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Save lives. Clear your dash.

Published 5 May 2021 | No comments
Written by Andy Brooke
Categories Child safety CLOCS Cycle safety Cycle safety Driver information Initiatives Inspections Pedestrian safety
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A cluttered dashboard can seriously impede a driver’s view of his surroundings. All trucks come from the manufacturers in a legal state, it is drivers or operators that are retro fitting these styling items that do not comply with legal requirements. UK Law has specific requirements with respect to ‘view to the front and windscreen obscuration’ under: Regulation 30 of...
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CLOCS Vox – giving drivers a voice

Published 22 April 2021 | No comments
Written by Andy Brooke
Categories CLOCS Cycle safety Driver information Safety
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CategoriesCLOCS Cycle safety Driver information Safety
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CLOCS Vox allows drivers to anonymously rate any construction site they visit in 5 areas: Whether the delivery was accepted or refused (and reason for refusal) Clarity of ‘last mile’ route and instructions Whether they arrived/left as scheduled The gate team (fairness and efficiency) Ground conditions (including access for low entry cabs) Drivers can download the free CLOCS Vox app,...
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Delivery Route Instructions – 3D Flythrough Video

Published 20 April 2021 | No comments
Written by John Cairns
Categories Access/egress Communicate initiatives Driver information Initiatives Protected and controlled access Roads Workforce information
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The contractor’s digital team have created a 3D flythrough video which is shared in advance with businesses scheduled to deliver materials to the National Treatment Centre project site in Inverness. The 3D flythrough video provides a delivery guide for all drivers including instructions for prebooking deliveries and identification which will be required upon arriving at site. The video visually illustrates...
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CLOCS Works Campaign

Published 30 March 2021 | No comments
Written by Andy Brooke
Categories CLOCS Cycle safety Driver information
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CLOCS is a national Standard for ensuring the safest construction vehicle journeys. Over 350 UK construction companies and organisations have already signed up to CLOCS which helps to save lives. Many more people can be saved if CLOCS is adopted by every UK local authority. The CLOCS Works campaign urges UK local authorities and metro city mayors to commit to...
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Collision Avoidance System

Published 8 March 2021 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Child safety Controls Cycle safety Cycle safety Driver information Pedestrian safety
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The contractor is working with Safety Shield to trial and install their technology in their machines to create a safer working environment. This has been installed in all dumpers on site and is the most advanced AI collision avoidance system available for all vehicles and plant. The system utilises AI object recognition technology to detect vulnerable road users, pedestrians and...
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CLOCS Delivery and Mileage Management

Published 22 February 2021 | No comments
Written by Henry Tomlin
Categories Access/egress CLOCS Controls Driver information
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CategoriesAccess/egress CLOCS Controls Driver information
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This contractor has created their own bespoke CLOCS smart device application that their gateman uses to carry out CLOCS compliance checks. On site they are striving to go paperless and this allows them to conduct vehicle checks quickly without having to use lots of paper forms every single day. The contractor have taken this further by creating the feature of...
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Simplified Lift Planning

Published 15 February 2021 | No comments
Written by Sam Mayo
Categories Behaviour Daily briefing Management Traffic management
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CategoriesBehaviour Daily briefing Management Traffic management
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The contractor has done away with scaling out crane lifts with pen and paper and scouring through load charts as they now quickly and easily plan crane lifts with a system called Kranxpert. To use this you do not need to know CAD, or master a complicated program, in order to draw obstacles or buildings, as the system, through familiar...
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Wheel Chocks

Published 15 February 2021 | No comments
Written by Bruno Tiosso
Categories Driver information Initiatives Pedestrian safety Traffic management Traffic marshal Vehicle enhancements
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CategoriesDriver information Initiatives Pedestrian safety Traffic management Traffic marshal Vehicle enhancements
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Following an on site near missed on the project, where a lorry driver had released his hand break, resulting on the vehicle moving backwards, the project team have decided to introduce wheel chock blocks. The Risk Assessment and Method Statement (RAMS) for traffic management has been amended and all members of the traffic marshal team have been briefed on how...
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SHE Brief Area

Published 8 February 2021 | No comments
Written by Louise McKay
Categories Daily briefing Training Workforce consultation Workforce information Working methods
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CategoriesDaily briefing Training Workforce consultation Workforce information Working methods
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A Specially built SHE brief area that is used both for the morning and afternoon coordination briefings has been implemented. This is positioned within the welfare area, the SHE Brief Area is the first point of contact when an operative or a site visitor enters into the welfare area or is accessing site. Displayed within the SHE Brief Area is,...
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New HGV Safety Standards in London

Published 8 February 2021 | No comments
Written by Michael Barratt MBE
Categories Access/egress Child safety CLOCS Cycle safety Driver information Pedestrian safety Roads Vehicle enhancements
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CategoriesAccess/egress Child safety CLOCS Cycle safety Driver information Pedestrian safety Roads Vehicle enhancements
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A new HGV Safety Permit based on the new Direct Vision Standard (DVS) is required for all HGVs over 12 tonnes driving within Greater London. DVS is a key part of the Mayor of London’s Vision Zero plan to eliminate all deaths and serious injuries on London’s streets. TfL will begin enforcement of the permits, using the ANPR camera network,...
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Multi Modal Engagement Programme for Road Safety 1 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 5

