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Monthly Archives: September 2021

JCA celebrates 17th anniversary

JCA, a leading provider of building engineering services, interior fit out, service and maintenance and design services, is celebrating its 17th anniversary this month. 

JCA was established in 2004 by a team of engineers with a wealth of experience within the building engineering services sector, data centre and critical services sector and air conditioning product manufacturing industry. Over the many years the company has grown, not only by reaching out and forming new and evolving client relationships, but also by understanding the need for change and to ever improve the service level provision, the need to excel beyond client expectation and to adapt to changes in markets and sectors in which JCA operates. 

Today, JCA is a multi-disciplinary, engineering led organisation providing services to a diverse range of business sectors and end user clients. The company has many facets, not just delivering a broad spectrum of our “design build maintain“ services, but also managing and mitigating client specific operational risks, particularly in operational and critical environments, such as data centres and hospitals. 

We are incredibly proud of what we have achieved working together over the last 17 years and would like to take a moment to thank all our staff, clients and supply partners for the continuous support they have shown us. 

 


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Employee Assistance Programme Awareness Week at JCA

This week, at JCA we are holding our first internal Employee Assistance Programme Awareness Week to increase the familiarity of our employees with the types of support and assistance available through our EAP, now in its sixth year.

Throughout the week we are sharing valuable information, tips and advice on different areas of support provided by our external EAP provider. The services include help with home and work life, physical and emotional health, wellbeing resources, self-help programmes, webinars and other.

Wellbeing at the core

At JCA, we fully recognise that mental and physical health and wellbeing are equally important and that work can have a potential impact on both.

We have an employee wellbeing policy that sets out and manages our obligations to maintain the mental health and wellbeing of our staff. The policy covers JCA’s commitment to employee health, the responsibilities of managers and others for maintaining psychological health, health promotion initiatives, communicating and training on health issues, the range of support available for the maintenance of mental health, and organisational commitment to handling individual issues.

External employee assistance programme

JCA values the health and wellbeing of all our employees and recognises that balancing everyday life together with the requirements of work and home can create pressure for everyone. We aim to establish a positive health and wellbeing culture that includes awareness, understanding, effective processes and positive behaviour by employees at all levels.

As part of our commitment to health and wellbeing of our staff, we implemented an Employee Assistance Programme in 2016, delivered by an independent external organisation, which provides confidential support and guidance relating to personal issues via telephone and online advice, support and counselling services.

EAP support

Sometimes we may not know what support we might need until something comes up or a life event occurs, and at that time we may just need somewhere to turn to for advice or support.

Every day this week we will be focusing on a different area of support provided by the EAP, including:

  • Life advice and support – including legal, financial, family, relationships, technology, internet, bereavement and loss
  • Physical health – including health issues, addictions, sleep, exercise, weight loss and others
  • Emotional health – including anxiety, panic, depression and stress
  • Wellbeing resources – access to programmes, webinars, podcasts and other

 

 


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Uptime Institute Stamp of Approval for Kao Data London One

We are pleased to announce that Kao Data London One, designed, built and maintained by JCA, was awarded the highly prestigious Stamp of Approval for Management and Operations by the Uptime Institute. 

London One, the first building on the Kao Data Campus, located on the 36-acre Kao Park development in the Harlow Enterprise Zone on the London-Stansted-Cambridge technology corridor has been operational since January 2018.

The Uptime Institute audit, held over two days in July, was based on the criteria set by the Up Time Institute (UTI) focusing on Management & Operations. JCA team provides most of the audited services, including a full facilities management package on site, including all M&E maintenance/reactive works, office & window cleaning, pest control, landscaping, etc

The report evaluated the staffing levels, skill mix, training, and qualifications of the data centre staff, assessed the effectiveness of the maintenance and processes supporting data centre operations, and reviewed the activities and policies that affect the planning and coordination activities for the site.

For more information about the Uptime Institute’s approval, head over to Kao Data’s website. 


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First place for Kao Data Campus in ASHRAE Technology Awards 

Kao Data and JCA shortlisted for ‘Design Team of the Year’ DCD Award 

JCA showcases data centre firsts at DCW18 with Kao Data London One 

 

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