While working on this project, the contractor hosted a ‘Senses Awareness Day’ coffee morning. The contractor invited the Royal National Institute of Blind People and Adapt NI to site, during Vision and Eye Health Month and Deaf Awareness Week, to give site staff an insight into the challenges faced by both impairments. The charities were very informative, teaching sign language…

This contractor is using a process to reuse coal tarmac from existing roads for new road infrastructure. This method involves treating the old tarmac and converting it into cold-lay tarmac, which is a first on the council’s roads. This approach not only reduces waste disposal costs and reliance on virgin materials but also lowers carbon emissions due to its energy-efficient…

This contractor is using hydrogen and electric Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWP). This equipment was hired from Speedy and can be charged from mains power, but its battery lasts for the full duration of use without needing hydrogen. As a result, zero emissions were produced during its operation. The MEWP combines the benefits of hydrogen and electric power to create…

This contractor has funded six schools and community in Sheffield for a nine month term time program teaching children and tenants how to grow seasonal fruit and vegetables. This is seen as a powerful way to introduce the young people to biodiversity and environmental learning, whilst also growing their own food helps them understand the importance of sustainable practice. Through…

This project uses a online application called BentoBot (which can be accessed via the phone or desktop) to provide all employees a way to continuously learn. The platform makes learning fun, engaging and to suit the busy work life, however, it doesn’t take away the importance of completing the required courses to upskill and increase knowledge on topics important to…

This contractor has adopted the Cat Driver Safety System, a camera dashcam solution that faces the driver during operation. This system captures the driver’s eye direction and alerts both the driver and management of distractions, such as looking at a phone or falling asleep. This technology has been used to reduce distraction-related incidents and has been adopted after proving successful…

Expanding its outreach programme to connect to new audiences, this contractor created a new podcast series as well as a Youtube channel. The company was particularly interested in connecting to the local community to share newly-discovered heritage finds and generating a sense of local pride, whilst mitigating the impact of site work. The podcast titled ‘The Shindig’ created in conjunction…

This contractor hosted a free, CPD accredited training afternoon around mental health and wellbeing for local businesses in the construction sector as well as other businesses and charities, this was also opened up to staff of the contractor. They have had senior managers from other companies sign up which will help raise the profile of these issues in our industry….