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Construction Site Security Guidance
Guidance developed by the National Business Crime Centre and the Metropolitan Police in partnership with the Considerate Constructors Scheme has recently been created with the aim to give advice on how best to secure the construction site in order to offer the benefits of a low crime development from the moment the hoarding goes up until the development is handed...
Hollco Auto Green
The use of the new auto green function on the brand new Hollco has helped to alleviate traffic queues in some cases. The use of these lights, on a scheme that we have running with Kier in Marlpit Road in Norwich, has helped to maintain the constant flow of public commuter traffic at peak times. The technology that Hollco has...
Safe Prop System
Constructing suspended slab floors creates several safety risks which need to be managed. Safe Prop is a unique product that makes back propping more efficient and most importantly safer. The new method of propping concrete slabs was introduced at Cornbrook due to three main advantages it can provide to the workforce: Falling Objects: The spring-loaded attachment prevents the back props...
Atlantic Square Loading Bay
To help the flow of traffic and the unloading of deliveries at BAM Construction’s Atlantic Square site in Glasgow, the team have created a one-way running lane on York Street. The system has been set up to help with the following: Vehicle Deliveries Being a busy city centre site, delivery and logistics management need to be well controlled. By extending...
Remote Controlled Barriers
An operative stood on the gate daily, and the only task he was expected to carry out was to operate the barriers. Doing such a job bred boredom and isolation, which led to an increase in mobile phone usage on site. Mobile phone use is one of the biggest causes of incidents across the industry due to the operative’s concentration...
Barrier Ballast Blocks
The Berkeley Homes site at Hollyfields is the first site to use Actavo’s Barrier Ballast Blocks, which clip onto site barriers providing a very clean, tidy and effective solution to stabilising hooped barrier gates at pedestrian cross-over points to stop them blowing over in the wind. To find out more, please click on the links below.
Reducing the Impact of Ground Breaking
The site team were concerned about the need to break road and pavement surfaces in such close proximity to the public on Leith Street, due to the potential impact of noise and debris. As a result, the team arranged for a purpose made rubber sleeve to be cut and fitted to the breaker to resolve the problem very effectively in...
Cycle Safety Day for University Students
Education of cyclists about their interaction with delivery lorries was taken to the next level at the cycle safety day which this site ran for the benefit of University students. Using the technology that Google use to capture information to create street view, a recording was made of a delivery vehicle’s journey from the M40 through Oxford city centre to...
Text Message Alert System 
During the winter months, access to the construction site could become treacherous with ice and snow, due to the remote location of the site. As part of the winter working plan for the site, a text message alert system was introduced that warned all employees, subcontractors, clients and other contractors on the site that the roads to site were impassable...
Double Height No Drill and Fix Edge Protection
We have implemented an alternative edge protection solution. Rapid EPS is a fall-protection system, simply comprising of posts and panels clipping together to create a barrier. We utilise two panels on top of each other to create full-height edge protection around the entire perimeter of the slab. Prior to arriving to site, all products are fully tested by Lloyd’s British...
Beam, Tube and Pipe Trolley
A contractor on KGX1 is using a trolley to transport beams, pipes and other associated MEP materials. It is designed to ensure the load does not move during transportation and is equipped with a ratchet strap to hold the materials down. This will make the transportation of materials safer and easier with the added benefit of anti-slip grip on the...
MEWP Secondary Guarding System
Two companies have studied the number and type of entrapment injuries and concluded that the majority of injuries do not result from upward/ overhead impact, but from shear type impacts, caused when the operator was looking at the ground (rather than straight ahead) whilst driving. These type of injuries tend to result in a far more serious injuries. As a...
Local ‘Crash Map’
In order to raise awareness of vulnerable road users and manage large-scale, just-in-time deliveries of larger steel frame elements and in-situ concrete deliveries to site in a safe manner, the site team have developed an innovative ‘crash map’. This map draws on information captured from Transport Scotland’s database, to alert and highlight the numerous major traffic accident black-spots leading into...
Ejector Dumpers
The Ejector Dump Truck is being used on the M20 Junction 10a Project. The positives of the CAT 730 C2 EJ that is in use on the project include: New operator controls: advanced traction control system and a new stability-assist system. A fuel-saving ECO operating mode and modification that reduce empty weight by 22%. These features combine for an up...
Pipe Basket for Tight Lifting Operations
FLO were faced with the challenge of lifting out temporary pipework from below ground through a tight opening (which had been built up since the pipework was originally installed). The pipework sections were too long to be lifted out horizontally and lifting them at an angle presented too great a risk of slippage. Rather than cut the section up, the...
