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New Go Construct Resources for Registered Sites
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...
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...
New App Launched to Support Construction Workers’ Mental Health
The Lighthouse Club Construction Industry Charity, who run the Construction Industry Helpline, launched a new app on the 7th December 2018 in collaboration with COINS (a construction software firm) and Building Mental Health (an online information portal about mental health, also developed by the charity). The new Construction Industry Helpline app will be a free, confidential service aimed at providing...
Promoting the Considerate Constructors Scheme
At the Beeston Footbridge site in Nottingham, the site team has developed a visual display as a way of promoting the Considerate Constructors Scheme to the client. They site team linked the site’s achievements against each section of the CCS checklist. The visual board showcasing the achievements is on display at the entrance of the site office and is actively...
Honor Goodsite’s Big Build competition
Honor Goodsite’s Big Build has returned for its second year! The competition is free to enter and open to all registered sites, companies and suppliers. The Big Build is a fantastic way for all contractors to engage with their local communities by asking them to build a famous or fictional structure out of recyclable materials. All entrants need to do...
Modern Slavery App and Awareness 
To help raise awareness of Modern Slavery at Mace’s Hanover Square project, all Mace staff and sub-contractor supervisors have downloaded Unseen UK’s new mobile phone app which was launched on ‘World Day Against Trafficking’ (30th July 2018). The app aims to raise awareness of Modern Slavery and make reporting to the Helpline even easier. It provides a simple guide to...
Charity boxing night for staff and sub-contractors
Berkeley Homes Eastern Counties were represented recently in a boxing event against rivals St Josephs. One of the aims, other than winning the fight, was to raise awareness of the Scheme as well as raise money for the ‘Fight 4 Change’ charity. Fight 4 Change are the primary driver of the sport for development agenda, with a focus on supporting...
Considerate Constructors Scheme ‘Expectations for Temporary Site Accommodation’ Guidance Note
As part of the scoring process, the Considerate Constructors Scheme issues guidance notes to our Monitors on key issues to advise them on best practices to look out for when visiting sites, companies and suppliers. The ‘Expectations for Temporary Site Accommodation’ note was developed by the Scheme’s Review Group through consultation with the Modular and Portable Buildings Association (MPBA) and with...
CCS Champions (Summer Internships)
At our Urban Union development, in the Muirhouse area of Edinburgh, the project team actively encouraged and involved their Intern, who is a local Edinburgh College student, to learn more about the Considerate Constructors Scheme. The intern went on to complete all the required e-learning modules for the CCS within his first few days on site. He embraced the core...
Mental Health Awareness
In order to raise mental health awareness, we have introduced a Mental Health Awareness campaign which is displayed prominently across all of our sites. Knight Build have compiled our own mental health posters to complement the Scheme’s ‘Spotlight on… mental health’ campaign. The poster contains a QR code which, once operatives have the free QR scanner app on their phone,...
Supporting DKMS charity
The project team at Project Crystal (ISG) hosted a blood stem cell registration event with the support of DKMS, a charity dedicated to the fight against blood cancer, with a mission to provide a matching donor for all blood cancer patients who need a blood stem cell donation. DKMS’s mission is to increase the pool of available blood stem cell...
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...
Scaling charity fundraising heights
Conlon Construction braved the heights by completing a charity abseil down Peel Tower in Ramsbottom to raise money for their charity of the year, North West Children’s Support Group (NWCSG). Twenty-three staff members from Conlon Construction and their families raised more than £6000 for NWCSG by abseiling 40m down the tower on Holcombe Hill in Ramsbottom. The activity forms part...
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...
Promoting Health and Wellbeing with Free lunches!
To promote health and wellbeing amongst our employees/ sub-contractors/ sales staff and visitors, we offer an incentive for those that walk or cycle to work. Anyone who walks or cycles to work on five consecutive days is entitled to a free healthy lunch from our on site working canteen. This can be a salad or a jacket potato or a...
