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Sprinkler System to Control Dust

Published 7 April 2021 | No comments
Written by Larisa Noaca
Categories Air quality Dust Dust prevention Medical conditions Occupational health risks
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CategoriesAir quality Dust Dust prevention Medical conditions Occupational health risks
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Construction dust can cause lung cancer, asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and silicosis to name a few. Therefore workers are the most exposed to developing these diseases, because many common construction tasks can create a large amount of dust. Especially waste disposal and recycling processes can be responsible for this, and have adverse impact on primarily the workers’ health, but...
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Antibacterial Face Coverings

Published 22 March 2021 | No comments
Written by Alexander Lockey
Categories Medical conditions Occupational health risks
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This contractor has provided their workforce with washable snoods to wear under their new site measures which includes wearing a face mask. All operatives are given one of these as part of their induction. These masks are more comfortable to wear and therefore promotes the workforce to wear them. They are adjustable to find a better fit, are made from...
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Using Three Layered High Grade Cotton Face Mask

Published 16 March 2021 | No comments
Written by Jeremy Bayliss
Categories Medical conditions Occupational health risks
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Previously this contractor chose to use cotton masks which were made by one of our employees however they felt relatively they were not as safe as current standards recommend. Therefore, they have decided to go for an upgrade with a 3 Layered High Grade Cotton Face Mask that has a breathing valve with Replaceable Activated Carbon PM 2.5 Filters. These...
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Social Distancing Stickers and Public Hand Sanitising Point

Published 1 March 2021 | No comments
Written by Jacob Inman
Categories Communicate initiatives Medical conditions Safety signage Workforce information
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CategoriesCommunicate initiatives Medical conditions Safety signage Workforce information
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Following the Prime Minister’s announcement regarding the potential relaxation of lockdown measures, the contractor thought it was prudent to remind the wider community of the existing guidelines surrounding social distancing to assist with meeting the target dates set out in the Government’s briefing. The contractors own two metre social distancing stickers have been displayed on the hoarding which runs along...
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Coronavirus Lateral Flow Test

Published 8 February 2021 | No comments
Written by Bruno Tiosso
Categories Controls Medical conditions
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CategoriesControls Medical conditions
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In order to control the spread of coronavirus, the contractor are testing employees using Antigen lateral flow tests. These tests are done in the evening, when employees are at home. In case of a positive test, employees will immediately self isolate and book an NHS coronavirus test and follow UK Government Guidance. To encourage all site workers to take free...
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Suspected or Confirmed Coronavirus Flowchart

Published 1 February 2021 | No comments
Written by Bruno Tiosso
Categories Communicate initiatives Medical conditions Occupational health risks Workforce information
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CategoriesCommunicate initiatives Medical conditions Occupational health risks Workforce information
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A suspected or confirmed coronavirus flowchart document has been created that provides Guidance to workers and subcontractors on how to proceed when dealing with coronavirus confirmed or suspect cases. This document is part of the site procedure to control the spread of coronavirus.
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Self Disinfect Door Push Pads 1 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 5

Published 1 February 2021 | No comments
Written by Caoimhe Barry
Categories Cleaning regime Medical conditions Occupational health risks Toilets
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CategoriesCleaning regime Medical conditions Occupational health risks Toilets
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The contractor has invested in Door Push Pads to help self-disinfect in the vital seconds between one staff member and the next to help stop the spread of germs and infection throughout the office. The push pad works by being attached to a door and when the door is pushed it releases alcohol gel to disinfect the hand, thus protecting...
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Disinfecting Using Fogging

Published 1 February 2021 | No comments
Written by Caoimhe Barry
Categories Cleaning regime Medical conditions Occupational health risks Welfare
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CategoriesCleaning regime Medical conditions Occupational health risks Welfare
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Disinfecting the office using fogging is a suitable option to help control the spread of coronavirus by cleaning and disinfecting a large space or room. The contractor wanted to ensure the office is a safe space for all members of staff that are working at this difficult time of coronavirus. At this present time, the aim to to reduce the...
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Purehold Welfare Door Handles

Published 11 January 2021 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Cleaning regime Medical conditions Occupational health risks
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CategoriesCleaning regime Medical conditions Occupational health risks
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All all existing welfare door handles we changed to those of the “Purehold “ design which are 99.9% effective in killing bacterial such as coronavirus. These were developed for health and care settings and are coated with an anti-bacterial coating that kills germs and reduces risk of infections spreading. This was seen as a simple and cost effective way of...
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Safety Hatch and Letterbox to Reduce Contact on Site

