Works commenced on the Newcastle City Library (£24m) and on Wellbar House (£25m).
2011
Works commenced on the Clipper Distribution Warehouse (£18m).
2013
Works on Newbury Racecourse Apartments commenced (£40m).
2014
Awarded the RoSPA Order of Distinction for 15 consecutive Gold Awards.
2015
Formed Gentoo Residential Joint Venture. Work commenced on Camberwell Green (£26m) and Apex Hotel, Bath (£29m).
2016
Tolent Living established. Work commenced on The Taper Building (£25m).
2017
Works completed on two award-winning schemes; The Mailings (£9.3m) which included 76 low energy, eco-friendly homes in the heart of Newcastle, and; The Cheviots Retirement Village (£11.2m) in Ashington, Northumberland.
2018
Completed landmark projects across the UK, including: Beacon of Light (£16.6m), Sunderland and Stamford Hill (£17.2m), London. Work commenced on Hadrian’s Tower (£28m) and the first homes were on sale for Tolent Homes.
2019
In June 2019, Tolent was awarded one of its biggest projects to date, the £84.5m Milburngate mixed-use development in Durham.
2020
Tolent lead a regional-wide team to deliver the NHS Nightingale Hospital in Sunderland, completed in just over three weeks. Works complete on the landmark Hadrian's Tower (£28m) project in Newcastle.
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Q&A Construction Careers
Watch a Q&A event held at our Milburngate site with key members of the construction team including the: project director, project manager and quantity surveyor.
The panel talk through their career journey's in construction, what opportunities are available and the range of roles and opportunities.
This event is suitable for secondary age and college age students who may be thinking about their career choices.
To access this free resource, please email Ashleigh Coombes, [email protected].
Guess the Construction Job
This activity goes through a series of short videos that provide an overview of 14 different job roles in the construction industry, and gives clues as to what this role could be.
Worksheets available with the video give students some hints and tips and a list of the 14 job titles to try and guess which matches with the person in each video.
To access this free resource, please email Ashleigh Coombes, [email protected].
Importance of Health and Safety
This activity goes through a short video outlining the importance of health and safety when working on, or living near a construction site.
The video looks at the correct uniform needed to be worn and the reasons why, and why you should never access a construction site unless accompanied by a qualified person.
This event is suitable for primary school age students and above.
To access this free resource, please email Ashleigh Coombes, [email protected].
Project Manager Placements
This is a 1-2 week unpaid placement, covering Monday to Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm.
Locations and dates:
Newcastle area, Brunel Terrace, NE4 7NL - January 2022
Newcastle area, Red Hut, NE5 3SB - January 2022
Newcastle area, Losh Terrace, NE6 3BD - January 2022
Newcastle area, Somerset Place, NE4 6JS - January 2022
Newcastle area, Sceptre Street, NE4 6PR - January 2022
Newcastle area, Newburn Park, NE15 8PU - January, March, April 2022
Description:
You will be shadowing and assisting the site manager to gain valuable experience and insight into the day-to-day management of a construction site. This will include: supervising the labour force, monitoring subcontractors, checking materials, inspecting work, overseeing quality control and health and safety aspects.
If you're interested in applying for one of these roles, please email Ashleigh Coombes, [email protected]
Joinery Placements
This is a 1 week unpaid placement, covering Monday to Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm.
Locations and dates:
Durham area, Travellers Green, DL5 5EB - December 2021
Description:
You will be shadowing and assisting the joiners on the project to gain valuable experience and insight into the trade. A joiner will generally specialise in first, second and final fix work. This involves fitting wooden structures such as doors, window frames, staircases, partition walls, roof timbers and floor and roof joists.
If you're interested in applying for one of these roles, please email Ashleigh Coombes, [email protected]