Weekly Updates for the workforce
At McTaggart, we provide a weekly update to all employees and this helps to communicate current achievements, events and updates to our project teams and our wider workforce. We also use this method to promote the current best practices featured on the Hub and this helps our commitment to the Considerate Constructors Scheme by providing real time links to the...
Image of Construction 2018
The annual Considerate Constructors Scheme’s increasingly popular annual Image of Construction is a must-attend for everyone who is registered with the Scheme. It provides a unique opportunity to learn more about all aspects of considerate construction from senior Scheme Monitors, award-winning sites and companies, and leading UK industry organisations. Image of Construction is ideal for those new to the Scheme,...
Construction Map
The Considerate Constructors Scheme has launched the Construction Map to offer a single point of reference for construction activity across the UK and Ireland. This easy to use portal provides, for the first time, anyone – whether a member of the Public, future employees, or someone already within the industry – a unique opportunity to see what is happening in...
Road safety signage for drivers
We have created simple safety stickers for van drivers to stick on the back of their vans to warn cyclists about passing vans on the left. This has been received very well by the drivers. Plus as they are fitting the warning notice/ stickers, it has made then more aware and vigilant of other road users. We have noticed some...
Ryewood Calendar
Ryewood have conceived a way of promoting the image of construction and communicating best practice while highlighting relevant health and wellbeing issues. The Ryewood calendar depicts 12 images of Honor and Ivor Goodside in various situations which highlight a construction or social “focus” that has been promoted within that month. For example, “Child Safety Week” (June 2018) and “Mental Awareness...
Road clean up as a community gesture
Our team worked with the client Walsall Council and local community leaders to clean and repair a road in Walsall that was usually full of parked cars as a gesture of goodwill to the community. We enlisted the help of the local police, and after letter dropping the residents, managed to remove most of the cars for the entirety of the day....
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...
Keeping the public informed
We have been working with Build Beacon on ways to keep neighbours and the public informed about works on small residential projects. Our QR code is displayed by Ivor Goodsite giving information about the Considerate Constructors Scheme, the works being carried out and company contact details. To find out more click below.
Wear Red for RedR
C405 Paddington Crossrail raised awareness by hosting a workshop for RedR UK – a humanitarian organisation dedicated to training professionals to be life savers with skills to respond to major disasters like earthquakes, floods, conflicts and drought. The workshop was focused on RedR UK’s efforts responding to the Nepal earthquakes. Additionally C405 Paddington held a theme for the day to...
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.
All Civil Graduates undertake CCS E-Learning
GRAHAM Construction launched its 2016-2018 Civils Graduate Development Programme in November 2016 as part of its on-going commitment to the development of staff within the GRAHAM Academy. Gary Burt, Community Engagement Adviser (Wales & England South) suggested that as part of their learning all graduates should register with the Best Practice Hub and complete the “Introduction to the Considerate Constructors...
Asking client permission to use facilities
When working on a small project, such as within a home or a school, there is little opportunity to erect dedicated welfare facilities. Operatives will have to rely on using existing facilities, including toilets and showers. If dedicated worker welfare facilities are not an option, it is the duty of the staff overseeing the project to obtain permission from the client/...
Advanced Workshop
In addition to our e-learning courses and workshops, the Considerate Constructors Scheme has developed an Advanced Workshop. The Advanced Workshop involves working through a group-based task guided by an experienced Scheme Monitor, based on a real-life scenario. You will learn how innovative ideas and practices are formulated and develop the skills and knowledge necessary to attain the very highest of...
CCS vehicle stickers
All companies and suppliers registered with the Scheme must display a vehicle registration sticker on any vehicle used on the public highway. Failure to do so is considered a breach of compliance. Other products available to registered sites, companies and suppliers include A3 Codes of Considerate Practice, alternative designs of banners, portrait flags, frames and much more. To view the...
Supporting a local charity
The Stepnell team at the Care UK site in Bromsgrove have been busy working with the local Cancer Research UK team, collecting donations and fundraising. Their activities have included having a donations box on site for collecting a range of items such as clothing, bric-a-brac, mobile phones and toner cartridges. The donations box is also advertised on our Community Noticeboard...
