01204 395955
email sales@wpluk.com
01204 395955
email sales@wpluk.com
Lincoln City’s Central Multi Storey Car Park (MSCP), with six-levels housing 1001 spaces, was under the spotlight earlier this year, when it was entered into the category for Best New Car Park in the British Car Park Awards 2019. This site-specific award recognises outstanding car park design.
Lincoln city centre was transformed in 2018 thanks to the completion of the new bus station, the new multi-storey car park and the changes to the forecourt of the city’s train station.
With Lincoln’s Central Car Park winning Best New Car Park this was another accolade for this high profile project. In 2018 John Roberts Architects landed Civil Engineering Project of the Year 2018 at the East Midlands Celebrating Construction Awards. The bus station has also become the only bus station in the east of England to be awarded the Safer Bus Station Award. Then in 2019 Willmott Dixon won the top accolade in the Infrastructure category at the East Midlands RICS Awards for the £30 million Lincoln Transportation HUB.
The entire project was about collaboration at an early stage with initial discussions starting in 2014 across the contracts and design teams. The facades of the MSCP needed to look modern, streamlined and built to last using environmentally friendly materials. With a combination of materials used like Decorative Mesh and Perforated Rainscreen Panels through to uniquely coloured Solar Shading Aerofoil profiles the effect was striking and hence has attracted a lot of interest at a local, regional and national level.
WPL complete a £30 million Multi Storey Car Park (MSCP) in a prime location adjacent to Lincoln Train Station to form a new centralised hub for accessing Lincoln City Centre. The MSCP has been built to bring trade to an already busy City Centre set to rival Britain’s best shopping experiences.
Last week and two months ahead of schedule, the official opening of the first four floors came just in time for the Christmas lights switch-on and will be a great for festive shoppers so that footfall to City Centre businesses will be boosted. There is still some work to be finished but everything will be fully operational over the next few weeks in the build up to the Christmas holiday period.
Lincoln Transport Hub includes a 1,000 space MSCP with elevations featuring WPL’s Decorative Mesh, Alucabond Cladding, uniquely coloured Solar Shading Aerofoil profiles & Aluminium Perforated Rainscreen Panels. These products are all supported by WPL’s Alu-Structure Range of support mullions and transoms to achieve a versatile arrangement of various spans & neat connection detail between components and the building main frame.
Managing Director Richard Rowson said “The completion of this major transportation project is down to the tremendous commitment and dedication of the whole team to deliver to the highest standards and I am very proud of every single person who has been involved.”
The final array of WPL products are all brought together to create an absolutely stunning façade which looks modern, streamlined and built to last using environmentally friendly materials.
At the Arts University Bournemouth (AUB), WPL had a great opportunity to work alongside Design Engine Architects to install perforated panel cladding.
The final effect at AUB produces a unique façade emulated across two of the main teaching buildings and more of the same across the campus. The team had bounds of artistic licence, where our more usual symmetry was set aside in favour of this totally random installation with perforations of differing positions and diameter.
Because the perforated panels have a visually open area the existing unsightly brick façade that had been painted black is present behind the silver metallic façade and offers a very attractive contrast in colours.
The façade also doubles up as a solar shading system for the areas of glazing to reduce solar gain into the building whilst maintaining the optimal amount of natural light into the building. The benefits also extend to the reduction of energy used to maintain ideal room temperatures which in turn is more environmentally friendly.
Perforated circles are a popular choice for architects specifying perforated panels but what differs in the AUB pattern is the unique arrangement of varying hole sizes.
The building is rectangular as is the existing brick façade so the circles create distinction against what was previously quite a dull looking building.
WPL’s perforated panel cladding is used as a decorative façade at AUB which gave the building a new lease of life but this type of cladding is a very versatile product. It is used in a large array of applications from architectural feature facades right through to cladding that needs to meet high technical performance specifications like for example sound or weather proof barriers.
