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Emergency preparedness

Integrated Weather App

This contractor has developed a concept app that provides a S.M.A.R.T approach to project-based weather reporting. Planning and Risk Management around the weather, especially with the diverse UK climate, could have been a challenge when sequencing works at a major infrastructure hub. This challenge has been negated via the Digital Control Centre, where historical and forecast weather data is combined…


ProCleanSorb Peat Filtration Bund

The Project Team has introduced a creative and proactive approach to managing potential fuel spills in their refuelling storage area. The team has constructed peat bunding around the fuel storage and incorporated a new product called Premium ProCleanSorb Granules from Pro-Earth within the bunding. The granules are a natural, renewable, sustainable source made from Peat Sphagnum Moss. These hydrophobic granules…


Arboricultural First Aid Grab Bag

The project team wanted to be able to respond to any damage to tree roots during the project without delaying the work through needing to request their Arboricultural clerk of works attend site. The team prepared a first aid kit with all the equipment and detailed instructions on how to deal with damage to tree roots in line with their…


Fuel Digester – Bioversal Dispersant

This fuel digester encapsulates oil particles and prevents them from sticking to and landing on shorelines, beaches, rocks, plants and animals. It is alsp pH-neutral and dermatologically safe. When used on waterways, the Bioversal-oil-water mixture remains on the surface and the bio-activator contained in Bioversal ensures high accelerated biological degradation of the remaining oil residue and leaves water and CO2…


Fault Alert System for Dewatering Equipment

The site used dewatering equipment that was installed with telemetry. This means that any malfunctions with the float switch activation will result in an alert. Any faults could result in serious flooding out of hours. However, the system is working 24/7 so if this did occur a response can be quickly organised. This system has the potential to prevent large…


Online Environmental Incident Register

As part of the Canary Wharf Contractors ISO 14001 accredited Environmental Management System we maintain a log of all environmental incidents that occur on our projects. This enables us to monitor trends and target preventative actions for the highest risk/most frequent type of incidents. The register is used to track a range of environmental incidents from land or water based…


Environmental Alert Action Process

The Mace team at the Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium Development have created an Environmental Alert Action Process to ensure compliance with their Section 61 agreement and to reduce environmental nuisance to the surrounding population. This process utilises the environmental boundary monitors which record noise and dust levels over an hourly and 15 minute period respectively. Trigger levels are set up (well…


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