Colour Coded Barriers
The segregation of pedestrians from moving plant is always paramount in our traffic management plans. As such, we already maintain pedestrian barriers to all walkways. Whilst carrying out daily briefings, it was identified that the colour coding of areas identified on the briefing board could be transferred to the barriers on the walkways. Using coloured netting over pedestrian barriers would...
Moat Exclusion Zones
On IQL S4, we will be implementing a moat exclusion zone system, which consists of 5×5 metre Heras fence ‘zones’ with lockable gates, which will be installed around the perimeter of the building. To access a zone, the contractor has to fill out a permit, detailing the works being carried out, which is then signed off by Lendlease allowing the...
Segregation of Plant and Pedestrians
Access to our site is restricted as the new building footprint takes up the whole of the road elevation. As such, we have devised a system whereby vehicles entering site are totally segregated from operatives. We have an online delivery booking-in system which must be used by our subcontractors. Once the delivery has been approved, it is allowed onto site....
The Cycle Plate – A TfL, Cadent Gas and Oxford Plastics Collaboration
The Mayor of London’s Transport Strategy, published in 2018, sets out a vision for a healthier, greener and more prosperous city. The strategy makes clear that a new type of thinking is required to increase active, efficient and sustainable travel to help achieve this vision for London. Cycling is a fundamental element of towards attaining a healthier lifestyle and benefits...
Driver Induction Booklets
Toureen Group are providing extensive and informative, site specific driver booklets during site driver inductions. Please see below lists of what this booklet provides to new drivers on all Toureen sites. Communicates the Toureen vulnerable road users’ and drivers policy to new drivers to site. Lists who are considered vulnerable users, so drivers know who to look out for whilst...
Self-Climbing Facade
Ardmore are working on site at Commercial Road, Aldgate East to erect a 21 storey apart-hotel to include a two floor basement in within close proximity of London’s vibrant Shoreditch. Ardmore have worked closely with ISHBECK TITAN to create a new self-climbing façade to protect their workforce, environment and the general public. It has taken the company 18 months alongside...
A Constructor’s Collaboration: Freight Delivery by Cargo Bike
The Mayor of London’s Transport Strategy, published in 2018, sets out a vision for a healthier, greener and more prosperous city. The strategy makes clear that a new type of thinking is required to increase active, efficient and sustainable travel to help achieve this vision for London. The Mayor, through TfL, will work with the boroughs, businesses and the freight...
Winter Working
The construction industry is by no means a seasonal one – construction work takes place all year round, including in winter, especially as some types of work (such as repairs or maintenance) are caused by the weather conditions associated with the season. Winter weather poses many challenges to the construction industry, including creating hazardous working conditions, fewer daylight hours, demoralising...
Scaffold Netting System
The site team at Osborne Infrastructure Ltd has installed a unique scaffold netting system. The system was designed and patented by Castle Scaffolding Ltd, and it is thought that this is the first time that this system has been used practically on a site. This scaffold system has been designed especially to mitigate the hazard of any debris or falling...
3M Barrier Tape
Due to dark nights and winter working, we wanted to highlight the crowd barrier that segregated the moving vehicles and the pedestrians. We always have a crowd barrier in place but the 3m blue tape reflects the headlights of the machine. This then alerts the driver of the machine and helps to ensure that there is no collision between the...
Microwave Sensors on Temporary Lighting
As part of an ongoing effort to minimise carbon dioxide emissions, Multiplex, working in collaboration with Cape (Electrical & Mechanical) has successfully procured the use of microwave sensors within the temporary LED lighting package at the Marble Arch Place project. There are many advantages to using microwave sensors over traditional head-end controlled and passive infrared sensors (PIR) temporary lighting systems....
Pop-Up Cone
These pop-up cones take up no space at all, folding flat to 30mm. We have been trialling them on our current site to good effect. Cordon off areas in seconds carry a dozen in a single lift and they took up very little space in a vehicle when folded down. These can also be used in emergency situations for breakdowns....
A Frame – Safety Barrier
An ‘A’ frame has been developed to re-use scaffold as a safety barrier. Over 100m of this barrier type are in use and such is the success with subcontractors, more has been requested. The barriers are easy to assemble and dismantle, yet robust and sturdy and have been used for excavations and pedestrian walkways. The barriers are fully re-usable, not...
Monitoring Unauthorised Vehicles
On site, the team had developed an app which monitors any unauthorised vehicle incursions into the works area by barriers having a movement sensor attached which is connected to the app. Any unauthorised vehicles can be recorded and if part of the works team., they can be monitored on the same system. Warning of any unauthorised private vehicles entering the...
Integrated Balustrades in Cladding
Through design Coordination with the cladding contractor, the team at IQL S9 have significantly reduced the amounts of work done at the edge of the building in high risk roof and balcony areas. We have achieved this by integrating the balustrades into the top of cladding, eliminating works to install balustrades and copings at the edge of the building. A...