The before and after images of the two buildings are exceptionally striking: WPLUK – AUB Halls, Perforated Rainscreen Panels – Before and After
More than 100 local business people including WPL’s MD, Richard Rowson, attended the second in a series of ‘Business Breakfasts’ planned for 2017 by Bolton Lads & Girls Club (BLGC) and sponsored by Peter Gray from Premier Conservatory Supplies.
As a new Patron of BLGC, Richard Rowson was invited to this Business Breakfast to meet a range of local businesses and be presented with WPL’s Patron Certificate along with other Patrons representing the RZ Group, Bradshaw Gass & Hope as well as Handlesbanken who had upgraded their patronage from Bronze to Silver.
Supporters and Patrons were welcomed by the Club’s Chief Executive Karen Edwards OBE, who delivered a speech about the importance of Mentors for young children in the Bolton community and all the different ways local people can have a much more positive impact on both individuals and BLGC.
Speaking at the event, Shona Walsh, Head of Fundraising said: “It’s wonderful that our esteemed Patrons continue to lend their commitment and support to the work of BLCG. We are very grateful for their support and recognition of the value of the services we provide in Bolton and look forward to working together.”
Guests were also treated to a presentation by Peter Gray, proud patron of the club, and Director of Premier Conservatory Supplies, who passionately spoke about his company and how any work they carry out for supporters of BLGC will include a £100 donation towards the club.
Peter explained: “Business Breakfast meetings like this are an amazing opportunity to network and build partnerships with fellow patrons and supporters. It’s great that we have been able to showcase our work as well as be involved with such an amazing charity like Bolton Lads & Girls Club.”
WPL’s MD, Richard Rowson, reiterated these comments about being a Patron saying: “We are very proud to be sponsoring a local but nationally renowned charity for a cause which is enabling our youth. It was great to attend our first breakfast meeting with some interesting presentations following a very enjoyable full English breakfast. It was a really motivating way to start the working day.”
The next Business Breakfast is planned to take place in September, so for anyone interested in becoming a patron at BLGC or attending the Business Breakfast, please contact Kelly McFadden on 01204 540130.
Our MD, Richard Rowson, is now in full training for an epic 144 mile Coast to Coast cycle with mountain biking buddies Simon McLean, Steven Spencer, Michael & David Crouch. They have called their team ‘C2C4JEN’ and are going to cycle from Whitehaven to Tynemouth from 15th to 17th June, so there are less than two months to countdown! They have risen to the challenge to support Cystic Fibrosis because David’s daughter and Mike’s sister Jenny lost her fight to the disease last February.
Jenny Crouch was a truly inspirational person who passed away aged 34 on 27 February 2016 after battling cystic fibrosis. She was a dedicated fundraiser for research into cystic fibrosis, appearing on the popular children’s show Blue Peter and raising thousands while at St Joseph’s RC High School in Horwich, where she was nominated for the Greater Manchester Police Young Citizen Award.
Jenny became a teacher and continued raising funds for Cystic Fibrosis. For 11 years she worked at St Peter and St Paul’s RC Primary School in Bolton where she was RE and sports co-ordinator as well as a class teacher. She lived her life to the full and had some amazing times and adventures with her friends. She absolutely loved her teaching and living independently but her health had been getting progressively worse and in the summer of 2015, she contracted a common cold and needed oxygen to breathe. She had to give up her job and a lung transplant was the only treatment option left, but she died before one became available.
Now a year after Jenny passed away the ‘C2C4JEN’ Team want to remember her and the work she had always done in raising money for research into cystic fibrosis.
All five members will have to train very hard over the next few months as they want to complete the cycle in 3 days cycling which will take them on minor roads, mountain bike tracks, and bridleways. There are some hard climbs along the way with one of the highest points at over 2,000 feet. With an average speed of around 7 miles per hour that is just less than 7 hours cycling per day but the team are up for the challenge to raise at least £3,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.
Please support Team ‘C2C4JEN’ by donating here: https://goo.gl/kbWgbp
For the third year running the WPL (UK) team is proud to announce that it has been accredited to the prestigious Achilles Building Confidence standard and successfully completed the Audit which was carried out last month.
