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Emergency Grab and Go QR Code
The Grab & Go Pack has been created by the project’s Environmental Coordinator to help with locating the nearest hospital to unfamiliar workers and visitors on site. It’s common for a project to induct personal from different cities and towns. Since the working location can be unfamiliar to new faces, knowing where the nearest hospital is can prove quite the...
Traffic Marshal Gloves
The site are running a trial on a new set of gloves designed specifically for traffic marshals. There is a lot of vehicle movement on the project and besides competency and all the other control measures in place, the site wanted something extra that could make a difference. The chosen glove is rated at cut level 5. This provides the protection...
Early engagement with local access and usability groups
The project team built a mock-up of the proposed cycle path and pavement surfacing before inviting local access and usability groups to provide feedback. The Dementia Group provided positive feedback about the ‘sparkle effect’ (from the addition of crushed glass) of the cycle path resin which could look like water to a dementia sufferer, preventing them walking into it. We...
Aphex Planning, Collaboration and Monitoring
Aphex is not just a planning tool, it enables the teams to truly collaborate and see the larger picture from the Package Managers to the Supervisors on site. The team at Battersea have been utilising the system to allow the multi-discipline teams to co-ordinate their works during the fit-out phase and enable Supervisors to have a visual tool to co-ordinate...
GPS Display on Excavators
The large excavators on MPact-Thales are able to use GPS to maintain line and level control. Alongside the excavation model, MPact-Thales have developed a method for importing the utilities AutoCAD model into the excavator’s GPS display enabling operators to have a clear visualisation of the services within the areas they are working. These serve as a constant reminder of the...
Improving Customer Experience and Reducing Delay
Taylor Woodrow are currently constructing a new motorway interchange on the M20 near Ashford, Kent for our client, Highways England. Taylor Woodrow and Highways England are continually striving to deliver a better service to their customers, and one of our initiatives is to reduce delays through Highways England roadworks. Following extensive monitoring and data collection by Taylor Woodrow around J10...
Speaking posters to translate safety messages 
We recognise the importance of effective communication for maintaining safety and order on site. A large percentage of our workforce do not speak or read English as their first language, therefore much of our critical safety and wellbeing information is translated into the appropriate languages and displayed as posters in the appropriate working areas. However, we appreciate that, with so...
Community Engagement
Shadwell ward, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, is located within a stone’s throw of the Rotherhithe Tunnel under the River Thames, linking Limehouse and Bekesbourne Street in east London to Southwark in south London. The demographic of Shadwell ward is of interest and has influenced the project’s community engagement. With a higher than average population density in Shadwell...
Smart TV
We have begun to use a Samsung Flip TV at the 100 Embankment site to assist with coordination and meetings that take place. This TV aids us as it allows multiple users to collaborate and use the TV at one time by drawing on it or highlighting specific areas. When the meeting is finished, the work can be exported directly...
‘Talk to Us’ at Broadway
On The Broadway project, the trained Mental Health First Aiders wanted to make it possible for themselves to be available for anyone to come and talk to via a general chit-chat. The talks help give faces to names regarding who the Mental Health First Aiders are, and also enables the Mental Health First Aiders to signpost anyone who requires support....
Free Mobile Plant Awareness Workshop
Following a discussion with a mobile plant operator, it was highlighted that there was a clear issue with internal trade operatives with regards to mobile plant awareness. There was a lack of understanding with regards to blind spots, hand gestures etc. We already carry out talks to children and cyclists regarding HGV awareness, and it was decided that additional training...
Safety Behaviour Discussions Board
The site has introduced a visual graphic display to document our Safety Behavioural Discussions (SBD), which is part of our Challenging Beliefs, Affecting Behaviours (CBAB) toolkit. An SBD is an engagement between Site Management and Operatives to highlight both positive and negative actions on site. We use direct discussion with operatives to try and change behaviour rather than simply policing...
HSE Noise at Work
Noise associated with construction work is a common cause for complaints from the general public. However, it can also cause the workforce hearing damage if it is not adequately controlled, or if sufficient protection is not provided. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published some guidance relating to noise at work. This guidance looks at the problems that noisy working...
“Words Wednesday”
We teach English to our workers every week. We hold five English classes per week, two at an advanced level and three at a standard level. We thought if our employees are trying to learn our language, why don’t we also try to learn theirs? We trialled “Words Wednesday” in our Head Office, and the feedback from our employees was...
