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Multiplex joins Unite Period Dignity Campaign
The Multiplex University of Glasgow Campus Development is the first site in the UK to sign up to Unite’s period dignity campaign. This is in efforts to improve the facilities for female workers following an industry survey of welfare facilities in the industry. Caron Dunlop, Head of Community Engagement said: “Multiplex is committed to providing great workplaces and spaces for...
Trade Route Group: Teaching the Trades
A new course designed by Robertson Group in line with Education Scotland’s Developing the Young Workforce (employability group) has been implemented comprising of two sessions per week throughout the school year (48 sessions in total). During this time a class of 10 15-16 year old pupils learn skills to make them more employable (in construction) when they leave school. The...
Santa’s Grotto for the Community
In response to a request from the local community, the site team converted an old steel container into a Santa’s Grotto. Firstly the site team made the leaking container watertight, then they refurbished and decorated it with recycled materials (secondhand Christmas tree with decorations, fireplace, carpet tiles, armchair, fake fire insert, old boxes, cardboard, etc., all supplied by local retailers)...
Recognising Another Emergency Service
After starting works in the east of England on behalf of Highways England, it became apparent that the local blood bike groups covering the area were not receiving important diversion and closure information. As the blood bike groups are registered charities, they do not receive the information via the NHS or ambulance trusts that cover the regions they work within....
Construction Careers Week
Construction Careers Week is an annual programme hosted by Built Environment Skills in Schools (BESS). Built Environment Skills in Schools is a fantastic organisation which aims to overcome the skills shortage in the built environment by inspiring the next generation to consider a career in construction. The organisation is collaborating with the construction industry to engage with primary and secondary...
Auction of Swimming Pool Clocks to Help the Homeless 
L A Moore Ltd secured the contract to demolish the former St James Street swimming pool in Coal Orchard, Taunton, for SCC. We realised that the pool held fond memories for many generations of the local community and would be sadly missed by everyone. One of our team noted that within the building were two large swimming clocks that were...
Helping Hand Vouchers
We are currently working on a scattered property contract and have the resource to offer a helping hand with a range of odd jobs whilst we are working within a property. During our resident pre-start survey, we explain the type of jobs we may be able to help with and issue the resident with a “helping hand” voucher. This voucher...
Resident Car and Window Cleaning
In order to respect our neighbouring residents’ properties during the dry summer months, both professional window and car cleaning services were provided as a good will gesture to approximately 50 residents bordering the site, over an 8 week period. We received very positive feedback from the residents, which has helped us build a positive relationship with the neighbourhood.
One Year of CCS
At our Wardian London site, we take our commitment to the Considerate Constructors Scheme very seriously and we are always looking for new ways to promote the Scheme. As part of our Christmas newsletter, we have included a board called: ‘One year of CCS’ which provides examples of our ideas and achievements against the sections of the CCS checklist in...
Hamilton Park Fun Run
The site team at the Hamilton Park Hampton by Hilton organised a charity fundraising event on our client’s famous racecourse! We arranged for members of the client team, site team, subcontractors and workforce to participate in a fun run along a section of the racecourse in fancy dress. As partnership members of the Considerate Constructors Scheme, we have even arranged...
Wall of Fame and Social Media
We have been working on a Wall of Fame, located on our prominent West elevation facing the Leeds Merrion Shopping Centre. Yorkshire legends have been put up on the wall, to select a name we have generated voting polls via LinkedIn and show the results on that social media platform and Instagram. Some of our posts have received over 9,000...
Kieropoly
Kier has developed a game called ‘Kieropoly’ in efforts to demolish common misconceptions of construction and to build understanding through a combination of fun, myth-busting questions along with technical construction questions. The students’ knowledge of construction is tested as they battle against each other as they answer questions and respond to scenarios and true and false quizzes that are unique...
Intercity Best Practice Sharing
Discussions have been taking place between Transport for London (TfL) and Brighton & Hove City Council (BHCC) on ‘all inclusive’ approaches to diversity and inclusion at roadworks. TfL are presently trialling alternative methods at two major works sites, Old Street and Highbury Corner which involves working closer with local communities and disability groups to better understand their challenges. Subsequently, BHCC...
Construction Rocks
Kent based firm Walker Construction teamed up with their community, including a local Primary school to produce their 2018 Christmas video. For the last few years the construction sector headlines have been consumed by the ever-growing skilled worker gap. The threat of Brexit facing the labour workforce, and a lack of interest in construction careers amongst today’s teens have resulted...
Electric charging point legacy
As part of a legacy to the school we are currently building an extension to, we have installed a permanent electric car charger at Roydon. We have also installed (as a gift) additional ducts for 10 spaces, so if the school wants to add future charging points, they can. The school is over the moon with this, as some of...