Achilles Building Confidence allows the company to increase its market reach to suppliers who can be assured that a stringent pre-qualification process has been completed to validate its credentials and save new buyers a lot of time and effort.
As an accredited company WPL (UK) is part of the Achilles network of around 90,000 key suppliers who form over 40 different communities in 11 industry sectors and around 800 of the world’s leading buying organisations have access to the Achilles platform.
The management team at WPL (UK) is committed to continually achieving such robust standards as it works alongside more and more high profile contractors, architects and clients. Richard Rowson, Managing Director said “We are always striving to differentiate ourselves from competitors and the Achilles accreditation gives us the opportunity to be independently verified which we know will give specifiers much more confidence in using our design, manufacturing and installation services.”
WPL sponsors a number of local charities in Bolton like the Turton Tigers Under 11s Football Team who meet on a Monday night at a local primary school. As a growing business Richard Rowson Managing Director said “it is important for us to give something back to the local community particularly when we know charity funding is usually very tight and our sponsorship means that the team get the right equipment.”
The Turton Tigers have been together since year 1 and the coach John Finnan commented that they have gone from strength to strength. He said “the enjoyment they have with friends is quite priceless and that is the most important thing about the team.”
He continued “The most memorable moments have been watching a team start out as 5 year olds with no idea about football and then developing into a strong team of 10 year olds who all have the drive, passion, team building skills but most of all always have fun and laughter.”
The team welcome all supporters along to watch a game sp if you are interested take a look at the club website for more details: http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/turtonfc/teams/53905
WPL sponsors a number of local charities in Bolton like the Turton Tigers Under 11s Football Team who meet on a Monday night at a local primary school. As a growing business Richard Rowson Managing Director said “it is important for us to give something back to the local community particularly when we know charity funding is usually very tight and our sponsorship means that the team get the right equipment.”
The Turton Tigers have been together since year 1 and the coach John Finnan commented that they have gone from strength to strength. He said “the enjoyment they have with friends is quite priceless and that is the most important thing about the team.”
He continued “The most memorable moments have been watching a team start out as 5 year olds with no idea about football and then developing into a strong team of 10 year olds who all have the drive, passion, team building skills but most of all always have fun and laughter.”
The team welcome all supporters along to watch a game sp if you are interested take a look at the club website for more details: http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/turtonfc/teams/53905
WPL (UK) has an exciting opportunity to join our team based in Bolton, manufacturing bespoke aluminium cladding systems and doors.
WPL (UK) is an OHSAS 18001 registered company operating within the construction industry providing design, manufacture and installation of bespoke aluminium facades.
We are continually investing in the business designing new products and increasing our market share.
The Aluminium Facade Fabricator role and responsibilities include:
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings
• Competent fabricator of Aluminium Sheet & Extrusion
• TIG welding aluminium
• Assembly of components
• Ensuring deadlines are met
• Setting and operating machinery including Bystronic Press Brake, carrying out daily checks to ensure it is in safe working order.
• Compliance with company H&S, maintenance procedures & quality control
Our ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years’ experience as an Aluminium Fabricator, preferably to Level 3-4.
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Bolton
Driving Licence: Preferred, but not essential
FLT: Preferred, but not essential
Competitive Salary Dependent On Experience.
Please send an introductory letter and CV by email to: richardrowson@wpluk.com or call 01204 395955.
Equal Opportunities
WPL aims to provide a working environment that is welcoming and encourages involvement by all personnel in the promotion of equal opportunities. The company’s policy towards staff recruitment is to employ the most suitable candidate and allow people to progress through promotion and training.
The management at WPL will not tolerate any practices which promote racism, sexism or homophobia or which discriminate against people with disabilities, or from particular socio-economic backgrounds, or because of their age.
WPL (UK) is always looking for fitters/fixers/installers for the installation of our bespoke and sustainable range of architectural facades across the UK.
