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The company are a great believer in the use of simple, visual safety messages, which are easily understood. Therefore, to reinforce the importance of the two metre rule on site they have designed and ordered company branded high vis vests with the slogan ‘2m DISTANCE – STAY SAFE’ on the back and front. As well as acting as a reminder…

On this project an on site takeaway has been implemented for the contractors. This is to discourage the workforce from going to heavily populated areas where there could be a risk of spreading or contracting coronavirus. Food is pre-ordered and the contractors pick up their lunch and snacks at staggered times with contactless payments and social distancing guidelines being adhered…

To ensure our workforce can start work safely and undertake their breaks safely, we have implemented a permit system whereby when everyone is re-inducted back on to site they are given an allocated start time and allocated break times, along with which canteen they should use. This allows us to control the numbers and ensure that everyone can take a…

Balfour Beatty’s Community Investment team published a booklet for staff in Scotland which contained the latest business updates on how critical sites have been adapting and delivering during the coronavirus pandemic and also contained a range of short activities for children to complete at home. The booklet contained games for all ages of children and included games such as spot…

As part of our #Stayconnected campaign we developed an online training package for staff away from the work environment on furlough leave, we wanted to give them the option of undertaking online training. It’s a great opportunity for our staff to gain knowledge in either things they are interested in or it may help towards their roles once they return…

At Westvale Park Primary Academy project and in line with Public Health England Guidelines on social distancing a considerate measure for the workforce has been introduced. It has been arranged for arranged for Hi-Viz waistcoats to be printed with the following message on the back accompanied by Morgan Sindall’s and Public Health England’s Logo: ‘Follow Guidelines Keep 2 Metre Distance,…

Ensuring staff and subcontractors feel safe on there return to the project we wanted them to notice all the additional measures we have put in place to assure them that the health and wellbeing is our number one priority during this challenging time. The minute you enter the security area we have a welfare attendant ensuring social distancing is adhered…

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the need for personal hygiene on site has become a top priority. This is to ensure that during these difficult and uncertain times, we as considerate constructors, are doing all we can to ensure we minimise the spread of the virus. With common contact surfaces in reception, offices, access control and welfare areas being used…

We have closely worked with our supply chain partner, VIS Systems, who have developed and installed thermal imaging cameras on the back of the unprecedented situation Coronavirus has presented which accurately monitors’ peoples’ health as they enter the site. Previously the site has been using a handheld temperature scanner controlled by the gateman however with current social distancing restrictions in…

During the current times, Coronavirus is affecting the way we work. As we cannot provide training on our sites at the moment, we have created a poster with a QR Code that will direct our employees to the e-Learning courses that are available on the Considerate Constructors Scheme Best Practice Hub. We encourage all our employees to use the Best…

In response to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, Jarvis Site Safety Signage has been updated to specifically relate to the Public Health England guidance set out in the Construction Leadership Council’s Site Operating Procedures (currently Version 3). This will help reinforce good practice and a constant reminder by positioning appropriate posters in relevant areas. There is a suite of 10 individual…

The construction team are preparing a safe return to site and have purchased portable wash stations to use anywhere around our sites. The hand wash stations are a simple product with a compartment for fresh water and one for waste water (180 litre/40 gallons each) so are fully self-contained and need no connections to mains services. These are a cold…

The project team at Westvale Park Primary Academy has remained open during the recent coronavirus pandemic. However they have introduced stringent socially safe procedures and measures and will be maintaining these daily whilst the site remains open . The intention is to ensure that they are not only protecting their reduced workforce, but also to ensure that they are operating…

The BAM team constructing the new Intensive Care Unit at Southampton General Hospital have installed hand wash basins at the entrance to the site compound. The hot and cold water supply is accessed by lever taps that can be turned on using elbows. Staff can wash their hands before entering the shared site accommodation helping to limit the chances of…

On the Westvale Park Primary Academy project, which is currently in week seven (the enabling stage), with the intention of protecting our workforce, we have prepared and introduced a site specific anti-bacterial cleaning regime which we have prepared in line with the recently published Site Operating Procedures from the Construction Leadership Council. The site has remained open, and whilst it…