Local suppliers and subcontractors

As a regional contractor, Eric Wright Construction draws extensively on locally sourced suppliers and subcontractors – subcontracting approximately 80% of our works.

Reliable and consistent resources are maintained through excellent relationships and a strong communication with our supply chain members. This helps to secure availability and for allows early commitment to our projects for seemless project management and optimum results.

Delivery of the best underlying value to a client in a competitive environment is part of our company ethos. With this in mind, our trusted supply chain relationships enable us to deliver enhanced integrated supply chain management for our projects with the following benefits:

• Reduced real costs
• Less waste
• Greater out-turn cost certainty
• Better underlying value
• Better long-term planning.

Sub-Contractor Vetting

We maintain a wide database of tried and trusted subcontractors and suppliers built up over many years. Many of these have been in informal and formal partnering arrangements with us on past projects and know our processes very well. We continue to update and expand our lists with new entries where appropriate.

All contractors for the Eric Wright Group are formally vetted in terms of Health and Safety, Environmental, Financial, Quality Assurance, Insurance and Equal Opportunities. Only contractors who are on the Eric Wright Construction database are used. Admittance to the database is subsequent to completion of a competence questionnaire form, and proof of compliance with the policies and procedures of the Eric Wright Group.

Local Labour

As a member of Business in the Community (www.bitc.org.uk), Eric Wright Construction is committed to our ethos and value of being a socially responsible business. By targeting local labour and local suppliers, we can contribute to a sustainable community within the areas in which we work.

It is group policy to employ, wherever possible, local sub-contractors and suppliers with a view to engaging with the local community and with the intention of improving efficiency through shorter commutes to work and manpower availability.

Our approach is to:

• Tender all works packages to local companies wherever possible
• When tendering work packages, we include an award criteria weighted towards the use of local labour/suppliers, and include this clause within the placed contract
• Favour subcontractors who can demonstrate a commitment to training and local employment
• Work closely with the North West Apprenticeship Company to identify opportunities for apprenticeship weeks during the design development and construction of the schemes
• Work with our sub-contractors to maximise the use of local labour, provide opportunities for NEET groups, as well as link with local initiatives that have been established to support training and employment opportunities
• Carry out “Meet the Buyer” events for local companies which will increase the awareness of the opportunities available throughout the contract and link ourselves with local businesses
• Link with the relevant Job Centre Plus to ensure any vacancies are placed through the appropriate channels.