WPL specialise in the design, manufacture and installation of Solar Shading, Louvre Systems, Decorative Mesh & Rainscreen Panels on buildings for Education, Healthcare, Leisure, Retail, Commercial Enterprise and Local Government.
Our technical design team has established an enviable reputation with its extensive knowledge of all available materials, manufacturing methods & fixing techniques. Clients benefit from a bespoke service where innovative solutions to increasingly complex installations are the norm.
As a market-leading specialist our clients are assured of an exemplary service from design right through to installation and maintain the highest standards with BIM PAS1192:2013 Level 2, Achilles Building Confidence, Constructionline, CHAS , ISO9001, ISO14001 & OHSAS18001 accreditations.
WPL (UK) is a growing business based in Bolton and would welcome the opportunity to talk to Fitters/Fixers/Installers of External Facade/Curtain Wall who would like to join our professional and friendly Installation Team.
All applicants should ideally have:
• NVQ level 2
• Valid CSCS card, IPAF and any other appropriate tickets
• Full PPE, own hand and power tools
• Minimum of 1 year on site experience
Gangs are welcome.
Highly competitive rates offered.
Please send an introductory letter with a brief history of your work experience by email to: richardrowson@wpluk.com or call 01204 395955.
Equal Opportunities
WPL aims to provide a working environment that is welcoming and encourages involvement by all personnel in the promotion of equal opportunities. The company’s policy towards staff recruitment is to employ the most suitable candidate and allow people to progress through promotion and training.
The management at WPL will not tolerate any practices which promote racism, sexism or homophobia or which discriminate against people with disabilities, or from particular socio-economic backgrounds, or because of their age.
The team at WPL (UK) is moving offices at the beginning of January so there may be a delay in our email and telephone responses. Please bear with us, and we’ll soon be up and running as usual.
Our new address is:
Unit 4
Burnden Works
Burnden Road
Bolton
BL3 2RB
Telephone number remains unchanged: 01204 395955
Over the Christmas holidays the office will be closed from 3pm on Friday 23rd December 2016 and re-open on Tuesday 3rd January at 8.00am.
For any urgent enquiries please call your contact by mobile or drop them an email.
We’d like to wish all our clients and suppliers, old and new, a fun filled Christmas holiday and a prosperous New Year for 2017 . . . . . . eat, drink and be merry!
Location: Participants’ Own Office across UK
Duration: 12.30 to 1.30pm with lunch provided (1 hour CPD Certificate)
Number of Participants: Min. 6 up to approx. 20
Cost: Free
Course Description:
Architects are always looking for inspiration and just recently there have been a significant number of projects where Picture Perforated Rainscreen Panels have been used to great effect as part of the design theme and combined to achieve high performance standards.
With the launch of a series of Lunch & Learn sessions, Richard Rowson, Managing Director at WPL (UK) Limited, will present a brief insight into WPL’s full scope of design services including BIM Level 2, to save you design and installation time.
Through our inspirational approach, at the end of a Lunch & Learn session Architectural Teams will have a much better understanding about different options to:
How to book a session:
Please call Vicky Greenhalgh, Marketing Manager on 07774 514518 / 01204 395 955 or email: vickyg@wpluk.com
It is WPL (UK) Limited’s policy to carry out business fairly, honestly and openly both at home and abroad. As such we have a zero tolerance approach towards bribery in any part of our operation. Bribery is defined as a promise offer or gift (financial or otherwise) to bring about the improper performance of a function or activity. Examples of this would be such as offering a potential client a gift such as a weekend away on the condition they do business with us. To meet this commitment the Company has the following systems in place to counter bribery:
Risk assessments will be documented to assess the levels of risk the Company is exposed to in its business, particularly its sales operations.
A clear entertainment and expenses policy that sets out that only reasonable entertaining and gift giving expenses will be accommodated by the Company and should not induce either party to contract.
All new employees will receive, as part of their induction, training on preventing, detecting and reporting bribery.