Published 19 January 2021 | One comment
Written by Alexandra Hall
Categories Campaigns CLOCS Communicate initiatives Driver information Inspections Pedestrian safety Traffic management Training Workforce consultation
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CategoriesCampaigns CLOCS Communicate initiatives Driver information Inspections Pedestrian safety Traffic management Training Workforce consultation
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The project team led an internal communications campaign on the topic of Road Safety. This topic was chosen based on the results of their wellbeing health needs assessment survey, where over 50% of participants said that they wanted more information about driving safely. Road safety is a topic that can be repeated again and again on projects, with the same...
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Virtual Delivery Directions via QR Code

Published 14 December 2020 | No comments
Written by Duncan Gardner
Categories Access/egress Driver information Language differences Language Differences Protected and controlled access Traffic management Visitor information Workforce information
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CategoriesAccess/egress Driver information Language differences Language Differences Protected and controlled access Traffic management Visitor information Workforce information
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The team at the IRR & BioQuarter Enabling infrastructure project in Edinburgh identified a need to provide clear instructions to delivery drivers arriving to site. As the site is adjacent to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and sits on the emergency access route for ambulances reaching the A&E department, it is of vital importance to ensure that deliveries can quickly and efficiently...
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New Process for Managing Delivery Tickets

Published 18 November 2020 | No comments
Written by Paul Moran
Categories Driver information Initiatives Occupational health risks Traffic marshal Working methods
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CategoriesDriver information Initiatives Occupational health risks Traffic marshal Working methods
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The project team were concerned with pen and paperwork sharing with the spread of coronavirus, so they generated a new system to protect all individuals on site. Before the threat of coronavirus, all delivery and collection tickets had to be checked, signed and then handed over to the site administrator to scan and process them. With up to 100 vehicle...
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Cyclist and Motorist Advanced Warning at Side Road Crossings

Published 18 November 2020 | No comments
Written by Richard Hughes
Categories CLOCS Cycle safety Driver information Initiatives
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CategoriesCLOCS Cycle safety Driver information Initiatives
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As part of the Stoneferry corridor works in Hull, Colas UKP, Clearview Intelligence and Hull CC have developed a visual advanced warning system to advise motorists of passing cyclists prior to entering side road junctions. The system utilises a combination of DfT amber/red IRS2 road studs in ‘strings’ coupled with active cycle detector cabinets and Lidar detectors set some 40m...
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Recycled Circular Briefing Zone Area

Published 26 October 2020 | No comments
Written by Aimee Nicol
Categories Communicate initiatives Daily briefing Supply chain engagement Workforce information
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CategoriesCommunicate initiatives Daily briefing Supply chain engagement Workforce information
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A site needs good communication and visual aids to ensure the correct message is delivered to protect the workforce and deliver a key message daily. During the construction process there is always issues with getting the correct message and communication across to the workforce. On this project they have recognised from an early stage that this is one of the...
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Project Specific Road Safety Booklet

Published 26 October 2020 | No comments
Written by Lucy Shirley
Categories Access/egress Campaigns CLOCS Driver information FORS Roads Traffic management Workforce information
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CategoriesAccess/egress Campaigns CLOCS Driver information FORS Roads Traffic management Workforce information
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As a Principal Contractor CLOCS Champion, Galliford Try is committed to managing work-related road risk and promoting a positive road safety culture. We align with the CLOCS mission: to ensure the safest construction vehicle journey. At our Ashley Road East project in Tottenham Hale, our Galliford Try Construction – London & South East Commercial team devised a 12-page A5 booklet...
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Digital Site Register

Published 19 October 2020 | No comments
Written by Nicholas Sayer
Categories Access/egress Protected and controlled access Visitor information Workforce information
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On their projects Davis Construction use a digital site register called SINE Pro. Before workers or visitors come to site they are asked to download the SINE Pro app to their personal mobile device (at no cost) which enables them to sign in and out of site, removing the need for any shared touchscreens or indeed pens. Those signing in...
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Ensuring Operatives Read Daily Hazard Board

Published 12 October 2020 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Communicate initiatives Controls Hazard board Risk information Workforce information
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CategoriesCommunicate initiatives Controls Hazard board Risk information Workforce information
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Operatives are required to confirm that they have read the daily hazard board before going onto site, if not they are denied access. This system been developed to incorporate a check to ensure that the operatives are actually reading the daily hazard board. This has been achieved by linking the fingerprint recognition system to the field view system and incorporating...
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Road User Collaboration

Published 15 September 2020 | No comments
Written by Laura Carter
Categories Cycle safety Driver information Initiatives Vehicle enhancements
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CategoriesCycle safety Driver information Initiatives Vehicle enhancements
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The project team recently had a member of the community, a London cyclist that travels past the Hackney site on a regular basis, travel in one of their HGV’s around London and the surrounding areas to show how they help to keep other road users safe. The cyclist commented: “This morning I have had the experience of sitting in the...
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Using Audible Signage to Share Site Safety Information

