In the last few months Natta has passed some significant milestones in the Business.

We have passed 1.5 million working man hours without a notifiable accident. We have completed as main contractor the shell and core at Redfields Garden Centre together with the 278 roundabout and access road at Longcross on time and on budget, receiving many plaudits from our clients for the speed, quality and way in which we carried out the jobs.

We continue to be awarded work and are busy pricing further exciting projects which will expand our turnover and capability further. It is these successes to which you all contribute that keep our existing clients coming back to us and encourage new clients to want our services.

At the time of writing the sun has been shining and the sites are producing. Keep attentive to our core values, please work safe and smart and we will continue to share the success going forward.

John Whelan—Managing Director

INTRODUCTION

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N E W C O N T R A C T S

BATTERSEA POWER STATION

Screening Plant for blu-3

BEDFORD ROAD

Large basement for

Marbank

LEWISHAM

Groundworks for Travelodge

for Anglo Holt

LONGCROSS

New entrance for

Longcross Studios

MILLBROOK PARK

Spoil removal package for

Inglis Consortium

POTTERS BAR

New care home for

Healthcare Development

Services

SILVERWOOD

External Works to a large

private house for Heritage

STRATFORD WATERFRONT

Car park For Buckingham

Group

modern thinking traditional values

NEWS

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Natta Group 2014 Charity Golf Day!

BRIGHTWELLS GOSTREY CENTRE

The Natta Group Charity Golf Day on

Friday 29th May 2014 at the Sherfield Oaks Golf Club in

Sherfield on Loddon was again a resounding success. We raised a fantastic £10,730 for

our two nominated charities; The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, registered no.

1095197, for the Centre for Children and Young People at the Royal Marsden Hospital in

Sutton and the Brightwells Gostrey Centre for the elderly, registered no.1053876, based

in Farnham for £4,290 and £6,440 respectively. We wish to extend our thanks to

everyone who took part. A special mention goes to John Murphy, Sue Lipyeat and Ellie

Taylor for all their hard work on organising and coordinating the day.

The weather was good to us on the day and some fine golf was played, and Sherfield Oaks provided us

with an excellent lunch as always. We wish to extend our thanks to everyone who took part in our 2014

Annual Golf Day for the Natta Groups nominated charities. Again we were delighted by the outstanding

generosity of all of you. On behalf of our charities our thanks go to all those who attended and a special

thank you to all our clients and suppliers for their donations, without who, the day would not have been a

success.

John J Whelan — Chairman

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N A T T A N E W S

Ben Kirk-Wilson joined Natta in March as a Graduate Quantity Surveyor having

studied Construction Project Management (BSc) at Oxford Brookes University.

Before Natta he worked for Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering (BBGE) as a Quantity Surveyor. Ben

commented, “Natta from what I have seen so far is a great company to work for, on a professional level and

personal level, everyone has been very kind and welcoming. The company has a great work ethic, and it is a brilliant

opportunity for me to expand my knowledge and grow within the business”. Ben enjoys

rugby, using the gym, scuba diving (Master diver) and playing golf in his free time.

New Personnel

We welcome some key new members of staff who have joined Natta over the last quarter:

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Elise Taylor (Ellie) joined the Plant Department in April as Office Assistant to

Lil and Dave. She has been brought in to help with administrative tasks including

sending Plant Returns and keeping track of Natta vehicles. Ellie speaks 4 languages and has previously worked as a Translation Project Manager. She is married to

Jack Taylor one of Natta’s Engineers. Outside of work she enjoys reading,

shopping and playing the flute.

Paul Kalaitzidis, joined Natta last month as a Design Engineer. Born in Northern

Greece he attained a Civil Engineer Diploma and MSc in Civil Engineering from the

Democritus University of Greece. Paul worked for several years as a freelance Structural Engineer and as Civil Engineer for the Greek Health Ministry where he

designed and refurbished Hospitals. He then relocated to Germany where he

inspected industrial bridges in refineries and took part in designing a big ethylene factory in Bayern. Paul’s interests include advanced technology in composite materials

and fracture mechanics, being an active member of the Scouting movement, rotary

club and studying Ancient Greek Technology.