A whistle-blowing policy is also in place. If you are concerned that bribery has occurred, may occur or is likely to occur we would encourage you to report your concerns.
If you suspect or if you are asked to accept or offer a bribe you must report this immediately to the Managing Director, Richard Rowson. The Company values a proactive anti-bribery stance by any employee.
As we take our obligations to prevent bribery being committed very seriously, any breach of our anti-bribery policy or procedures will be considered to be gross misconduct and may result in your dismissal. Where you have been involved in or suspected of involvement in bribery that is not connected with this Company, this may still affect your suitability for on-going employment with us.
Whistleblowing Policy
Introduction
All organisations face the risk of things going wrong or of unknowingly harbouring malpractice. The Company believes it has a duty to identify such situations and take the appropriate measures to remedy them. By encouraging a culture of openness within our organisation the Company believes it can help prevent malpractice. Furthermore, by knowing about malpractice at an early stage the Company stands a good chance of taking the necessary steps to safeguard the interests of all staff and protect the organisation. In short, the Company encourages you to ‘blow the whistle’ on suspected malpractice.
Please be aware that this policy is not the procedure for general grievances. If any employee has a complaint about their own personal circumstances then they would use the normal grievance procedure. However for anyone with concerns about malpractice within the Company the procedure is outlined in this policy.
Suspected malpractice
The Company encourages you to report suspected malpractice in relation to our activities. We construe malpractice widely and this includes:
You are not required to obtain evidence of malpractice before raising your concern. As such you must not commit an act or acts of misconduct, breach company rules or damage the Company in any way in order to obtain information. The Company is committed to ensuring that you work in an environment in which you can raise concerns and there is no question of you having to prove anything. The Company will support employees, who with the reasonable belief that it is in the public interest to do so raise concerns under this policy, even if they turn out to be mistaken.
How to raise your concern internally
If you feel able to do so you should tell the Managing Director, Richard Rowson, about your concern. There is no special procedure for doing this – you can tell Richard Rowson about the problem, or put it in writing if you prefer.
How the Company will respond
After you have raised your concern the Company will decide how to respond in a responsible and appropriate manner under this policy. Usually, this will involve making internal enquiries first, but it may be necessary to carry out an investigation at a later stage, which may be formal or informal depending on the nature of the concern raised.
As far as possible, the Company will keep you informed of the decisions taken and the outcome of any enquiries and investigations carried out. However, the Company will not be able to inform you of any matters that would infringe the duty of confidentiality owed to others.
If you ask for a matter to be treated in confidence the Company will respect your request and only make disclosures with your consent.
Raising your concern externally (exceptional cases)
The main purpose of this policy is to give you the opportunity and protection you need to raise your concerns internally. The Company would expect that in almost all cases raising concerns internally would be the most appropriate action for you to take.
However, if you feel you cannot raise your concerns internally and you honestly and reasonably believe the information and any allegations are true, you should consider raising the matter with the appropriate regulator.
If you have good reasons for not using the internal or regulatory disclosure procedures described above, you may consider making wider disclosure by reporting the matter to the police or to the media, for example. However, whistleblowers who make wider disclosures of this type will only be protected in certain circumstances. The Company recommends that you take legal advice before following this course of action since we believe it will be in your own interests to do so.
Protection for whistleblowers
You may be worried that by reporting your concerns you will be opening yourself up to victimisation or detriment, or risking your job security. However, all staff benefit from statutory protection if they raise concerns in the right way and do so with the reasonable belief that raising the concern is in the public interest. This protection means that employees must not be dismissed or suffer any detrimental treatment as a result of raising a concern. As it will be in your own interests to do so we would encourage you in particular to ensure you have a reasonable belief that the disclosure you wish to make is in the public interest as this is one of the requirements that must be met in order to obtain the statutory protection mentioned earlier.
Staff must not threaten or retaliate against whistleblowers in any way. This will be regarded as gross misconduct and may result in those involved being dismissed without notice or payment in lieu of notice.