Published 14 December 2020 | No comments
Written by Charlene Millen
Categories Barriers Medical conditions Occupational health risks Protected and controlled access Working methods
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CategoriesBarriers Medical conditions Occupational health risks Protected and controlled access Working methods
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The project team have been brainstorming ways to implement coronavirus control measures to keep everyone on site safe. Rigorous control measures have been implemented throughout the welfare, one particular initiative to implement the governments ‘Hands, Face, Space’ guidance has been the introduction of a hatch at the entrance of the site office to stop visitors entering the site and introduced...
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Digital Coronavirus Declarations for Site Entry in Ireland

Published 7 December 2020 | No comments
Written by Ian Thompson
Categories Health screening Medical conditions Posters
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CategoriesHealth screening Medical conditions Posters
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In Ireland the construction industry is following the guidance laid out in the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) Construction Sector Coronavirus Pandemic Standard Operating Procedures. This requires that all site personnel complete the CIF Online C19 Induction before going to a construction site. The SOP also requires that contractors have all personal attending site complete a self-declaration around any foreign travel...
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Protecting the Knees of the Workforce

Published 30 November 2020 | No comments
Written by Jeremy Bayliss
Categories Medical conditions Occupational health risks Worker fatigue
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CategoriesMedical conditions Occupational health risks Worker fatigue
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During construction projects that require lifting heavy loads, the project team have noticed that despite the workforce following the correct guidelines regarding lifting heavy loads their knees were under increased pressure that could inevitably over time lead to knee injuries. After some research, they came across knee boosters and joint supports that gives the extra support for knees when lifting...
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Coronavirus Gift Pack for Employees

Published 30 November 2020 | No comments
Written by Jeremy Bayliss
Categories Cleaning regime Medical conditions Occupational health risks
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The contractor has decided to give all of their employees a coronavirus gift pack. This included a pocket-size hand sanitiser, 100% cotton face mask with lanyard, and a 6-in-1 multifunctional stylus pen. They added these items as they wanted to promote cotton face masks as an alternative to single-use masks, to have easy access to hand sanitisers hence the small...
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Supporting the CCS ‘Spotlight on coronavirus’ campaign

Published 18 November 2020 | No comments
Written by Laura Maye
Categories Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions Occupational health risks Posters
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In support of the CCS ‘Spotlight on coronavirus’ campaign the project team is highlighting its on-site coronavirus communications and the strict protocols invloved. This includes a targeted poster campaign, a dedicated coronavirus compliance officer, provision of additional good hygiene facilities throughout the site, mandatory coronavirus training including the CIF coronavirus induction programme’ daily briefings and tool box talks so that...
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Designated Facemask and Coverings Disposal Point

Published 18 November 2020 | No comments
Written by Pat Burke
Categories Cleaning regime Medical conditions Occupational health risks
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The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in many changes to how project’s carry out their works on a day to day basis and has tasked the industry with creating new safer means to carry out their works by reducing the transmission of this virus. With the increased use of facemasks and coverings within the construction industry. The mandatory nature of these...
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Coronavirus Safe Tool Cleaning Station

Published 2 November 2020 | No comments
Written by Alex Ward
Categories Cleaning regime Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions Occupational health risks
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A coronavirus tool cleaning station was implemented where tools such as hoovers and petrol saws are shared. Operatives are asked to clean their hands with hand sanitiser before and after using equipment and soapy water is kept in a bucket in the centre of the table to wipe over equipment, sanitiser wipes are also available to clean tools. A partition...
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Social Distancing Armband Identification

Published 26 October 2020 | No comments
Written by Clair Dolan
Categories Medical conditions Occupational health risks
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Due to the coronavirus pandemic, social distancing was introduced in line with government guidelines and this greatly affected construction and the way operatives work. To easily identify and reduce social distancing concerns, high visibility armbands were issued. Blue coloured inserts were issued with the armbands to identify the individuals from the same household. For instances where the two metre rule...
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Electric Bike

Published 26 October 2020 | No comments
Written by Paul Watkins
Categories Efficient fuel use Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions Reduce Worker fatigue
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CategoriesEfficient fuel use Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions Reduce Worker fatigue
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Due to the site having two sections that are a 1 mile round trip and the site manager having medical issues the site team purchased an electric bike. Visiting between sites can happen several times a day and can add up to 10 plus miles during the course of the day. Having the electric bike also assists with a faster...
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Multilingual Social Distancing Poster

Published 19 October 2020 | No comments
Written by Emma Mills
Categories Healthy lifestyle advice Inclusion Language Differences Medical conditions Occupational health risks Posters
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CategoriesHealthy lifestyle advice Inclusion Language Differences Medical conditions Occupational health risks Posters
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Stepnell’s site team identified two key issues that they needed to address with regard to getting the key coronavirus social distancing message over to their workforce. Firstly, the fact that a large minority of their workforce’s first language wasn’t English. Secondly, how do you easily visualise what 2m looks like? The site manager suggested that a poster would be the...
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Coronavirus Board

