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EPS Cutting Box
The onsite cutting and shaping of EPS board can result in lightweight polystyrene beads dropping on the floor and being blown around in windy conditions, this can result in a build up of these beads in flowerbeds and rainwater gullies, for example. The waste can build up quickly and scatter around a large area due to its lightweight nature making...
Community Cleanliness and Security
There are ongoing issues with dustbins, dumping of household rubbish and fly-tipping, but the project team, in collaboration with the local council, takes the bins to the top of the road each morning for the main collection, and informs the council of fly-tipping and hygiene issues as a matter of priority, to keep the area clean and healthy for the...
Community Use Skip
Whilst working on our Sloane Street, project we noticed that the road and pavement to the rear of the site was often congested with rubbish and unwanted items awaiting collection from our neighbouring shops and residential apartments. We mentioned this in our newsletter and community engagement meetings, and identified a need for local residents to receive a more reliable way...
Promoting Ultra Site Registration
Tarmac have developed some ideas on how Considerate Constructors Scheme Site and Ultra Site registrations can be more appropriately promoted on highways and utility projects by the use of existing signage, cones, machinery etc. The ideas involve using cone sleeves (700mm cones) to promote #loveconstruction, the Construction Map, Ultra Site status and/or site/company registration, cone flags (flags that are supported...
Journey to Reducing the Impact of Packaging
Every year, countless crisp packets end up in landfill sites across the UK. To put an end to this enormous loss of resources and the unnecessary impact on the environment, The Crisp Packet Recycling Scheme was launched. On our M25 DBFO project, Connect Plus Services is joining forces with Highways England in the journey to reducing the impact of packaging....
Actions Based on Scheme Monitor’s Recommendations
Following our latest CCS site visit, we reviewed our Monitor’s suggestions and implemented these ideas to further secure our Considerate Constructors title. One of the points was to develop and further exploit #loveconstruction. As all social media is managed on a corporate level, we decided to use hard copy examples of tweets, which are displayed on our notice board at...
Meet the Site Manager
Demolition can often be seen as negative and unapproachable due to the nature of work that is required. So with that in mind, Wooldridge Demolition want to try and put a stop to the stigma attached to the industry by humanising our workforce and interacting with the local community. We have produced a ‘Meet the Site Manager’ poster which is...
Community Litter Picking
GMI regularly attend the local community/ developer/ council meetings, and an issue regularly raised by the community is that of general litter in the area which is not necessarily site specific. A member of the community suggested splitting up the area into zones around sites/ businesses with each taking responsibility for their respective zone. GMI have bought into this and...
The Great British Spring Clean
The Great British Spring Clean is an event organised by Keep Britain Tidy which calls on #LitterHeroes across the country to help improve their local environment. The aim is to get as many people as possible to collect and safely dispose of litter found on streets, parks and beaches, recycling as much of it as possible. You can take part...
Go Construct resources
Attracting the right people and promoting construction to the next generation of new recruits are of vital importance to assure the future skill needs of the sector. The Go Construct website showcases the many career opportunities available in construction and the built environment. It is funded by the CITB Levy and led by the industry. Contractors can access a number...
Ivor Goodsite Hoarding Competition
Ivor Goodsite is a mascot used by the Considerate Constructors Scheme to engage with the younger members of the community. One of the best ways to involve local schools and educate them about safety on a construction site, is through school visits and the Ivor Goodsite Hoarding Competition. This Hoarding Competition encourages local school children to design and paint images on the...
First Impressions
We are carrying out a refurbishment of a grade two listed Georgian building in the historical part of Leicester, next door to the Richard III visitor centre (the car park where he was discovered is virtually in our compound). Due to the high public exposure and sensitivity of the site, the decision was taken not to erect scaffold or hoarding...
Printed Debris Netting
Wills Bros have explored different ways of improving the appearance of the site boundaries on their St Erth Multi-Modal Hub project. Hoarding around the site perimeter was explored as an option but this was considered to be too cost-prohibitive for the short duration it would be erected. Taking inspiration from other construction sites where patterned hoarding has been used to...
Bees and Blooms
Our site is located directly opposite Ravensbury Primary School which means that whenever the students are out playing on their breaks they can see all the activity of the site. On site and at the school we have both done a lot of work regarding the Manchester Bee. Ourselves and the school have both highlighted the historic association of the...
Community Nursery Gate Unveiling
Following on from our Ivor Goodsite visit and flower planting workshop with Fitzrovia Community Nursery, the Multiplex team at 80 Charlotte Street arranged to have the children’s pictures and photos installed on the project gate opposite the nursery entrance. We then gathered all the children together from the nursery to show them the end result. We featured three of their...
