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A boot drying rack facility has been implemented on this site to ensure work boots are being dried when not worn. This reduces illnesses that could be contracted due to the operatives feet becoming wet over prolonged periods such as a cold, trench foot and athlete’s foot. This also generally lowers discomfort and increase workforce satisfaction.
When an existing building is being refurbished, site restrictions often require that a room within that building is temporarily converted into a canteen with the challenge of providing a sink with running hot and cold water. This problem was resolved on this particular project by purchasing a Big Synk portable sink. The portable sink simply requires a 240-volt socket and…
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…
A high standard of welfare facilities should be provided on site for workers and visitors. This should encourage your workforce to maintain a clean and tidy site and make them feel valued and appreciated. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have produced an information sheet with guidance on the standard of welfare provisions that must be provided on construction sites. This information sheet represents…
The site team have used Welfare Hire’s new EcoWC2 towable toilet block, providing modern eco mobile toilet facilities, driven by sustainable eco-friendly systems. This provides separate, non-chemical, water system wash and changing facilities that not only ensure optimal hygiene, but provide a more comfortable experience for users with coat hooks, air fresheners and non-slip chequer plate flooring. The use of…
This contractor has opted to use SESI Soaps for the cleaning and maintaining of site. The products are all vegan, cruelty free and made using biodegradable plant based formulas. In addition to this the contractor are using the refillable containers to avoid single use plastic.
Lotus Pro uses only water to provide a simple, safe and sustainable way to clean. Using an electric current it ionises the water to produce stabilised aqueous ozone (SAO) which acts as a cleaning agent killing 99.9% of germs. This is a no VOC cleaning option avoiding issues of allergies and COSHH for cleaners use and for easier storage. It…
The site is using plant based cleaning products in a form which eliminates the large quantity of waste plastic spray bottles that is usually generated by cleaning the site welfare and the finished building. Their spray bottles are re-used multiple times because refills of the active ingredients arrive in small capsules which simply dissolve in water. To find out more,…
This contractor has introduced the use of PVC freezer flaps to control room temperature. To enable them to complete the flooring, rooms have to be at certain temperature, so instead of using 110V heaters, they are using PVC freezer flaps. Once works are completed, the freezer flaps can be relocated and reused on different areas, allowing them to use less…
The contractor is using the HQube UV-C Sterilising Cube that uses highly effective UV-C technology to disinfect in just 3 minutes high-cost electronic equipment such as noise monitors, damp meter readers, laser levels, pipe finders, cable detectors and other handheld tools that require sharing but the use of chemical disinfectant could damage them in the process. Sharing tools on sites…
This project consists of the construction of student apartments housed in 4 blocks ranging from 7 to 9 floors in height with a construction programme of 20 months. Whilst reviewing the coronavirus site preventative measures, they engaged with their cleaning contractor to investigate available products and solutions which could improve their sanitising procedures. When researching they discovered a hydrostatic sprayer…
All all existing welfare door handles we changed to those of the “Purehold “ design which are 99.9% effective in killing bacterial such as coronavirus. These were developed for health and care settings and are coated with an anti-bacterial coating that kills germs and reduces risk of infections spreading. This was seen as a simple and cost effective way of…
At Clearly Renovations they are trying to minimise close contact on their sites to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. This includes sites where they would have laid down floors or where taking shoes off or putting on shoe covers is required. To tackle the issue of handling shoes or shoe covers they have come up with the idea of…
We needed to make the workplace safe after the coronavirus outbreak. We wanted to give the workforce plenty of opportunity, out on site, to wash their hands, kill germs and protect themselves. The H-Wash hand wash system was the ideal solution as it is a portable self-contained unit which requires no plumbing or electrics and can be installed anywhere on…
What is it? The Room Occupancy Monitoring system counts how many people enter the room through the ‘in’ door and how many people exit through the ‘out’ door. The system keeps track of the room occupancy level against the set room capacity. The system has a display at the entrance to the room showing level of occupancy in the room…