If you believe that you have suffered any detrimental treatment, you should inform your manager immediately. If the matter is not remedied you should raise it formally in writing to the Managing Director, Richard Rowson.
Modern slavery is a crime and a violation of fundamental human rights. It takes various forms, such as slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour and human trafficking, all of which have in common the deprivation of a person’s liberty by another in order to exploit them for personal or commercial gain. WPL (UK) Ltd has a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery and is committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business dealings and relationships and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in our own business or in any of our supply chains.
This policy applies to all persons working for us or on our behalf in any capacity, including employees at all levels, directors, officers, agency workers, seconded workers, volunteers, interns, agents, contractors, external consultants, third-party representatives and business partners.
This policy does not form part of any employee’s contract of employment and we may amend it at any time.
Responsibility for the policy
The directors of WPL (UK) Ltd have overall responsibility for ensuring this policy complies with our legal and ethical obligations, and that all those under our control comply with it.
The compliance manager has primary and day-to-day responsibility for implementing this policy, monitoring its use and effectiveness, dealing with any queries about it, and auditing internal control systems and procedures to ensure they are effective in countering modern slavery.
Management at all levels are responsible for ensuring those reporting to them understand and comply with this policy and are given adequate and regular training on it and the issue of modern slavery in supply chains.
You are invited to comment on this policy and suggest ways in which it might be improved. Comments, suggestions and queries are encouraged and should be addressed to the compliance manager.
Compliance with the policy
You must ensure that you read, understand and comply with this policy.
The prevention, detection and reporting of modern slavery in any part of our business or supply chains is the responsibility of all those working for us or under our control. You are required to avoid any activity that might lead to, or suggest, a breach of this policy.
You must notify the compliance manager as soon as possible if you believe or suspect that a conflict with this policy has occurred, or may occur in the future.
You are encouraged to raise concerns about any issue or suspicion of modern slavery in any parts of our business or supply chains of any supplier tier at the earliest possible stage.
If you believe or suspect a breach of this policy has occurred or that it may occur you must report it as soon as possible.
If you are unsure about whether a particular act, the treatment of workers more generally, or their working conditions within any tier of our supply chains constitutes any of the various forms of modern slavery, raise it with your compliance manager.
We aim to encourage openness and will support anyone who raises genuine concerns in good faith under this policy, even if they turn out to be mistaken. We are committed to ensuring no one suffers any detrimental treatment as a result of reporting in good faith their suspicion that modern slavery of whatever form is or may be taking place in any part of our own business or in any of our supply chains. Detrimental treatment includes dismissal, disciplinary action, threats or other unfavourable treatment connected with raising a concern. If you believe that you have suffered any such treatment, you should inform the compliance manager immediately.
Communication & Awareness of this policy
Our zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery must be communicated to all suppliers, contractors and business partners at the outset of our business relationship with them and reinforced as appropriate thereafter.
Breaches of this policy
Any employee who breaches this policy will face disciplinary action, which could result in dismissal for misconduct or gross misconduct.
We may terminate our relationship with other individuals and organisations working on our behalf if they breach this policy.
WPL (UK) Limited is committed to ensuring that our business is conducted in all respects according to rigorous ethical, professional and legal standards. Adherence to applicable local laws and regulations, and the application of common sense, logic and the basic standards of behaviour expected in the society we participate in, should guide each employee in determining the correct course of action that supports these standards in their daily working lives.
The standards of business conduct for WPL (UK) Limited, set out below, provide employees with guidance on their personal conduct. While it is impractical to try to cover every potential circumstance, the following descriptions of the standards are intended to assist employees. A guiding principle should be that neither WPL (UK)’s overall integrity nor its local reputation would be damaged if full details of the business practice or transaction were publicly disclosed.
Standards
Conflicts of interest
All employees should avoid situations where personal interests could conflict, or appear to conflict, with the interests of WPL. Our reputation depends not only on our high quality services but also on the manner in which we conduct our relationship with suppliers, the Police, and other organisations. Each employee must ensure that his/her conduct does not provide, or give the appearance of providing, him/her with personal gain at the expense of the Company or external business contact.