Lee Hedges joined Natta way back in February as an Assistant Estimator. He previously worked for

Skanska as an estimator in the manufacture of offsite prefabricated plant rooms and pipework / framework

modules. Before that for Allgood Guttering as an estimator, pricing single ply membrane roofing, guttering, cladding and architectural aluminium. In his spare time he enjoys going to the gym, playing the guitar and

writing music and lyrics, “when I can find time away from decorating the house!” he quipped. Lee lives with his

girlfriend and is looking forward to marrying her next year.

Lee Hedges

Paul Kalaitzidis

Ellie Taylor

Ben Kirk-Wilson

Dean Preston has joined our Plant Department as a fitter back in March. Previously

from Greenshields JCB where he studied a 3 year Apprenticeship. He said, “My main

hobby is football. I played for Headley United and we finished third in the Hampshire Puma League and won the Aldershot cup. This season I am going to take a step back from football

and, as we are expecting a baby boy in October, focus on work and my family. I am thorough-

ly enjoying my time at Natta and very grateful and am looking forward to my future here.”

Aqib Chohan

joined Natta in April. He studied MENg

Civil Engineering at Edinburgh

University. For the first 2 months he

was at Millbrook Park and now mainly at

Amhurst Road with Kevin Matthews. He

said, “I have really liked the experience so

far: each day is different and I can learn

something from everyone on site. Outside

work, I enjoy swimming and good food with

friends. Since moving from the quiet but

relaxing Isle of

Man, I am

looking forward

to making the

most of life in

London.”

Eleni Dernitsioti, our

first girl Graduate,

joined Natta in May

working first in Barnet

and now at Hartswood.

She graduated from

City University in

London with a masters

in Construction Management.

Eleni said, “Since starting with

Natta, I realise that every day is

different which makes our work

exciting on a daily basis. I enjoy

skiing, travelling, learning languages

and being by the sea.”

Originally from Galicia, Spain, Daniel

Fernandez Barros joined us recently. He

has an Msc in Civil Engineering and has

worked in Consultancy for 1 year. His hob-

bies are basketball, watching Deportivo De

La Coruna, BBQs, travelling and discovering

new places and new

cultures. Daniel has been

working at Longcross and

now is based at our

Edgeware Site. “I’m

gaining experience every

day. I appreciate the oppor-

tunity to join this company

and be part of Natta.”

Graduate Recruitment

Continuing our Graduate recruitment drive we have recently appointed

the following Graduate Engineers:

Aqib Chohan

Eleni Dernitsioti

Dean Preston

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STAFF NEWS

Peter & Sam Trott

WEDDING CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to our HR Manager Sam who got married to Peter Trott at the Winchester Registry Office on Saturday 31st May at 10.30am (early enough that Peter couldn’t get into the pub beforehand!). The ceremony was followed by a lunch at her cousins restaurant and an evening reception ensued at the Concorde Club in Eastleigh for another 160+ people. Sam said, “The whole evening went relatively well! We managed to drink the bar dry and the last man standing was the Groom who finally managed to make it back to the room by about 3am! Honeymoon in Las Vegas a week later saw Peter trying to cash in my life insurance policy by taking me zip-lining in Boulder City and for a helicopter flight over the Grand Canyon but we had an absolutely great time!”

Congratulations also to Joe Finn and Danielle who got married back in Ireland on 3rd May. Joe said, “Despite a small rain shower the day went magnificently. It all went to plan was very well organised. Obviously Danielle did all the planning!” We wish them a lifetime of happiness.

Some of the things that have been happening within the HR department over the last quarter have been the implementation of the new HR database, creation of an organisation chart, review of the Performance Development review process, all HR policies have been reviewed and updated as has the Contract of Employment and Employee Handbook, we now have electronic (and paper) personnel files for every employee and we also have a properly documented onboarding and exit procedure. Work in Progress for HR over the next few months: Graduate Development/Talent Management Programme, Health and Wellbeing Survey, Induction Programme, Employment Law course for Line Managers and Employee Survey.

