About the HVCA
About the HVCA
HVCA mission statement
HVCA adds value to members' businesses by providing quality services, promoting excellence and shaping the commercial environment through representation and leadership.
The HVCA represents the interests of firms active in the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration (hvacr) products and equipment.
HVCA members are subject to regular, third-party inspection and assessment to ensure their technical and commercial competence.
HVCA member companies benefit from access to a wide range of services which are carefully tailored to their needs, and which help them to build better and more profitable businesses.
These include commercial, legal and technical advice, health and safety guidance, an employment affairs resource, promotional and parliamentary lobbying support and an infrastructure for education and training.
The HVCA is itself a member of the Specialist Engineering Contractors' (SEC) Group, which provides a united voice for engineering specialists and has representation on the Strategic Forum for Construction.
It is also a member of GCI-UICP, the European umbrella body for the hvacr and plumbing sectors, and of CEETB, which exists to represent all engineering specialists in construction.
HVCA is a member of the TA Forum. Since its formation in 1997, the Trade Association Forum has been encouraging the development and sharing of best practice among UK trade associations and promoting the role of effective trade associations to government, industry and the wider public.
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Presidential team
2009/10
President: Graham Manly Graham Manly was managing director of A G Manly & Co Ltd from 1982 to 2000, and is currently business development manager with Gratte Brothers Ltd. A past president of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers and a former chairman of the Building Services Research and Information Association, he was elected president of the Association on 23 July 2009.
President Elect: Martin Burton Martin Burton is commercial director of H W Sladden Commercial Ltd, Canterbury, and has been a member of the Council of the HVCA since 2005. Chairman of the Commercial and Contractual Committee and former chairman of both the South East Regional Committee and Kent Regional Branch, he became president elect of the Association on 23 July 2009.
Vice President: Bob Shelley has been managing director of Oxford- based contractor Sharp and Howse Ltd since 1995 and a directly elected member of the HVCA Council since 2007. He has also served as chairman of the Association’s South Midlands Regional Branch and South East Regional Committee. He was elected vice president of the Association on 23 July 2009.
Immediate Past President: Gareth Vaughan is managing director of ductwork specialist E Poppleton & Son Ltd of Colwyn Bay. He was chairman of the HVCA Ductwork Group from 2000 to 2003, and has been a member of the Council of the HVCA since 1997. He served as president of the Association from 10 July 2008, and became immediate past president on 23 July 2009.
Chief Executive: Robert Higgs OBE has been on the staff of the HVCA for 36 years, and was appointed chief executive of the Association in July 1989. He was directly involved in the founding of the Specialist Engineering Contractors' (SEC) Group, and plays a central role in the work of GCI-UICP, the industry's European umbrella body, and the International Alliance of Mechanical Contractors’ Associations.
Deputy Chief Executive: Roderick Pettigrew has been head of the HVCA's Commercial and Legal Department since 1993, and was appointed deputy chief executive in December last year. Educated at the University of Westminster and the Inns of Court Law School, he is the author of Payment under Construction Contracts Legislation, an authoritative review of construction industry payment practices.
Commercial and legal
The Association's team of qualified lawyers provides members with expert advice on a wide range of commercial and contractual matters. These include contractual disputes, the interpretation of contract documents and the implications of new, revised and existing national and international legislation.
Assistance can also be provided on insurances, in conjunction with the Association's own nominated broker. And access can be arranged with external solicitors for the ongoing representation of members' interests.
Roderick Pettigrew
tel: 020 7313 4917 email:rpettigrew@hvca.org.uk
Rob Driscoll tel: 020 7313 4918
email: rdriscoll@hvca.org.uk
Charlotte Barker tel:
020 7313 4921 email: cbarker@hvca.org.uk
Communications and public affairs
The Communications and Public Affairs Department provides a comprehensive information service to members, manages the Association's annual events programme and promotes the quality of the membership to customers and clients throughout the construction industry and beyond.
It ensures that the HVCA maintains a significant media profile, and that the views of the membership are brought to the attention of Government through the co-ordination of lobbying activities on issues of concern to the sector.
Jack McDavid
tel: 020 7313 4909 email:
jmcdavid@hvca.org.uk
Brigitte Faubert tel: 020 7313
4911 email: bfaubert@hvca.org.uk
Gareth Jones tel: 020 7313 4910
email: gjones@hvca.org.uk
Education and training
The Education and Training Department provides members with a wide range of expert advice and guidance on matters involving recruitment, new-entrant and mid-career vocational education and employee development.