Making or receiving of illegal payments or inducements, such as bribes, are contrary to the policy of WPL (UK) and the funds and resources of WPL (UK) shall not be used directly or indirectly for any such purpose.
Compliance with laws, rules and regulations WPL (UK)’s employees must observe the laws, rules and regulations of England. If there is any doubt guidance should be sought from the Managing Director who will decide whether to obtain specific legal advice.
Protection of confidential information
No employee shall without proper authority access, modify, disclose or make use of any trade secrets, confidential commercial WPL (UK) or personal information for any purpose other than legitimately carrying out his or her duties. The obligation of confidentiality extends after employees cease working for the WPL (UK) and covers disclosure to others.
Protection and proper use of company assets
Our assets provide us with the foundation to provide our services and products worldwide.
Each employee is responsible for the protection and wise stewardship of our assets. This includes being responsible for the establishment of, and adherence to, procedures that ensure our assets are not put in jeopardy or used wastefully. Whether it is responsibility for, for example, efficient plant and office maintenance, energy conservation, security, protection of information or effective control procedures (including personal expenses), every employee must seek to use all our resources with efficiency, honesty and the highest standards of care.
All employees are prohibited from taking for themselves business opportunities that arise through the use of corporate property, information or position. This includes obtaining personal gain or competing with the Company.
Relationships with customers and suppliers
Each employee has the responsibility to ensure there are no compromises in delivering the highest standard of services and products and that every aspect of our operations which impacts upon quality promotes and reflects these standards. No one should take unfair advantage of anyone through manipulation, concealment, abuse of privileged information or misrepresentation of material facts.
The giving and receiving of gifts, entertainment and gratuities between employees and suppliers or other outside business acquaintances represents a source of potential conflict of interest. Any significant gift likely to be deemed as influential upon decision-making is unacceptable.
Our employees
As employees, we should treat each other with respect, courtesy and decency. Disparagement,harassment or negative comments regarding fellow employees or business contacts are inconsistent with these standards and every employee should refrain from, and should discourage, such behaviour.
WPL (UK) is committed to offering equal employment opportunity, including access to training, development and promotion opportunities, based upon the position and each employee’s abilities, performance and commitment to these standards. Specifically, it is contrary to these standards for there to be any discrimination that contradicts WPL (UK)’s Human Resources Policy.
Each employee is to ensure that his/her conduct does not place their personal safety or the safety of others in jeopardy. This requires an active participation in maintaining a safe working environment and includes observance of established safety procedures and making recommendations for changes where they are needed. In all circumstances, including when travelling on Company business, each employee is to conduct himself/herself in a professional, mature and responsible manner at all times.
Compliance with this code and reporting of any unethical behaviour
All employees are expected to comply with the WPL (UK) Standards of Business Conduct Policy, failure to do so will result in disciplinary action being taken which in the case of serious breaches could lead to dismissal.
WPL (UK) must be made aware of failure to adhere to the above standards. The details of any concern should be reported honestly, accurately and without malice. We will respect the wishes of staff raising concerns if they ask for confidentiality, but WPL (UK) may need to act to protect its employees, clients and business. In the first instance, any concerns should be raised with the Managing Director, or any other senior person within WPL (UK) with whom the employee feels comfortable. They will either act on the information or pass it to the relevant person who can deal with it.
Employees should be satisfied that, in making a disclosure, they are acting in good faith and genuinely believe that the information and allegations are substantially true. WPL (UK) will respect the wishes of employees raising concerns if they ask for confidentiality, but WPL (UK) may need to act to protect its employees, clients and businesses. Appropriate steps will be taken to ensure that the working environment and/or working relationship are not prejudiced as a result of the disclosure.
WPL (UK) may also take advantage of the full range of disciplinary sanctions against any employee who acts or attempts to act in a way prejudicial to an employee as a result of them making a qualifying disclosure, which may ultimately result in reporting their actions to the appropriate regulatory/enforcing body.
