We are again supporting a local charity with the ER Hemmings Christmas Raffle.

All received Christmas gifts are being raffled in aid of the ‘63^rd Scout Group’.

Thanks to the following for providing prizes - All the best for the festive season to you all!

Thornbury Surfacing

BMS

Reed Construction

Sphere Solutions

We have been awarded the contract by the University of the West of England for the Frenchay Campus A & B Block Window Replacement programme. The project includes Asbestos removal, cleaning of the cladding, replacement of windows & render redecoration. The students wont have much time to gaze out of the window when the new term starts - but at least they will look great!

We are pleased to be the Main Contractor for the Installation of the Howden's Kitchen at Percy Community Centre in Bath.

The Centre is a vibrant and welcoming community centre in the heart of Bath, offering something for everyone, from sports and exercise to free workshops and community activities.  The Kitchen is an essential part of the premises so we are pleased to help them get cookin'

We are on site at Sowton Exeter, extending a switch house for the Met Office. The works include a new Transformer Bund and Switch Yard bases and additionally earthing works on behalf of our customer Western Power Distribution. We cant priomise it will improve the weather forecast though...

We are delighted to be working with Worlebury St Pauls First School, Worlebury - on the Design and Build project for their new Assembly Hall and Classroom Block. Having been selected by the Governors of the School we are on best behaviour to make sure we get a good end of term report.

We are privileged to be working at Brunswick Cemetery on the Restoration work to the old Cemetery and park located off Wilder Street, St Paul's, Bristol for Bristol City Council. Our stone crafting skills are being put to good use to return dignity to this peaceful spot

We are delighted to assist the Royal United Hospital, Bath with their Groundwork's and fitting out of a bike storage facility.

The new cycle hoops will keep the bikes safe and the staff fit. Pedal power rules at RUH

Not only do we work as main contractor, we are also pleased to offer Building and Civil engineering maintenance on behalf of other contractors. At Rolls Royce we are doing everything from changing a door lock to major fencing repairs.

Reactive maintenance.. call on E R Hemmings

Our Civils team have won the contract at East Street Bedminster for the creation of a new signalised junction including enhancements to an existing paved area which is a shared vehicle and pedestrian area, We are used to the challenges of mixed use areas, its the sort of challenge we relish.

Our Heathcare expertise is well renowned locally and this project is for the conversion of an existing bunker at Cheltenham General Hospital to enable them to install a new Linear Accelerator which is worth a cool £3m

We have been promenading at Clevdon as the work involves a replacement of the existing pedestrian barrier with a new heavy duty handrail along the whole length of the Clevedon Promenade which is 200 metres long! Our works also include a highways parapet wall and the barrier is to N2W4 standards. You will now be safe beside the seaside

We love building walls and this was a contract for the reconstruction of a new reinforced concrete retaining wall faced with natural rubble walling and the creation of a 1m wide footpath. The retaining wall enables the construction of the footpath for Chelwood Village and our client was naturally delighted!

The dual purpose site at Sowton, Exeter is currently in use as an office and yard depot for storage.

There is a large surface area of concrete and on site are storage vessels that could contain oil as well as self bunded fuel tanks – but these alone are not adequate to protect the watercourse.

We are installing 3 new interceptors that requires the diversion of existing stormwater drainage. This is being done whilst the drainage is in use so the water is being over pumped before the interceptor is installed to maintain its function whilst temporarily diverting the flow.

Our safety record is paramount as there are the hazards of deep excavations, live drainage, a high water table and high water flow.. but we can be trusted to get the job done

ERH picked up the pieces after the existing contractor ceased trading and stepped in to help out a customer who we have an excellent relationship with.

We needed to prevent oil from existing transformers leaching into the local watercourses – our waterproof construction goes all around the transformer so if it should loose all of its oil, the full volume is able to be held within the transformer bund so protecting the environment.

ERH are sprucing up our local registry office at Poole Court for Yate Town Council. Works included replacement of fascias and soffits to a listed building and registry office – it in our home town so we were particularly pleased to say I DO! 

The works involve a major reinforcement of an existing primary substation. Safety is paramount in this environment as is our trusted relationship with our customer.

The work inside the switch house involves adapting the trench and floor to accept new switchgear.

The work is being carried out whilst maintaining the essential service of Power to the village of Bruton.

We are working on one transformer at a time so that customers are never without electricity. This phased work is being delivered from January to September 2010.

The icing on the cake!

Local Alzheimer’s charity BRACE has received a £4,000 cheque from Yate firm E R Hemmings Building Ltd – in the form of a cake!

Not content with the traditional giant cheque for the presentation, E R Hemmings produced a cake with the cheque replicated on top.

David Jones, the Managing Director of E R Hemmings Building said, “We are delighted to have raised £4000 for such a worthy cause. The staff at E R Hemmings Building Ltd voted to support BRACE as their chosen charity for 2009, and went out of their way to raise as much money as possible.

“Activities included cake baking, casual clothes days, Easter egg raffle, ‘donate for your cuppa’, corporate golf day with our sister company ERH Communications Ltd, donation in lieu of corporate Christmas card, and raffle of all Christmas gifts received by the company.

“BRACE was a charity close to many hearts as some of our staff have been touched by the affects of Alzheimer’s disease and we also appreciate that this disease impacts the wider community, so we are keen to show our support on many levels. We also had many messages of encouragement from our customers and suppliers who also recognise the important work BRACE does in the South West area.”

Mark Poarch, Chief Executive of BRACE, said, “This is a wonderful achievement by the staff at Hemmings, and I would like to thank them for what they have done. The real cheque has been safely banked, of course, but the cake version was quickly polished off and greatly appreciated by all!

“What came across most when I met the Hemmings staff was how much they had enjoyed raising funds for us. I hope other local firms will follow their lead and help BRACE in the urgent fight against Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.”