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Island Contracts are ideally located in Purfleet, Essex within easy reach of London with good connections to the Motorway network via the M25 where we have for many years carried out our business to a multitude of customers within all fields relating to the thermal insulation and H & V market.

We have an extensive client base and have been involved in many projects as a thermal insulation specialist contractor to some of the following clients:

Ford Motor Company, Ofgem, EDF Power, Ryecroft Foods, Kettle Foods, Lidle Foods Supermarkets, Glaxo Smithkline pharmaceutical and many UK Hospitals, Schools, Colleges & Universities and Hotel chains.

All of our employees are skilled/qualified craftsmen and are all trained (training ongoing) and competent in health & safety.

We have many years of experience of working within the trade and have built up an extensive knowledge and working relationships with not only our clients but with our suppliers and manufacturers of insulation products which we would use in securing all of our future contracts.

We also have at our disposal for our clients the most up to date sheet metal fabrication workshop which produces high quality finishes in many sheet metal materials ie, stucco polished and plain aluminium, aluzinc, stainless steel, plastisol in many colours providing great protection and decades of durability for all types of cladding systems.

Environmental Policy

Environmental Policy PDF (23kb)

Island Contracts Limited is principle involved in supplying and installing thermal insulation products to the Construction Industry, Building Maintenance & Service Companies. This means we work in many different in environments I.E Industrial plants, Food processing plants, Hospital, Schools, and Residential Buildings but always adopt the same work practices that are set out in is document.

Protection of the environment in which we live and operate is part of Island Contract's values and principles and we consider it to be sound business practice. Care for the environment is one of our key responsibilities and an important part of the way in which we do business.

In this policy statement we commit our company to:

• Complying with all relevant environmental legislation, regulations and approved codes of practice;
• Protecting the environment by striving to prevent and minimize our contribution to pollution of land, air, and water;
• Seeking to keep wastage to a minimum and maximize the efficient use of materials and resources;
• Managing and disposing of all waste in a responsible manner;
• Providing training for our staff so that we all work in accordance with this policy and within an environmentally aware culture,
• Regularly communicating our environmental performance to our employees and other significant stakeholders;
• Developing our management processes to ensure that environmental factors are considered during planning and implementation;
• Monitoring and continuously improving our environmental performance.

The policy statement will be regularly reviewed and update as necessary. The management team endorses these policy statements and is fully committed to their implementation.

Health and Safety Policy

Health and Safety Policy PDF (29kb)

It is the policy of Island Contracts Ltd to develop a positive health and safety culture throughout the organisation because we believe that high health and safety standards are a pre-requisite in the pursuit of company efficiency and competitiveness. To achieve this the Company will progressively identify all workplace hazards and take appropriate measures to eliminate or control risks to employees and others affected by our operations by applying positive control standards and provision of information, training and supervision as needed. Employees are reminded that they have a duty to ensure that the Company's Health and Safety Policy is observed and in particular they are required:

• to take reasonable care for their own health and safety at work and of those who may be affected their actions, or by their omissions.
• to co-operate with their employer to ensure that any duty, or requirement, for health and safety imposed upon their employer by law is performed or complied with.
• not to intentionally, or recklessly, interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health, safety or welfare.
• to report to supervisory staff hazardous conditions or defects in the company safety arrangements.

The company recognises that it has the ultimate legal responsibility for health and safety. Accordingly the Managing Director accepts overall responsibility for policy formulation and implementation. In turn, all levels of management and all supervisors are responsible for carrying out those health and safety duties placed on them. The Managing Director will ensure that the safety plan includes sufficient resources for the successful implementation of the Health and Safety Management Policy.

Where appropriate, the monitoring and review of the Company's Health and Safety Management Policy will be carried out by the Health and Safety Management Committee under the direction of the director responsible for health and safety within the Group who will be appointed from time to time by the Managing Director.

Development of the Health and Safety Management Policy will be conducted through the normal business meetings where health and safety will be given standing equal to other activities of the business.

The company will appoint a number of competent persons to assist the company directors implement this policy. The Safety Officer's role is to provide independent and authoritative advice to managers with individual responsibilities for health and safety.

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