Fire Rated Temporary Accommodation
A number of fire rated temporary accommodation (TAUs) units are available to the construction industry, but when should they be used and how do they work? Temporary site units such as offices, canteens and welfare facilities should be fire rated in certain circumstances. These are stated in the HSE document ‘The Joint Code of Practice on the Protection from Fire...
Site efficiency to ensure positive appearance 
At our site, comprising of 9 flats for a local housing association in Kent, because of the amount of space available on this site and being right next to a primary school, we decided to carry out all the drainage, ducting and entrance road before brickwork commenced. By preparing the perimeter of the building and other areas, we are hoping...
Workforce Appearance Posters 
At Clippers Quay, we have designed simple but effective posters to encourage our workforce to take care in their appearance, particularly when leaving site on their break. We have used humour and included a play on words with the popular nearby Greggs and Subway. These posters were displayed along the access/ egress walkway, along with a mirror. This has prompted...
Promoting Commitment to be Considerate Constructors with Ivor Goodsite
During inductions on our St Martins Lodge site we discussed the Considerate Constructors Scheme as we would on every site. During this discussion we came up with the idea of using the Ivor Goodsite promotional sign in a humorous way in which to make starters aware of the Scheme. We cut out Ivor’s face, changed the sign to incorporate the...
Promoting the Scheme on Stair Risers
The site team installed signs on the stair risers to promote the Scheme’s Code of Considerate Practice and show commitment to the Scheme. The signs outline the expectations and describes those areas that are considered fundamental with the Scheme which reminds staff, sub contractors and visitors to site that Robertson seek to improve the image of the construction industry by...
Astro Turf Muck Remover
Mucky boots are commonplace on construction sites and we employ many aids to help prevent the workforce from carrying the muck on their boots, such as boot brushes etc. We have found that by installing off-cuts of recycled astro turf to the compound walk ways, the workers’ boots naturally shed the muck as they walk. This is easily cleared away...
Site Signage on Hooks
Construction sites’ appearance are a window into the industry for all those who walk past. A clean and tidy appearance projects a professional image of the industry and eases relations with the local community. Sites often have issues with graffiti and vandalism and must remain vigilant against such practices to maintain an appealing image. See the examples below for how...
Interactive Hoardings
At Kier we believe that first impressions and site appearance play a massive part in how we are viewed by the outside world, neighbours, passers-by and the workforce. At our scheme Sports Park 2 we introduced a silhouette of a Sea Binocular to our hoarding to act as a viewing hole to the site. We then placed a weather proof...
Colouring In Poster Competition
J A Stott Carpentry Ltd held its first ‘Colouring In’ poster competition for workers’ children aged 12 or under. The pictures were chosen with a ‘construction’ theme so parents could relate their work to the children. The response and quality of drawing was so overwhelming that it was decided winners would be split into 3 categories: 0-6 years, 7-9 years...
Main Site Pedestrian Entrance
At our Lion Wharf Project in Isleworth we aim to set high standards from the time you arrive at site until the time you leave – by having a clean, tidy and informative entrance area we hope that the correct culture is set right from the off. Our entrance area includes: Viewing points Flowers Travel plans Recycling point A Brief...
Rhydyfelin Community Tree
To showcase the huge level of community engagement on the Library Close construction site, Jehu has worked with a selection of community groups and organisations to design and create a “Community Tree”. The tree shows how the project team has engaged with the community to ensure the new project puts down firm roots within the established village of Rhydyfelin, and...
Construction plant appearance
We in the construction industry often have new plant in form of excavators, alloy towers and barriers coming through the life cycle of the scheme. These look very well presented until used and then can become dirty quite quickly, which ultimately brings down the appearance of the site and often the workforce using the equipment. This is strange considering how...
Dry wheel wash
On the Manchester Engineering Campus Development, by Balfour Beatty for the University of Manchester, a dry wheel wash is being used instead of the temporary high water volume alternatives that had been proposed. The Measures During planning the project team identified the use of a stand-alone wheel wash being a user of high volume of water, with over 400 wagons...
Road Sweeper Washout Facility
The discharge from a road sweeper is classified as waste unless it is treated. The A6MARR team has installed a Road Sweeper Washout Facility to treat the discharge on site from the road sweepers. Water from the sweepers is discharged into the filter pit, lined with either concrete or plastic to prevent ground contamination. The water is then held up...
Spotlight on… campaign posters
Spotlight on… posters have been designed for general display in and around site welfare facilities. The Scheme has developed a collection of A3 posters from the series of ‘Spotlight on…’ awareness campaigns. This resource has proven valuable for display on site and raising awareness amongst the workforce and visitors. To download a free electronic version, please click the links below.
