St Edward Homes teamed up with Tweseldown Infant School to plant a tree at Hartland Village, its landmark development in Fleet, to mark the Woodland Trust’s Big Climate Fightback (November 30). Six students gathered to plant the tree, which is just one of the 174 being planted during the first phase of building on site. Mrs Kim Totten, Headteacher at Tweseldown…

At Oktra, we created a clothing bank out of recycled pallets as we are collecting clothes, shoes and other goods for local homeless charities. The clothing bank is located in our welfare area, so that our operatives and site staff can donate any unwanted items. By using recycled pallets we are reducing out site waste, while at the same time…

John Sisk has a local charity partner, Mancunian Way, who help local young adults to stay safe as well as combat homelessness in the area. As the organisation continues to grow, we have engaged in various activities to further help them develop. Late last year, two very brave members of our staff (Jade Meyrick and Jake Martin) undertook a sponsored…

Wembley Park decided to start 2020 by doing things differently. Instead of the typical back-to-work safety briefing – usually in the format of a toolbox talk or Powerpoint presentation – Project Director Allen Westgate decided to call on the drama-based training team, Dramanon, which involves professional actors. Several 40-minute sessions were held over two days, in both English and Romanian….

Speller Metcalfe has been contracted by Derby Museums to redevelop the facilities at Derby Silk Mill, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in order to open the whole museum to the public for the first time in 50 years. The scheme is the second in the UK to be delivered using the innovative Integrated Project Insurance procurement approach, following Speller Metcalfe’s…

During a community drop-in session for their Scape Burnshot Bridge project, Balfour Beatty brought a 3D model of the bridge for residents to view through a VR headset. Unfortunately, a local blind resident was left disappointed as he thought it would be a physical model which he could have explored with his hands. The site team and client were really…

As a way to minimise disruption to neighbours, improve safety and to comply with the latest City of London Code of Practice, the 21 Moorfields project has specified that all delivery vehicles on the project should be fitted with broadband-only reversing alarms. Noise from broadband-only reversing alarms dissipates quickly at distance and thus reduces nuisance to neighbours. The frequency of…

Wates are piloting a new tracking system that should improve the fuel efficiency of their repair service. The tracking system will allow customers to view their operative’s live estimated time of arrival. This will enable them to track the operatives approach on a real-time map. It also provides the customer with a link to the schedulers enabling them to cancel…