WPL (UK) reserves the right to treat malicious or false allegations under the appropriate local disciplinary procedure.
Scope
Every employee, director and officer of WPL (UK) is expected to comply with these standards and to behave in a mature, professional and responsible manner.
Responsibilities
Any amendments to the policy must be approved by the Managing Director and disclosed.
WPL (UK) is always looking for engineering graduates who want to specialise in the building and construction industry and specifically architectural facades.
WPL specialise in the design, manufacture and installation of bespoke and sustainable architectural facades using Solar Shading, Louvre Systems, Decorative Mesh & Rainscreen Panels on buildings for Education, Healthcare, Leisure, Retail, Commercial Enterprise and Local Government.
We are renowned for saving architects’ and contractors’ time with both design and installation using a range of versatile materials to form architectural facades that are as aesthetically pleasing as they are practical.
Our technical design team has established an enviable reputation with its extensive knowledge of all available materials, manufacturing methods & fixing techniques. Clients benefit from a bespoke service where innovative solutions to increasingly complex installations are the norm.
WPL is dedicated to continually improving the service we provide and proudly hold all the industry credentials you would expect from a market-leading specialist. With Achilles Building Confidence, Constructionline, CHAS , ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 accreditations our clients are assured of an exemplary service to maintain the highest standards.
And as we are equipped with the most up-to-date CAD and 3D modelling software WPL is now working to BIM Level 2 to PAS 1192-2:2013.
At WPL (UK) our people are our greatest asset and we proactively invest in training and development to enhance employee’s skill set and confidence.
Graduates at WPL (UK) gain:
• practical on-the-job experience like assisting our contracting team in preparing design drawings, costing and scheduling
• formal technical and commercial learning like Autodesk’s Inventor training
• project organisation and management skills
WPL (UK) is a growing business based in Bolton and would welcome the opportunity to talk to any young and motivated individuals who have an interest in design and a flare for computing and engineering.
Please send an introductory letter with your CV by email. The subject heading of the email must be: Graduate Opportunities. Please email: richardrowson@wpluk.com
For more information please call 01204 395955 and ask for Richard.
Equal Opportunities
WPL aims to provide a working environment that is welcoming and encourages involvement by all personnel in the promotion of equal opportunities. The company’s policy towards staff recruitment is to employ the most suitable candidate and allow people to progress through promotion and training.
The management at WPL will not tolerate any practices which promote racism, sexism or homophobia or which discriminate against people with disabilities, or from particular socio-economic backgrounds, or because of their age.
WPL (UK) is proud to be one of the first Architectural Facade companies to be accredited with the prestigious accolade for Building Information Modelling (BIM) to PAS 1192:2013 Level 2.
Independently verified by Ocean, our BIM Co-ordinator Michael Lovell went through several days of intense scrutiny about WPL’s processes and procedures. This was the final stage in the build-up to being fully assessed over several months. Mike commented that “Despite the assessor recognising the amount of effort that had gone into the preparation work and being presented with some of the best evidence ever seen, it was still a tense moment before being told we had passed.”
The requirements of BIM Level 2 were clearly proved to be full integrated into WPL’s business management systems and embedded across the company’s operations which work to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001.
Through this independent certification to BIM Level 2 this will allow the company to provide faster responses to tender questions and manage digital information much more efficiently. It will also keep WPL one step ahead of the current requirements expected of everyone following the Government’s BIM mandate.
The management team at WPL (UK) have always been were keen to become accredited as the company works alongside more and more high profile contractors, architects and clients. Geoff Andrews, Design Manager said “As we strive to differentiate ourselves from competitors BIM Level 2 certification gives specifiers much more confidence in using our design, manufacturing and installation services.”
In striving to continually improve members of the WPL team regular attend Supply Chain events like those organised by the North West BIM Region Group and BIM4SMEs where they can share experiences of best practice and keep up to speed with BIM.
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