Turning ‘Waste’ into Toys for Pre-School and Special Needs Children
One particularly successful, yet simple, initiative to turn waste into educational tools involved using old PPE, product samples from the site and things found around the site office to create Bespoke Busy Boards for toddlers. Busy Boards are designed with the ‘Montessori’ learning style in mind; kinaesthetic learning through using your hands and senses to figure out processes. Focusing on...
Aspiration Tree
On completion of the new extension to the Queens Hill Primary School, we made a tree out of an original beam from the demolition works which started as the trunk. We then got all the trades involved including scaffold as the branches, a wooden bird box, concrete foundations, brickwork, copper wire for smaller branches, ceiling fixing wire to hold the...
Nursery Hoarding and Viewing Platform
At our Tullibody South Campus project, a portion of the site hoarding shared a boundary with the existing nursery. The hoarding has been cut and painted to resemble a castle battlement. A viewing platform and viewing windows into the site have been incorporated to allow the children to monitor progress of the new facility, with the retaining wall painted in...
Wear it Pink Day!
In aid of October’s ‘Breast Cancer Awareness Month’, Wooldridge Demolition wanted to mark the cause the Wooldridge way. To involve all site staff and to help raise money for The Breast Care Charity, Wooldridge Demolition provided operatives with branded pink hard hats and hi-vis PPE to wear on 24th October 2018. Site operatives and managers were asked to make a...
Helping with emergency service resilience
The Emergency Services provide a life saving service to our communities and workforces across the UK. Emergency vehicles play pivotal roles in the performance of their respective systems. For example; if onward transport is required, an ambulance capable of conveying a patient should arrive at the scene within 19 minutes in 95% of cases (House of Commons, 2016). Evert second...
Circus Pieces held at Broadgate
During September, as part of London Design Festival and Open House, Sir Robert McAlpine organised a series of daring outdoor circus pieces were held at Broadgate. BUILD, performed by Hikapee, used aerial, acrobatic and physical performances to explore what it is to create a building. The aim of this was to produce something entertaining with a strong link to construction...
The Constructors’ Gallery
The last place you might expect to see an art exhibition is alongside some building site hoardings; but this is exactly what you’ll see if you walk along Blackfriars Road towards the southern end of Blackfriars Bridge. Transport for London (TfL) has partnered with Southwark Council, City of London, Better Bankside, a local develop and McGee Group to create an...
Art workshops supporting the mental and physical wellbeing of construction workers
Farrans Construction have created a unique art galley on the construction hoarding at their Altnagelvin North Wing Redevelopment Project. The arts project is part of Farrans’ ongoing commitment to supporting the mental and physical wellbeing of their workforce through their work with the ‘Mates in Mind’ scheme and ‘Inspire’, a charity and social enterprise focused on promoting workplace wellbeing. Farrans...
Site scrap turned into musical instruments
The site team at Howdens, Warth Park were able to turn site scrap into musical instruments for the children at Kings Heath Primary Academy. The materials used were recycled and made safe to create instruments for a sound garden based in the school’s playground. The sound garden is available to all the children at Kings Heath Primary Academy during break...
Supporting the Historic Environment – Silent Cargo
During the works for the new Manchester Metrolink Trafford Park Line, the existing “Silent Cargo” art installation on the Manchester Ship Canal was scheduled to be removed. Silent Cargo is a collection of old-style trade cast into concrete to represent the busy banks of Manchester during the industrial revolution. With no definitive plan in place for this installation it was...
Kent County Council Day Services Site Visits
Since the beginning of our project, an ongoing feature has been our building manager, David Sweeney, hosting site visits from Kent County Council’s Day Services Department. Regular users and one-off visitors alike enjoy a tour of the site, in which David explains works that are being carried out and that are soon to happen. He also demonstrates all the machines...
Primary school partnership
The Broadgate Community Legacy looks to utilise the opportunity of a 10 year redevelopment framework (1FA sites within this) to have a long-lasting, positive social impact on local communities. Although introduced for construction, it has the ethos that ‘legacy starts at the beginning’ and sets out ways of ensuring that the community benefits it produces continue post-construction. Education is a...
Giving back to the community at East Midlands Gateway
New developments often cause divided opinions and some inconvenience. At Winvic, we always aim to reduce the impact of our work on the local community by following the codes of practice set out by the Considerate Constructors Scheme. As a result of our approach, the site team at East Midlands Gateway have been able to form good relations with the...
Charity Footpath Renovation
We provided brand new footpaths for Charnwood Borough Council in Loughborough at Dishley Pond, a local favourite destination for fishing, running and walking. CR Civil Engineering offered their services to the community, donating £20,000 in manpower and equipment. The footpaths have been widened, constructed and resurfaced so that there is now a two-kilometre network which makes the site more accessible...
Sighted Guides for the Vision Impaired
45 members of staff have been training by Guide Dogs (the organisation formerly known as Guide Dogs for the Blind) as Sighted Guides for Vision Impaired people. These staff have been trained how to approach a member of the public with sight support needs, how best to offer support and how to guide them through our works, which are in...
