Latest Innovations in Community

These include examples of innovative activity, which demonstrate constructors giving consideration to their impact on neighbours and the public, to respect the community.

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RapidGrip Adoption on Motorway Emergency Areas

Published 24 February 2025 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesPlanning of traffic routes Preventing unauthorised access
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On the motorway emergency areas they have introduced RapidGrip, a highly skid-resistant, and colour-stable surfacing material developed by the Smart Motorway Partnership (SMP) Alliance. Replacing the traditional two-coat system, RapidGrip achieves bright orange visibility in a single application, reducing construction time, safety risks, and public disruption. This lean solution enhances efficiency by minimising nightshifts and traffic management, while ensuring consistent...
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Concrete Skip Attachment to Protect the Workforce

Published 6 January 2025 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesControls Falling objects
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Working with their supply partner, this contractor has undertaken over a year of trials to remove operative from within the danger zone when utilising Tremi Concrete Skips to pour concrete on works. This initiative helps to remove the need for personnel to stand below a suspended load in order to operate the equipment, this is the last lifting operation in...
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Potassium Acetate Crystals for Gritting

Published 18 November 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesConserve of resources Electric vehicles Maintenance of hoarding and fences Periodic inspection and clean-up of boundaries
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Salt grit has been replaced with potassium acetate crystals on the deck. This is distributed using a hopper towed by an electric van (powered with 100% renewable energy). To enable this, council gritters stop spreading when they reach the bridge. The contractor uses MetDesk to receive their own weather alerts to know when they need to apply the crystals. Potassium...
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Artifically Intelligent Vehicle Management and Telematics

Published 18 November 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesCLOCS Delivery timings FORS Planning of traffic routes
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Samsara is an artificial intelligence driven transport management initiative. This optimises field services with real-time vehicle locations, prevent breakdowns by monitoring engine diagnostics and fault codes, and cut costs by reducing idle time. This initiative also allows users to plan and analyse routes and stops and evaluate data on their performance to identify deviations and pinpoint trends to remedy with...
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Kobot Remote Cutting

Published 19 September 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesDust Health risk assessments and monitoring Modern methods of construction
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This contractor has purchased a cutting machine which uses remote application to measure and cut boards for the dry liners. This brings a reduction in wastage as the machine calculates the best way to cut a board reducing waste created from off-cuts. There is also a time saving as much less time is needed to measure and cut. Other benefits...
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Dust Suppression Units for Conveyor

Published 19 September 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesDust Periodic inspection and clean-up of boundaries
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A bespoke water misting system has been attached to the conveyor belt on this project. The misting controls the dust from waste materials prior to loading into tippers. This new piece of equipment was sourced from the supplier which has a purpose built mist suppression system – this has been designed to thoroughly wet the load prior to delivery in...
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FHOSS Cast Projectors for Pedestrian Safety

Published 5 August 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesPedestrian safety Signage
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When considering improving existing signage to this area, the contractor went to market and found that there was nothing available that suited their needs. Therefore they searched for a solution provider and worked closely with FHOSS to come up with an effective solution. This is a custom solution that will be shared with other projects once in a fully marketable...
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Hello Lamp Post

Published 18 July 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesIdentify potential impacted communities Impacted community surveys Regular updates of progress Social media
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Hello Lamp Post is an initiative that transforms everyday street objects, such as lamp posts, into interactive communication platforms. It allows people to engage with these objects by sending messages via text message or smartphone apps. Essentially, individuals can “converse” with objects like lamp posts, benches, or even fire hydrants by sending messages to designated numbers or scanning QR codes....
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Robots to Reduce Exposure to Dust

Published 18 July 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesCleaning and maintenance regime Dust Technology
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Utilising cleaning robots on construction sites minimises exposure to dust by automating cleaning tasks. These robots navigate through the site, sweeping and vacuuming dust and debris, thereby reducing the need for manual labour and mitigating health risks associated with dust exposure. This approach enhances worker safety, improves air quality, and increases efficiency in maintaining a clean work environment amidst ongoing...
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STEM Live Lessons

Published 5 March 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesCommunity engagement Plan to positively promote construction Promoting construction as a career choice Schools and nurseries
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A live STEM lesson was carried out which reached children all over the world, to teach them about the Everton Stadium and also careers in the industry. The total number of children that have now watched the live lesson has passed 20,000. The 45-minute lessons focused on engineering design, 3D technologies, properties of materials, and mechanical systems. It also looked...
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Robotic Cutter

Published 5 March 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesDust Modern methods of construction Noise
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This project is using a robotic cutter called Cut’n Move. This has been created to free pavers from the tedious and straining work of tile cutting. Working in sync with a conventional paving process, it automates the cutting process and triples the productivity. The whole system is operated through an easy-to-use tablet interface with a fleet manager software that allows...
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Combined Noise and Dust Monitoring Equipment with Integrated AI

Published 15 January 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesDust Inspection and corrective action Noise
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Each noise monitor used on this project not only captures audio clips when any noise exceedance limit is detected, but it also identifies different sources of noise. Through the integrated artificial intelligence, sounds are automatically analysed and categorised as noise being from: construction activities, impact sounds, music or vehicles. The recordings are automatically stored on a cloud-based system that is...
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Construction Academy for Prison Residents

Published 10 October 2023 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesDocumented activities and targets for community engagement Engage with community facilities Promoting construction as a career choice
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A Construction Academy has been set up within a prison whereby the contractor in partnership with the local College to teach, monitor and assess upon completion various trades, building a small house with 6 custodial residents over a 12 week period. The aim of this initiative is to: Roll out a continued program 3-4 times a year Provide people in...
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Camera Filter to Reduce Flash Effect for the Community

Published 2 June 2023 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesIdentify potential impacted communities Positioning of equipment, lighting and CCTV Response to compliments and concerns
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The client had received several complaints over a sustained period of time regarding the flash at a camera site. Several things were tried including changing the location and angle of the flash but this did not work. The contractor therefore designed a new filter that remained effective to capture offences but reduced the flash effect for the local residents to...
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Support for Domestic Abuse Survivors

Published 10 March 2023 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesCommunity engagement Engage with community facilities
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This contractor raised awareness of domestic abuse across the business. They launched a video, highlighting the effects of domestic abuse and what they wanted to achieve. They also created a domestic abuse toolbox talk which was shared across the business and used on sites and in the offices. as well as organising a campaign week, where resources were shared across...
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