Congratulations to Neil Parrott, Scunthorpe Office Estimator pictured above, who completed the London Marathon in April of this year. Neil trained for months for this one event and with the backing of his wife Margaret, and the Scunthorpe Office staff, completed the 26 miles 385 yards to receive his medal. Neil wishes to thank all the Watson Norie employees who gave him support and sponsorship, including the Grimsby ECA. Neil is not finished yet, he has applied to run the Loch Ness Marathon - so watch out Scotland!

Congratulations to the Grangemouth GCSA Project Team for winning BP's prestigious Gold Award 2004 for Contractor's performance. Watson Norie were one of only two Companies to receive this award. The award was presented by Robin Mcgill, Complex Director, at the Exhibition Centre, Grangemouth. Both management and workforce were commended for their efforts in achieving this Award with, Watson Norie being represented by (left to right) Lee Marshall, Jimmy laird, Scott Burnett and Stuart Patterson.

Once again Watson Norie came up trumps, winning Contractor Of The Year 2004 at Conoco, Immingham, Humberside. The presentation took place at South Killingholme Community Centre, North Lincolnshire. Chris Rose, Site Manager and Chris Dempsey, Site Safety, were there to receive the award on behalf of Watson Norie, from Nick Spencer, Refinery Director, Clive Hitchman, Technical Services Manager, and Denis Smith, Asset Manager.

A successful completion to the Non Boric Project at Wilton, Teesside. The Project was over twelve months duration, 10 months of which was Pre-Shutdown, and two months Shutdown. The whole installation was undertaken under live plant conditions, and co-ordination with plant personnel (Invista) was vital. The Project expended 125,000 man-hours without a recordable incident from Watson Norie. This was due to teamwork from all concerned.

Watson Norie have been notified by Syngenta, Huddersfield that they will be the recipient of a Silver Standard Award for their safety performance in 2004. Full details and pictures will be featured in the next issue of our Safety News Letter. Watson Norie have registered and been accepted into the ECIA's BEST initiative (BEhaviour Slips and Trips). This is a behavioural safety initiative designed to assist ECIA members in delivering improvement in safety performance. Slips and trips are the most common accidents in engineering construction, and behavioural safety is the best way of reducing them.