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Bespoke mock trials were aimed at site management to experience the potential legal aftermath of an imaginary accident involving a member of the public after boundary hoarding collapses due to materials leaning against it; the site manager being the defendant. The training takes place in the real court rooms in the presence of lawyers. Some members of staff play different…

This contractor has developed a vacuum lifter that can be adjusted to fit onto unconventional shaped glazing panels. This adjustment allows the suckers to be spread evenly over the panels improving the safety and quality of the lift. The vacuum lifter is fully certified and comes with an attachable custom secondary safety device (straps) incase the lifter fails. The vacuum…

Presentive has been used on this project to check alignment of the client point cloud model of the existing basement. Some assumptions were made relating to positions and section sizes of steel columns which have been encased in concrete. Wearing Hololens headsets on site in the basement using the Presentive software allowed a misalignment of digital geometry overlaid in the…

This contractor has introduced inclusive cabins, sympathetic to the needs of individuals with neurodiverse conditions. These come with several enhancements to colours (walls and signage), dimmable lighting, acoustic sound barriers, textures on chairs and temperature controls. Environmental and sustainable improvements including water harvesting, B rated cabins (first across the industry), eco-grid walkways and recycled plastic lumbar fencing.

Together with their client, this contractor engaged with The Lions Barber Collective to visit the site and offer free haircuts to site operatives, with the goal of fostering positive mental health conversations. The charities barbers are trained in conversations around mental health and offer their “clients” a relaxed environment to broach what are often considered difficult conversations The initiative was…