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This contractor has implemented a remotely operated tower crane. The benefit of the technology on compact, high-rise projects is improved all round visibility; the cameras eliminate blind spots and restricted views created by the building and the close proximity of the lifts to the crane’s mast. They also provide up to 40% zoom resolution, allowing the crane operator to see…
Historically, this contractor has seen operatives taking naps and breaks in the change rooms to find a quiet space, therefore they wanted to provide them with a bespoke and specific place to rest and recharge. Research also shows that short naps and effective breaks can improve brain function, elevate moods, sharpen alertness, strengthen memory and lower blood pressure. With this…
Men’s Health Week is coordinated annually by the Men’s Health Forum. The week is focused on healthy living for all men. To support Men’s Health Week on your site, you could do the following: Provide an on-site nurse or regular visits from a nurse to your site; Provide fresh fruit and healthy meal options in the canteen; Offer advice and leaflets…
The Riverside 2 Project Wellness Garden Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) recently announced the grand opening of a health and wellbeing-focused wellness garden at their Riverside 2 construction project. Located on the banks of the River Thames in East London. The garden has been incorporated into the Riverside 2 Waste-to-Energy facility which HZI is constructing on behalf of the Cory Group,…
This contractor has created a small area and named it the ‘Zen Zone’. The area consists of planters and a greenhouse made from recycled/surplus materials that they have around the site. Within the planters and greenhouse they are growing various fruit and vegetables with a hope that when successfully harvested, they will be promoting healthy eating with the workforce.
On this project, they are isolated from local amenities so they though it was very important to provide the workforce with a place they can relax in when taking their lunch and breaks. To achieve this they used recycled timber gained from pallets on site and shuttering ply used for concrete works to create an outside eating and relaxing area…
At 1 Finsbury Avenue, part of the 10 year re-development framework for Broadgate, we invited students from the University of East London to prepare a competition design for our site welfare facility. From the competition, five students were chosen and given a paid placement to develop a welfare proposal for the project which encompassed wellbeing and sustainability. Part of the…
In order to support an improvement in wellbeing, this contractor has established onsite gym facilities for the use of the site team at King’s Cross. The gym includes free weights, kettlebells rowing machine and SkiErg ski machine. They hope that by providing the opportunity for the team to workout at no additional cost it will help reduce stress and encourage…
The Greenwich Peninsula Upper Riverside welfare facilities have been designed to improve the standards and working environment on construction sites. Mace directors analysed a number of studies which show a correlation between the influence of working environment and staff productivity. This included examples from Google and Microsoft offices. This allowed the Mace team to identify measures that could be implemented…
As International Men’s Day approached, we wanted to draw attention to some critical information to our staff on site. With almost 50% of the population on the island of Ireland, and a large majority of the construction workforce being male, we want to make sure that our workforce not only go home safe but understand the every day risks presented…
With the Managing Director growing up in New Zealand, he is keen to share his cultural experiences with all the workforce, Grounding or Earthing is something that he recommends and recently after further research the company decided to promote this across the business. Earthing or Grounding is where you put your body in direct and uninterrupted contact with the earth….
The project team opened the doors to their site to invite family and friends to visit and showcase the hard work, success and pride they have in the project. This huge event consisted of three two-hour sessions, with a welcome area on Level 5 featuring a refreshments station and a state of the art kids zone, including personalised hi-vis vests,…
Due to coronavirus restrictions stopping those on this project from meeting up in person to do any form of exercise or wellbeing activities they decided to set up a Strava club centred around the project for anyone involved in it to join. The club has a leaderboard allowing people to comment and follow each others progress and the opportunity for…
Alan Hay, our Structures Agent, brings his dog Darcy (a two year old Labrador) into the office once a week. All the staff love her, it lifts the office spirit and the office has a very calm atmosphere when she’s in as she takes the stress away. She gets lots of fuss and treats, and all the staff play with…
Following on from the huge success of last year’s ‘Hearts and Minds Challenge‘ and ‘Tour De Metro‘, MPT (a consortium of Laing O’Rourke, VolkerRail and Thale) were keen to get involved again and wondered how they could top last year’s challenge. Their main aim was to get as many people involved as possible, and to achieve this, various challenges were…