Thank you to those of you who completed your Personal Details update by the deadline of 27 June. If you haven’t yet completed and returned your form, could I please have the stragglers back by return. And, talking of Personal Details, can I remind you that the photocard part of your driving licence does have an expiry date (section 4b on the card) – you can be fined £1,000 if you haven’t renewed and you’re stopped by the police. For your interest (and at the time of writing), recruitment this year stands at 22 heads with 100% retention. Finally, if there’s anything you feel that HR should be focusing on in particular then please do let me know.

Samantha Trott - HR Manager

MD WINS GOLD & COMPLETES 3 PEAK CHALLENGE! Congratulations to our MD, John Whelan, who won Gold at the 2014 Koshiki Karatedo Full Contact World Cup Senior over 40 years of age category which was held June 21st and 22nd in London, Ontario, Canada. John went as part of the British team and Natta helped sponsor the British Team tracksuits. The ‘bucket list’ continues, last weekend John also did the 24 hour 3 peak challenge which comprised Ben Nevis, Scarfell Pike and Snowdon which are the highest 3 mountains in Scotland, England and Wales. 28.1 miles in distance and over 10,000 metres assent. John remarked, “We were very lucky with the weather, we had superb views on all 3 mountains. The uphill was very tiring but the downhill was very painful… and still feeling it!”

We wish Eric Murphy all the best for a long, happy and healthy retirement. Eric was one of our longest standing workers putting in a massive 30+ years for Natta as an Excavator Driver. At his retirement party he received a watch and some money.

And finally many happy returns to David Hughes who collected his free bus pass last month. We celebrated with him in style with a ‘then and now cake’!. There was also an office whip round and he was given a flight on a biplane and vouchers for a meal out.

CSCS HEALTH & SAFETY TEST Sean Taylor, Jorge Encinar Gomez – MAP, Aqib Chohan – MAP, Rhodri Jones – MAP, Daniel Barros – MAP, Danny Wynne – Supervisor, Dean Por-ter, Martin Comley – Demolition, Robert Donnelly FIRST AID AT WORK Nishil Patani, Alberto Gomez, Rob Winspear – Refresher SSSTS Dritan Koleci, Michael O’Keeffe, David Morris, Ardit Mucmataj SMSTS Andy Fowler, Joe Finn, Tony Cheek, Rob Winspear, Danny Wynne, Colm Harmey, Mort Garmroudi, John E Whelan – Refresher,

PLANT NEWS

John Dunwoody – Refresher, Huw Rees – Refresher ASBESTOS AWARENESS Martin Comley STREET WORKS Stephen Millar DEMOLITION SUPERVISOR Martin Comley TEMPORARY WORKS CO-ORDINATOR Callum Baines, Kevin Matthews, Nishil Patani, Lucas Whitworth, Jack Taylor

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HEALTH & SAFETY NEWS

As part of the ‘Skanska Way’ week at Thameside, held back in May,

contractors were asked to participate in a number of activities to highlight

important site issues such as safe working practices and diversity. Natta

provided language training to a number of Skanska and Natta staff in Spanish

and Albanian so that people could be greeted in their own language to

increase the feeling of being valued as part of the multicultural team.

During May 2014 external Auditors (NQA) carried out a 5 day integrated audit

for ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OSHAS 18001 both at Head Office and various sites.

I am glad to report that we passed with flying colours with no non

conformances recorded.

I would like to thank the staff for their contribution in achieving such a great

result.

Gwyn McGrath - SHEQ Manager

NATTA LEADING

THE WAY!

During the last quarter we have purchased the following: 1 no. Manitou MRT1335 Forklift, 1 no. 10T Barford Dumper, 1 no. 9T Terex Dumper, 3 Transit Vans , 3 Vauxhall Corsas, 3 no. TS12 Robotic EDMs, 2 no. 18kva generators, 4 Diesel Jetwashes, 1 no. Rugby 100 Rotating Laser and 1 no. Rugby 620 Rotating Laser.