Lightfoot System
The Lightfoot System has been fitted to all company vehicles. Lightfoot is a computer system with a traffic light display system which is placed on the dashboard, and encourages drivers to save fuel, drive efficiently and safely, provides feedback to management and rewards the best performing drivers with discounts to various stores and services. To find out more, click on...
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...
Site Turntable
What is it? 18m industrial turntable capable of handling 44-ton loads. It is the first of its kind to be used on a construction project. This is the first free standing construction turntable in the UK. The turntable allows 10 articulated vehicle movements per hour. A built-in handrail and walkway around the perimeter allows safe operation and access. Why we...
A Silver Lining
We have designed this poster to help anyone – staff, subcontractors, visitors – who feels low and requires that helping hand. No-one should feel alone and without help so we created this poster to give people a “Silver Lining” to the dark clouds that can gather above us at any time in life. We have also included Persian translation for...
Dash Cams
Moffat Electrical Projects took a business decision to install front and rear fitted dash cam tracking systems to our vehicles. The Samsara system helps us identify who is driving the vehicle with face recognition. If harsh breaking, excessive cornering, excessive speeding etc. takes place the system records it as an incident, which is then viewed by our system administrator. The...
Portable Hearing Loop
Consideration for those with a hearing impediment has received appropriate action, with a portable hearing loop now available within the project office reception area. The hearing loop can be moved to whichever location is required, including onto site and will be transferred to another site upon completion.
Shout, Cut it Out! Hazard Reporting System
Based on the concept that accidents don’t just happen, they are caused by something, Extraspace Solutions introduced a Hazard Reporting System in-house, which is active on their sites and factories. As a result, Extraspace Solutions has been accident report free for the past three years. How does the Hazard Reporting System work? Anyone on site (workers, suppliers, visitors) can report...
The Madison Workforce Development Hub
A secure iPad in the canteen has been installed for the workforce to access while on their breaks. The iPad stand is adjustable and has two positions, so the user can stand up or sit down. The stool provided at the station is made out of re-used waste materials from site. The iPad is preloaded with information on the following...
Wind Alert System
BAM Construction’s Atlantic Square site in Glasgow has put a Wind Alert System in place to monitor the wind speed on site. Following the first crane erection for the site, the team used an Eole Skywatch Windspeed Monitor to determine the wind levels each morning and indicates which flag should be raised. As per the above image, the wind alert...
Safety Dashboard
Hollyfields have implemented a running dashboard to measure our health, safety and environmental targets. This consists of compiling data from health and safety audits, carried out by Directors and Group Health and Safety staff, creating tables and measuring this against our benchmark. We are also analysing weekly interventions logged by our site team, which involves reporting health and safety issues...
Communication is Key
This initiative is for operatives of a multicultural workforce to sit down together and learn some basic language of other nationalities whilst on site. As it’s a very small site, these workmates need to be able to communicate well, and what better way to learn than as a group. However this practice does not have to be restricted to small...
Safe Access and Egress
The SHE team working on the M23 SMART Motorways Project have recently implemented an initiative to improve the flow of information with regards to access and exit changes throughout the road works. Until recently, the team had relied on daily updates emailed out on a scale drawing, and the problem with that was that any changes throughout the day wasn’t...
‘Have Your Say’ App: Voice Memo Language Translator
This app has been developed by the project to enhance the reporting of safety, health, quality and environmental observations as well as near misses, good practice and general suggestions etc. It allows designated persons to receive instant notifications of anything raised so that required actions can be taken. Critical data from the app is automatically loaded onto an online database...
Onsite Drivers’ Rest Station
We recognised that drivers within our supply chain were taking their breaks in vehicles which is not ideal! As we have enforced zero idling on our site, we decided to make a change by offering somewhere to relax while taking breaks or waiting for unloading. This has undoubtedly had a positive impact in the direct environment of the site, as...
Tyre Pressure Gauges Used on Site 
Maintaining a correct pressure is vital for both safety and economic reasons on site. It may seem a simple task, but it can cause very serious injury if the tyre is damaged or is not inflated to the correct pressure. The tyre can explode, or the vehicle may collapse, resulting in death or injury. On our Bishop Chavasse site, Galliford...
Digital Daily Briefing and Notice Boards
The team have installed five digital screens which systematically display live and up-to-date site information, including: Daily briefing information What’s on Site safety bulletins and alerts Current SHE promotions Site awards Weather Number of operatives, first aiders, SMSTS and SSSTS in categories. Operatives prior to going on site, or at breaks, receive current site information. On feedback forms, we have...