Published 19 October 2020 | No comments
Written by Shannon Hartigan
Categories Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions Occupational health risks Posters
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The project team have created a coronavirus board which is positioned at the entrance to each building or site entrance. This board has three sections, the first identifies the coronavirus site specific rules along with what the main symptoms are and what to do if you have them. The second has a section for coronavirus related posters including the impact...
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Reviewing Face Coverings before Implementation

Published 12 October 2020 | No comments
Written by Colleen Liston
Categories Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions Occupational health risks Posters
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Following implementation of face coverings on the project, the project team trialled a number of different options and placed the review in reception for contractors review before selecting their face covering. The team have also tried an alternative to site glasses with a high strength visor which would allow for wearing the face covering on site with glasses without the...
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NHS Test and Trace Site Sign In

Published 12 October 2020 | No comments
Written by Bethany Lilley
Categories Health screening Medical conditions Occupational health risks Posters
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CategoriesHealth screening Medical conditions Occupational health risks Posters
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On the Royal College of Surgeon’s site in London, the Wates Construction team have implemented the use of the NHS Test and Trace QR check in for all operatives and visitors to the site. The QR codes are displayed at the entrance to site to check in upon entry as well as in the canteen areas to record when the...
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Face Covering Exemption Stickers 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 12 October 2020 | No comments
Written by Leah Barrett
Categories Medical conditions Occupational health risks
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On this project they have implemented face covering exemption stickers for those who are medically exempt. Face coverings are required to be worn in designated areas of site and hard hat stickers help them to be easily identified without being approached for not wearing a covering as this could potentially be a sensitive subject. As well as implementing measures to...
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Canteen Coronavirus Cleaning System

Published 12 October 2020 | No comments
Written by Andy Packwood
Categories Canteen Cleaning regime Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions Occupational health risks
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CategoriesCanteen Cleaning regime Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions Occupational health risks
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Due to coronavirus its vital canteen eating areas are cleaned and disinfected after one person has eaten to ensure it is not contaminated for the next person. There is a high turnover of people using the canteen therefore a system was needed to allow them to make spaces ready as soon as possible. The system implemented is a card that...
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Air Purifier

Published 12 October 2020 | No comments
Written by Ben Powell
Categories Medical conditions Occupational health risks
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To enhance our coronavirus mitigation measures, we have introduced an air purifier to recycle, filter and purify the air within some of the smaller rooms within our head office. The hospital grade technology destroys 99.97% of airborne viruses and bacteria, and can be used in a multitude of environments. The unique filtering technology, which also uses UVC light to break...
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Activity Stickers to ensure Social Distancing

Published 12 October 2020 | No comments
Written by Colleen Liston
Categories Canteen Changing Medical conditions Multi-use room Occupational health risks Separate facilities
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CategoriesCanteen Changing Medical conditions Multi-use room Occupational health risks Separate facilities
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To help ensure that social distancing is adhered to while on the project, the team has stuck activity stickers 2m apart in changing rooms, canteen, smoking areas and the daily activity briefing area. This help ensures people stay at least two metres apart.
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Operatives Wellbeing Information Cards

Published 5 October 2020 | No comments
Written by Mark Baker
Categories Diet Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions Mental health Occupational health risks Posters Quit smoking
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CategoriesDiet Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions Mental health Occupational health risks Posters Quit smoking
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The project team have laminated pocket sized cards which are handed out during inductions to operatives. These are used to highlight and promote good health and wellbeing on site. The cards are very informative and cover subjects such as mental health, healthy eating, help in quitting smoking and the risks of smoking, alcohol and drugs advice and the risk of...
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Covid-19 Government App posters and Covid-19 Government QR code check-in posters – Supporting everyone in tackling the spread of Covid-19 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 30 September 2020 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Health screening Medical conditions Occupational health risks Posters
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The governments of the UK nations and Ireland have created posters to be available in locations in around construction sites to download and use the Covid-19 Government apps and Covid-19 Government QR code check-in posters (where applicable for each UK nation and Ireland). Please find details below of the Covid-19 Government App posters and Covid-19 Government QR code check-in posters...
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NHS Track and Trace

Published 29 September 2020 | No comments
Written by Denise Southard
Categories Medical conditions Posters
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Knowles House site has registered for an official ‘NHS QR code’ and have displayed the poster at all entrances and exits in and prominent positions on site Site staff and operatives will be asked to scan our specific QR code on their mobile or tablet, in order to ‘check in’ to us and share their information – instead of writing...
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Steps to Health Campaign

Published 21 September 2020 | No comments
Written by Alex Cartwright
Categories Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions Occupational health risks
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The project team are trying to encourage all employees to increase the amount of walking they do, both at work and in their personal leisure time. To do this a competition is being run for 5 weeks. Each week the team captain will need to submit the total number of steps achieved by all members of the team which includes...
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