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World Water Day is coordinated annually by WaterAid, and focuses on raising awareness of water usage and the importance of water globally. To support World Water Day on your site, you could do the following: Collect rainwater on site to be used for damping down and washing tools; Introduce motion sensitive or push taps on site; Display signs to remind operatives to minimise water…
A boot washing station was built on site by a work placement student from Boroughmuir Academy (JET Programme) utilising spare materials on site. The concrete drainage ring was spare and was cut to size with an opening formed with the water tank being donated by the client. Stormbloc crates were used to support the tank and recycled drainage pipe utilised for…
Construction companies should ensure they are doing all they can to protect the environment. This includes minimising water usage and dust pollution. See the examples below for how one company addressed this: The company undertakes road repairs and operatives road sweepers for damping down dust. The company collects rainwater from large roof areas at the depot. This water is used…
Goldeni is an energy monitoring system that is being used to monitor the contractors power and water usage in the welfare and on site. This system also monitors internal and external air quality and temperatures for the workforce. Using this system they noticed that a client’s tenant was using large amounts of water on site so they approached the client…
The logistics team at Wood Wharf noticed that there was a considerable need for suitable paintbrush washing facilities as the project reached fit out. However, the only washout stations on the market were small and not suitable for a project this size. In response to the need, the team have designed and built three stations which have been allocated around…
This contractor is using the Bowcom Bowdry MK11 which collects up to 60 litres of water per minute, it is simple to operate, transport and store. The environmental advantages include no power usage, and replaces wet vacs and puddle pumps. The device is manually pushed and the rollers are replaceable with another sponge. This is a non-powered, quick and safe…
This project is reusing plastic drums, painting them in corporate colours and dividing them internally. The top part of each drum is planted with flowers and has a permeable divider that allows excessive rain water to filter into the lower half. The water in the lower half is syphoned off by a tap and the water is then reused to water…
At McAleer & Rushe, our project team at Wembley is installing a blue roof with ICB Projects to comply with Sustainable Drainage requirements (SuDs). The blue roof attenuates water and releases the water slowly into the local sewage system, relieving pressure from the system during storm conditions. With the growth of urbanisation and growing lack of natural filtration options for…
The team from Multiplex’s University of Glasgow project participated in workshops facilitated by researchers from the University which looked at the rain gardens that will form an important part of the campus redevelopment’s future infrastructure. The rain gardens are a sustainable urban drainage system which have been designed to treat storm water run-off. The first workshop, which was organised with…
During the brickwork construction of this project, an issue was experienced with the rooftop rainwater outlets causing some staining to the new brickwork on wet days. When the situation was reviewed by the Contracts Manager taking into account their environmental policies and procedures, they decided to fit flexible 100mm pipework to the outlet spigots at high level with a 6m…
This project has implemented a water saving measure which seems obvious in retrospect and is capable of being applied on almost every site. Many sites use a small amount of rainwater for boot and tool washing and a few install complicated drainage arrangements that feed into toilet cisterns. With this initiative water from cabin roofs is drained into a storage…
A high-performance vehicle wheel-wash system with water recycling has been installed on site. This is an automatically activated drive-through spray wash system designed to prevent the spread of site dirt and debris on to internal airport roads as well as public highways. It is powered by 60kva inverter-driven pumps which save 50% energy and consist of a closed loop system…