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The contractor is supporting employees who are interested in volunteering and using their first aid skills to help communities get closer to normal life through the National Vaccination Programme. The employees are now administering injections and supporting people through the vaccination process as carers, advocates and vaccinators. They have been interviewed and trained, in addition to carrying out St John…

Inside site welfare facilities there is a higher likelihood of the coronavirus being spread via common touch points. In addition to signage reminding the workforce to wash or sanitise their hands before and after using the facilities, and hand cleaning products being made available in canteens, this project has also produced ‘High Frequency Touch Point’ stickers. These bright, eye catching…

On this project they have an internal coronavirus committee meeting, where they review coronavirus measures implemented on the project. Also in the meeting they discuss how to implement legislation and government guidance, in particular the CLC Site Operating Procedures in drawing together a standardised approach to the management of infection risks on the project. However, they believe the expertise from…

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…

The project team gave a local college a cabin so they could keep their food donations dry. Their food bank supports over 50 vulnerable families the school community as well as those who struggle with food poverty, have no recourse to public funds, are unemployed and are unable to access universal credit. The contractor has also donated a fridge freezer…

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…

With the continued restrictions with visitors to site due to coronavirus the site team have decided to share their progress weekly with videos on Youtube. Trainee Connie O’Hara has taken this project on in order to show those within the business and wider community what is actually going on around the site. These videos will be uploaded weekly and throughout…

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…

A coronavirus back to work form has been implement by the contractor on their project. Those planning to return to the project after being infected with coronavirus, self isolating or returning from abroad, must send the document to the Health and Safety team prior to returning to site, with each case being reviewed individually.

On this project, they have given all site operatives a Zone Ranger tag, by connecting from a Zone Ranger hub and registering the tag, this enables the contractor  to record all the operatives activities and to whom they have come into contact whilst on site. This is part of their track and trace reporting system, on a daily basis and…

This project consists of the construction of student apartments housed in 4 blocks ranging from 7 to 9 floors in height with a construction programme of 20 months. Whilst reviewing the coronavirus site preventative measures, they engaged with their cleaning contractor to investigate available products and solutions which could improve their sanitising procedures. When researching they discovered a hydrostatic sprayer…

In accordance with Government guidelines and the Construction Leadership Council’s Site Operating Procedures many projects are choosing to carry out remote or virtual meetings instead of physical face to face meetings to reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus. There are several platforms available for construction projects carrying out these meetings with the most popular platforms being Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype,…

Due to the current pandemic it is not viable or safe to have any students on-site at this time, therefore the contractors contacted a local secondary school, taking the opportunity to signpost and encourage senior students to consider a career in construction. Drone footage and photos of a live site that is currently working within the local community have been…

Recently senior members of UKCG met with Transport for London to discuss the increasing burden that construction workers are having on the London Underground system during peak hours. London Mayor Sadiq Khan had sent a clear message that, unless the industry can find a way to not travel on the underground during peak hours there is a strong possibility that…

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…