Staying COVID-19 secure in 2020
At John Henry Group we are fully committed to ensuring we provide a safe environment for colleagues, and for any visitors that we may have.
We have carried out detailed risk assessments, consulted with our colleagues and have now put in place a number of guidelines and measures which will be continuously reviewed and updated as necessary. Here you will find a link to our agreed protocols, demonstrating how our business is complying with the Government’s latest guidance and how we’re working to ensure a COVID-19 Secure Workplace for our colleagues and visitors.
At John Henry Group, we have a guiding principle: Start Safe, Work Safe, Home Safe.
As the World fights the Covid-19 pandemic, it is important that John Henry Group continues to operate to maintain and strengthen the UK’s broadband and telephone infrastructure. This infrastructure supports the responsiveness and efficiency of our emergency services, enables people to protect the UK economy by keeping businesses open, safely, from their own homes and keeps us all connected with our families and friends throughout these challenging times.
By working Together with our clients, our suppliers and Government advisors, the John Henry Group team has worked fast to put processes in place to enable our employees to keep working while protecting their own and others’ health.
Despite the challenging environment we are facing, the John Henry Group team will continue to provide an excellent service to our clients and communities.
We wish you all good health.
Continuing to provide Excellence
The Government recognises the significance of the telecommunications industry at this unprecedented time. To ensure the country’s telecommunications networks are maintained and reinforced, the industry has been granted Key Worker status. This means that you will see members of John Henry Group continuing to work out of doors.
Right now, John Henry Group gangs are supporting the rapid installation of two new NHS Nightingale facilities in Scotland to be ready to offer critical care as the COVID-19 outbreak runs its course.
Closer to our Head Office, we are assisting a large biotechnology company in Cambridge with urgent network upgrades as it rises to the challenge to boost UK supplies of COVID-19 testing equipment.
Continuing to be Forward Thinking
At John Henry Group, we are fortunate to have robust and well-established processes and we are pleased to see our colleagues creatively leveraging these to limit or remove the need for travel.
Our Geo-sight App provides real time visuals of the works our gangs are conducting at site. Our Site Supervisors are accessing these photos to offer general advice and guidance remotely to crews, enabling them to restrict their presence at site to essential management of safety and quality compliance.
Behind the scenes, our colleagues continue to receive training through the JHG Hub, our remote learning portal, and by accessing a variety of interactive collaboration tools, ensuring that as they continuing to work they keep the public and themselves safe and reinforce John Henry Group’s reputation for Excellence.
Continuing to work safely Together
The safety of our people and the public is paramount. Any John Henry Group construction site that you see operating at this time is vital to keep you and UK businesses connected or to assist in the fight against COVID-19. As our crews work, they are adhering to Government guidelines on social distancing and are continuing to work within our clearly-defined health and safety protocols.
The majority of our office-based staff are safely installed at home and are effectively supporting our ongoing operations remotely. The skeleton crews who remain at our Head Office and regional offices are following strict social distancing guidelines. We are gratified by the agility our employees are showing in ensuring that interactions and communication with our clients, suppliers and members of the public, remain largely unaffected.
Please respect our Key Workers who continue to operate at site. If you see members of John Henry Group working in your area, please follow the social distancing guidelines provided by the government to keep them, and yourself, safe. Your questions or concerns, can be answered promptly by calling our Head Office (01954 288011).