Housing Association fined £900k after putting resident at risk of exposure to legionella in the properties water system.
44 samples were found to be positive which indicated that the water system was colinised with Legionella Bacteria. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) sucessfully prosicuted Sanctury Housing and identified that they poorly managed the risk of legionella in the water system of Vincent Naughton Court, with staff inadequately trained and supervised. The residents were… Read more »
Contract Win News!
We have been successful with a recent tender bid to deliver Water Hygiene PPMs, Legionella Risk Assessments, Closed System Testing and Mechanical Remedial works for Wythenshawe Housing Group. This adds to our growing client portfolio of housing organisations who put their faith in GMS to deliver the services they need to remain compliant and keep… Read more »
Contract Win News!
We have been sucessful with a recent tender bid to provide services to Knowsley Council. GMS have been awarded a 3 year term contract to provide Legionella Risk Assessments, Legionella and Water Hygiene PPMs, Training and Remedial Services. We are excited to get started with another local authority based in NW England. This Council is… Read more »
Contract Win!
We are delighted to announce a recent contract award with Blackburn With Darwen Council. We have been awarded the Water Hygiene Monitoring Contract for the local authority which will commence rom July 2024. The contract will be mobilised and managed by our contract team including Contract Manager – Ben O’Berg, Contract Coordinnator – Cath Dahl… Read more »
Recruitment Drive 2024!
We are currently #recruiting for multiple positions to fulfil expansion for 2024. The focus of our recruitment is in North West England and the Midlands. Join a company who is focused on delivering high quality services to our clients whilst providing a flexible and supportive environment for our employees. We will invest in you to expand your… Read more »
VDI 2035 Training
Many thanks to Terry Harvey from Magnetic for the training session he delivered to our Management Team today. Who is the VDI? Taken from Magnetic’s website – link to page – https://www.magnetic-online.de/en/vdi-2035 Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI) (English: Association of German Engineers) is an organization with over 150,000 engineers and natural scientists. More than 12,000 honorary… Read more »
Mental Fitness Workshop
Many thanks to Andrea Bellamy (MCIPD) of ABC HR for carrying out a #mentalfitness workshop for the team yesterday. This included a session from #stateofmind presented by Phil Veivers. The session was used to launch our Mental Health Workforce Strategy which included the launch of our mental health champions scheme and roll out of our (EAP) Employee Assist Programme.The session was received… Read more »
Meet The Team – Tom
I have been at GMS services Ltd for 11 months now working under my role as a water hygiene engineer. My daily tasks include carrying out PPM (planned preventative maintenance) taking water temperature from individual outlets in different areas, calorifiers checks, water tank inspections as well as expansion vessel and TMV servicing. I thoroughly enjoy… Read more »
New Contract News!
We are delighted to announce a new contract win. We have been successful we a tender bid to supply Midland Heart with Legionella Risk Assessments to a mixed portfolio of housing properties. We are really looking forward to working with such a great team of people to deliver around 1500 Risk Assessment per year! Read… Read more »
GMS – Working In The Community
As part of #thedeal GMS got notified via the community noticeboard that a local school needed help to refurbish / upgrade and relocate some vegetable beds. One of our Supervisors (Sean) visited site to discuss the requirements with the Head Teacher and put an action plan in place to mobilise the work. Hindley All Saints… Read more »