A programme of HVCA training courses addresses many essential elements of members' activities, and the Association is registered as a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) provider with the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers, the Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
Sarah Wicks tel:
020 7313 4938 email: swicks@hvca.org.uk
Roger Brown tel: 020 7313 4931
email: rbrown@hvca.org.uk
Rachel Forey tel: 020 7313 4934
email: rforey@hvca.org.uk
Employment affairs
The Employment Affairs Department is responsible for maintaining and developing the industry's national agreements, and for supporting and influencing the work of the Association's policy committees on employment matters.
It is routinely called upon by Association members to advise on issues including dismissal, redundancy, employee discipline, recruitment, equal opportunities, sickness, absence control and the special provisions of the Inland Revenue's Construction Industry Scheme.
Peter Rimmer
tel: 020 7313 4913 email:primmer@hvca.org.uk
John Meadley tel: 020 7313 4914
email: jmeadley@hvca.org.uk
Paula Samuels tel: 020 7313 4915
email: psamuels@hvca.org.uk
Health and safety
Assistance with this increasingly important aspect of business life is available to members of the Association. Whether the need is for help in establishing a safety management system or preparing a health and safety policy, or information on a regulation, expert guidance can be obtained on current best practice.
Contractor safety groups meet in London, Scotland and the North of England, and the Heating and Ventilating Joint Safety Committee – comprising representation from HVCA and the trade union Amicus – promotes action on all aspects of health and safety.
Bob Towse tel:
020 7313 4928 email: btowse@hvca.org.uk
Russell Mott tel: 020 7313 4927
email: rmott@hvca.org.uk
Membership
The Association publishes a Member Relations
Policy, which describes: the importance of the Association's service
relationship with its members; the cultural values which underpin
it; and the mechanisms which ensure effective delivery and response.
It also deals with those occasions when a member may be less than
satisfied with the service support provided. Also available is
a codification of the procedures in place for dealing with complaints
which the Association receives from time to time about its members.
Tony Godby tel:
020 7313 4903 email: tgodby@hvca.org.uk
Val O'Reilly tel: 020 7313 4907
email: voreilly@hvca.org.uk
Jim Gould tel: 01636 678081 email:
jgould@hvca.org.uk
Specialist groups
The Association's four specialist groups provide
additional services tailored to the individual requirements of
members engaged in a particular industry specialism.
The four groups cover: ductwork; heating and plumbing services;
refrigeration and air conditioning; and service and facilities.
Membership of one specialist group is available free to any Association
member who meets the criteria in terms of specialist work undertaken.
Gareth Keller
tel: 020 7313 4937 email: gkeller@hvca.org.uk
Graeme Craig
tel: 020 7313 4936 email: gcraig@hvca.org.uk
Mark Oakes tel: 020 7313 4935
email: moakes@hvca.org.uk
Technical
Members of the Association benefit from direct
access to advice and guidance on technical matters, which relate
specifically to building engineering services and to the wider
construction sector.
Among the areas covered are the Building Regulations, British and
European standards, quality assurance, environmental issues, productivity,
new technology and sutainability.
A range of codes of practice relating to specific technical aspects
are published and periodically updated.
Bob Towse tel:
020 7313 4928 email: btowse@hvca.org.uk
Russell Mott tel: 020 7313 4927
email: rmott@hvca.org.uk
Scotland
Membership of the HVCA in Scotland comprises almost 200 companies with a combined turnover of £400m. While very much an integral part of the HVCA as a whole, HVCA Scotland has its own chairman and its own executive committee.
A
Scottish Contracts Committee ensures that legislation and
working practices
peculiar to Scotland are fully understood by the membership.
A Scottish Contractors' Safety Group offers a forum for the
discussion
of health and safety matters. And a sub-group dedicated to Scottish
service and facilities concerns meets on a regular basis.
HVCA Scotland is a member of Scottish CASEC, which represents
the interests of the specialist contracting sector, and is itself
a
constituent body of the Scottish Construction Industry Group
(SCIG), which has been established to provide a focus for the
construction
sector as a whole.
HVCA Scotland
The Walled Garden, Bush Estate, Midlothian, EH26 0SD. Tel: 0131 445
5580 Fax: 0131 445 2502
Email: bdyer@hvca.org.uk
Executive officer: Bob Dyer