Published 7 September 2020 | No comments
Written by Bradley Lowes
Categories Communicate initiatives Daily briefing Initiatives Workforce information
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Willmott Dixon have engaged with a local SME within 100m of the project to introduce static audible signage which, when activated by PIR sensor alert passers by of the site entrance, and the potential for moving vehicles within this zone. The alert is strategically placed before the entrance to ensure there is enough time for vulnerable road users and pedestrians...
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QR Code Signing In System

Published 7 September 2020 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Access/egress Protected and controlled access Visitor information
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The site is trialling a new sign in system using a QR code linked to a website. This is a company developed system and as such enables the company to collect specific data. The message on the QR code poster can be customised and the system has scope to deliver key health and safety information when the user signs in....
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Holo Builder Camera Used so Remote Workers can View Site Progress 1 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 5

Published 7 September 2020 | One comment
Written by Steven Bromfield
Categories Daily briefing Initiatives Inspections Reporting Working methods
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CategoriesDaily briefing Initiatives Inspections Reporting Working methods
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With coronavirus changing the way many people work we needed to be able to allow people working remotely the ability to have visibility of site progress. We are using a 360 camera that captures progress at designated points across the site on a weekly basis. The images are uploaded on to a web site where the whole site team can...
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Site Specific Video for Delivery Drivers

Published 3 August 2020 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Access/egress Driver information Initiatives Protected and controlled access
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The company has introduced a site specific video attached to the delivery booking confirmation so that drivers know what to expect on arrival at site. The video provides drivers with footage of the approach to site so they can easily identify the gate and be aware of restrictions prior to arrival. It will take them through what to expect once...
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CLOCS Gate Checks during the Coronavirus Pandemic

Published 29 July 2020 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Access/egress CLOCS Cycle safety Driver information Working methods
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How deliveries are accepted onto site has changed since the outbreak of coronavirus. CLOCS spoke to two of their CLOCS Champions – a Principal Contractor and a Fleet Operator – about how this issue is being tackled at the Gate. These examples can be replicated on many sites to ensure you are keeping the workforce safe during the coronavirus pandemic....
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Virtual Inspections

Published 22 June 2020 | No comments
Written by Nalise Hahn
Categories Communicate initiatives Daily briefing Initiatives Workforce information Working methods
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With the current coronavirus situation affecting site attendance, 40 Leadenhall has had to adapt to carry out essential tasks such as inspections which require sign off. We have undertaken live virtual pile inspections on MS Teams with our Structural Engineers and the City of London Building Inspectors who are unable be to there in person. The Construction Managers have been...
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Safer Unloading Onsite with Custom Built Portable Steps

Published 18 May 2020 | No comments
Written by Emily Bailey
Categories Access/egress Driver information Initiatives Working methods
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TCi furniture WORKS plans, supplies and installs office and welfare furniture for construction site accommodation. Inherent in our operation is the specialist planning of logistics to ensure deliveries meet strict timings whilst upholding exceptional levels of safety as required and expected by our clients and staff. Site teams are too often confronted with the need to unload components and materials...
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Cabbed Dumpers

Published 27 April 2020 | No comments
Written by Jasvir Sandhu
Categories Driver information Vehicle enhancements Working methods
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The use of cabbed dumpers on this project has given the operators a better working environment due to being able to work in a dry air-conditioned cab rather than an open air seat as previously. Also, several of the cabbed dumpers that are used can be driven by the operator in the direction that he is facing by rotating the...
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Fox40 Handheld Electronic Whistles

Published 27 April 2020 | No comments
Written by Tatiana Meakin
Categories Controls Driver information Emergency procedures Initiatives Working methods
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CategoriesControls Driver information Emergency procedures Initiatives Working methods
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This project like any other multi-crane project have crane loads traversing through the air all day. These loads on occasion will traverse over site personnel, this is a common occurrence in daily multi crane-lifting operations plus the radius path is not always accessible or blind to the slinger/signallers. Consideration to the load path is always considered by crane operators in...
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Point of Work Risk Assessment and Daily Brief (COVID-19)

Published 20 April 2020 | No comments
Written by Claire Kirby-Smith
Categories Daily briefing Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions Occupational health risks Working methods
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After the issue of the CLC guidance on the 23rd March 2020, McDermott’s decided to introduce a daily brief to be completed on all sites each morning. This is to ensure that operatives that are continuing to work during the pandemic are reminded daily of the current social distancing and good hygiene practice guidance issued by the government. This has...
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Considering Alternative Cycle Routes During Works

Published 20 April 2020 | No comments
Written by Michael Barratt MBE
Categories Access/egress Cycle safety Driver information Initiatives
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Cycling is a fundamental element towards attaining a healthier lifestyle and benefits from the negative pollution normally associated with motor vehicles. However, there are numerous barriers to cycling especially during roadworks. For many people, lack of confidence and feelings of vulnerability are common reasons for not cycling. To encourage more cycling, Transport for London (TfL) is constructing more cycle networks....
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