life threatening illnesses in their homes. With centres in Hertfordshire and South Buckinghamshire the charity offers a 365 days a year service and offers patients and carers access to specialist advice and nursing visits on a 24 hour on-call basis.

A night has been dedicated to the local community with three local schools, Harefield infants, Harefield Junior and St Mary’s RC primary school being invited to engage in the pantomime and hopefully provide great fun for the parents and pupils.

“The panto has seen an overwhelming response to ‘get involved’ from all our people right up to senior executive level, and the amount of hidden talent with several stars being born and the generosity we have uncovered from both our staff and supply chain in order to pull this production off has been truly inspiring” said Mark Sewell, Clancy Docwra’s Communications Manager.

The performances are on Tuesday 20th, Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd starting at 7.00pm at The Harefield Academy, Northwood Way, Uxbridge UB9 6ET. Tickets sold out within hours of going on sale.

Press enquiries to Mark Sewell, either by email: mark.sewell@theclancygroup.co.uk or on 01895 823711 ext 3116.

Clancy Docwra Limited enjoyed a successful evening (22/11/10) at the National Joint Utilities Group (NJUG) awards held in the members dining room at the Houses of Parliament.

The presentation was made by Norman Baker MP, the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Matt Rowatt Operations Director of Veolia Water and Les Guest, CEO of NJUG.

The company achieved the Avoiding Damage Award for its CATs-i development; this is recognition of our demonstration of innovative and good practice in the area of safety and avoiding utility strikes.

The award was collected by our Group Innovation Manager, Kevin Halpin and our Fusion Division Manager Steve Davies.

The introduction of Clancy Docwra’s CATs-i system within Clancy Docwra in conjunction with a focused programme of refresher training, aims to change the mindset of all operatives and provide a safer working environment for all.

CATs-i works by logging all C.A.T activity by the operative. This data can be downloaded at any chosen time. It monitors best C.A.T practice and logs will confirm if the C.A.T has been used correctly. Time and date is recorded of each individual usage and this will facilitate comprehensive audits, and exception reports will alert management to any instances of incorrect use, thereby enabling remedial measures to be proactively applied. They will also present management with a detailed analysis of any strikes that do occur. These outputs will drive our ongoing strategy, particularly in determining future training requirements and/or changes to procedures.

CATs-i has been designed to be retrospectively fitted to any existing or new C.A.T locator and is an inexpensive way of guaranteeing and monitoring an improvement in working practises.

The development is now ready to be distributed across the business with the first deployment of enhanced units being carried out in the North East region.

staff at all levels it is good news to be able to report that following a

three yearly independent assessment of our Investors In People Award that 

The Clancy Group continues to meet the requirements of the standard.

The first 3 locations were undertaken during two weekend track possessions utilising road/rail plant to install 161number 5m driven steel pile infilled with 1100 concrete planks, the void between the track and the new structure was  raised with 250tonnes of compacted gravel wrapped in a geo textile membrane; a new trackside walkway and safety handrail completed the works.

The next two locations were undertaken during traffic hours as access, whilst restricted, was possible from the highway, a partial road closure allowed scaffold access to the failing embankments, which were in a confined area between the track and local residences. A reduced dig operation was undertaken at  both locations,  each of which were accessed from a single entry point, removing 1250tonnes of spoil  and installing temporary works to support the adjacent track prior to reconstruction  of the embankments.

The LUL design had specified the raising of the existing lower retaining wall by 1.7m and a revised profile created using a new proprietary system Ram Wall. This comprises of a galvanised steel grid installed and fixed  in sections to and agreed pattern to give structural strength, infilled with a lightweight Maxit aggregate which reduced the loadings on the higher embankment compared to traditional fill materials. Over 1400m3 of Ram Wall and 1900m3 of Maxit were installed over the 280m length of the two sites, making it the largest scheme built using the system.

The structure was capped with 150mm of seeded topsoil, with a new walkway and safety handrail installed.

During the construction of these works Clancy Docwra tendered for, and has been awarded, a 5 years framework for earthworks and embankment stabilisation with LUL.

Clancy’s team which due to the sensitivity and importance of the operation was provided from the Kent area, was invaluable in their knowledge an expertise in tracing and identifying the layout of the sewers in the area and any possible illegal connections. Three people, two men aged 45 and 24, and a woman aged 46, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit fraud, and have been detained for interview by SEROCU officers at police stations in Hampshire. The 46-year old man and the woman were arrested at one of the Royal Drive addresses and the 24-year old man was arrested at the Fern Farm property. Detective Chief Inspector Paul Rymarz of SEROCU said; "This is a complex investigation which we are carrying out with the support of Hampshire Constabulary, Hampshire County Council trading standards, East Hampshire District Council planning, Southern Water, the Environment Agency, the Vehicle Operator and Standards Agency (VOSA), and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). "The colleagues from the other agencies are carrying out related investigations into alleged water pollution, planning, vehicle fuel and licensing and VAT offences being committed at and from the addresses we have been to today. "This is an example of the increasingly multi-agency approach being adopted by law enforcement to allegations of organised cross border criminality”. Inspector Chris White of Hampshire Constabulary added; "This is a significant multi-agency operation targeting people suspected of serious crime within Hampshire and surrounding areas. I know that our local community within East Hampshire will gain confidence and reassurance from our actions today.” Catchment Inspector Martyn Chandler said “ The feedback received from the other Agencies regarding the involvement of Southern Water and Clancy Docwra has been very positive and it has been suggested that we will be invited to partake in further similar type Operations in the future.

This can only be good, not only for raising the profile of the company but also the role, professionalism and expertise of the Catchment Inspector within the field of Investigations. SEROCU comprises police officers and staff from the forces of Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, and Thames Valley, the UK Border Agency, HMRC and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). It works with law enforcement partners to combat cross-border organised crime. Olivia Pinkney, Assistant Chief Constable of Sussex, chairs the police Regional management board responsible for SEROCU, which is based in Sussex.