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This contractor has implemented smart tags which ensure that lifting apparatus and equipment has been reviewed via different colour tags each month. However, on a project with a vast array of lifting operations such as this, the system allows any of their delivery or safety teams, contractor staff and authorised persons to review each item in real-time. Each tag comes…
Any potential distractions should be minimised on site, to ensure the safety of the workforce. The nature of construction work often creates potential dangers to operatives, therefore it is essential that any distractions are removed, to ensure that operatives full attention is on the task at hand, minimising the risk of accidents on site. Below is a measure implemented on site…
The nature of construction work often creates potential dangers to operatives, therefore it is essential that any distractions are removed, to ensure that operatives full attention is on the task at hand, minimising the risk of accidents on site. Below are examples of new measures introduced on site to ensure the safe use of tablets: An effort was made to move towards…
The Adamson 1 requires very little maintenance as it is made out of a lightweight blue material in the shape of a saddle bag that can be draped over an existing or temporary barrier. The bag is designed with a pocket either side to place a sandbag in, ensuring that the bag cannot be knocked out of place. This can…
In addition to their mandatory site induction, this contractor has devised a project-specific internal safety storyboard to reinforce key messages to the workforce and visitors. The Safety board catered for all learner types and was an important way to ensure that the people working on the project understood the attitudes and behaviours expected when working on one of the sites….
On this project illuminating batons are being used by traffic marshals on site as an additional control measure to ensure that vehicle movements are carried out safely on site with directions issued by the Traffic Marshall more clearly seen. These are also used for banking delivery vehicles onto and off site and ensuring the public is adequately aware of vehicle…
On a construction site, safety is of paramount importance. It is vital that in case of emergency, such as a fire, all employees are aware of the safety procedures. Some large sites with multiple floors and staircases have struggled to clearly display fire exit signage because of the need to remove signs when wall surfaces are being worked on. The examples…
In recognition of our CLOCS Champion status, on our 1-9 Seymour Street project, situated a short distance from London’s Marble Arch, the team devised an innovative, fire retardant, retractable safety curtain. The site is located on an extremely tight footprint, with no off-site loading/unloading areas. The curtain therefore serves as a protection barrier between the highway unloading point and the…
The company uses proprietary ‘brick jackets’, branded with the company logo, to protect bricks from the frost and the rain. The jackets also keep the bricks in neat stacks and prevent them from being accidentally knocked over and spilling onto the scaffold, where they become a trip hazard. The jackets are manufactured in bright colours, so are clearly visible to…
Most of the construction industries welfare units are made of metal, so by attaching signage to a magnetic background, this enables re-use or an easy change of location. Whereas traditional methods of putting up signage by either sticking or screwing prevents further use. We are also using magnetic thumbs up signage on plant and machinery (the fact that most machines…
On The Broadway project, we have a site policy that all phones must be tethered and used in safe areas. However, we found that not all tethers were suitable for the site. The team has worked hard on researching the best/safest phone tethers for our site and have come up with a select few that are suitable for a variety…
At this project the river walkway is very open to the public so following the Sarah Everard abduction and murder, and the subsequent protests, they decided to introduce a community safety alarm system. They have put up two alarm buttons around the perimeter of the site and if the button is pressed it will set off an alarm in the…
The Project Manager at Linton Fuels has come up with the idea of a ‘Safety Signage Station’. The purpose of this station is to provide easy access to safety signage for the workforce. This will encourage workers to pick up the signage for relevant tasks e.g. exclusion zones, changes to access routes etc, immediately ensuring the safety of others on…
Constructing a 68-storey tower in Canary Wharf is challenging for numerous reasons. A key challenge we face is unpredictable and high wind-speeds. We have installed hoist anemometers to all of our external hoists. These provide constant measuring of wind speed at the hoist cage and take away the responsibility of measuring and monitoring at particular intervals from the hoist drivers….
BAM Construction’s Atlantic Square site in Glasgow has put a Wind Alert System in place to monitor the wind speed on site. Following the first crane erection for the site, the team used an Eole Skywatch Windspeed Monitor to determine the wind levels each morning and indicates which flag should be raised. As per the above image, the wind alert…