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Hargreaves

Construction giant reaps the benefits of Managed Service Provision

Hargreaves

This is our story

Key Achievements

Founded in 1872, Hargreaves is a leading construction business. Our support enabled Hargreaves to deliver complex engineering projects, including HVAC, full mechanical and electrical systems.

Delivery of rapid recruitment programme to ensure project deliverables could be met.

Successful implementation of Managed Service Provision for all non-employed workers.

Developed and delivered timesheet platform, invoicing and payment processes.

The Problem

Hargreaves has a strong legacy within the Nuclear, Life Sciences, Data Centre and Civil Engineering sectors. But with fast growth came new challenges, including the need to quickly ramp-up project delivery in areas of the UK they had not previously operated in.

The organisation also faced regulatory headwinds. This specifically involved the Nuclear sector and navigating different security clearance processes for various locations.

Meanwhile, Hargreaves also had a growing non-employed, contractor community. They required a partner that could compliantly engage with these workers and provide accurate and detailed billing and invoicing processes.

The Solution

We immediately set about building strong relationships with Hargreaves stakeholders. We deployed members of our Client Services team to project locations around the UK. And we partnered directly with project leadership teams to understand resource schedules and the intricacies of the onboarding process for each site.

In doing so, we became the key facilitator of the security clearance process, allowing Hargreaves to make key appointments and hit critical delivery milestones.

Our logistical expertise across the recruitment process also enabled Hargreaves to spend valuable time on their own specialist areas of project delivery.

Finally, we managed the development and launch of an online Timesheet Management platform. This allowed for swift and ready access, enabling workers and approvers to seamlessly submit data across multiple devices, thus improving mobility, accuracy and speed of client invoices.