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During the installation of heavy fire doors on site, the carpentry contractor is using a door installation tool. Usually, fitting front entrance doors is a two man operation as the doors can weigh 100kg. They enticed the carpenters to use a new product they found called the Door Stud. The door sits on the tool which allows one operative to…

Traditionally, when forming RC slabs on an RC frame, site can not issue a permit to strike the formwork until cube results have been returned, however the lab may not always have cubes crushed/results available. Converge DNA is a system that gives real-time concrete curing data and accurate AI predictions. Embeddable wireless sensors are cast into the slab, providing live…

Whilst doing some preparation work in the dock, a moorhen nested on one of the floating platforms, therefore work was suspended until the chicks hatched and fledged from the nest. When they started to look at how they could support the wildlife in the dock, the contractor developed an idea to produce platforms that would encourage nesting and give the…

Kone Site Flow is a traffic analysis system which this contractor has implemented during construction to boost efficiency in the distribution of people and materials around the building via lifts and hoists to reduce waiting time and improve efficiency in vertical transportation up through the building. Each operative on site during induction is issued with a Kone Site flow sticker…

A new method for carbon reduction in typically intensive new materials was implemented by this contractor, putting circular economy principles into practice. Materials Passports are digital documents that report everything you need to know about the building’s component parts to facilitate future re-use at a much-reduced carbon count. Taking waste from one project and using it as a resource for…

This contractor incorporated a friction resistance fluid transportation system for the turning of a Tunnel boring machine (TBM). A Fluid transportation system was suitable for the applications of moving and turning the TBM from southbound tunnel to the Northbound tunnel eye. The Weight of the TBM was 2,100 ton and the fluid transportation system enabled the team to turn the…

The client had received several complaints over a sustained period of time regarding the flash at a camera site. Several things were tried including changing the location and angle of the flash but this did not work. The contractor therefore designed a new filter that remained effective to capture offences but reduced the flash effect for the local residents to…

A tower crane t-lift has been installed onto all three of the tower cranes on this project. This allows the driver of the crane to use mechanical means of getting up and down of the tower crane, instead of using the internal ladder system. The stairs on this have anti-slip installed to ensure it is safe when wet or covered…

The Solo-Gyps drywall attachment simplifies the positioning of plasterboard ceiling panels saving manpower and effectively allowing one operator to lift panels without assistance. This is ideal for interior fit-out projects and significantly reduces the risk of musculoskeletal injury and fatigue for installers. Plasterboard for ceilings have historically been raised by handed, while there have been some lifting aids and props…

This contractor has used biodegradable cable ties to further reduce the consumption of single use plastics onsite. These cable ties have been used in areas such as exclusion zones and in their debris netting on the scaffold. This has been particularly useful as cable ties are often disposed of in general waste which is often then converted to landfill. In…

This contractor is the first in the county to use a robotic arm to perform work in the high-risk environments around the segment stacks and lift. A robotic arm performs two tasks when preparing the segments for ring building. Dobydo is the name given to the part of the robot that screws in the segment dowels and fittings. Krokodyl is…

The project has reused the clay that has been removed from this site bulk dig to create the basement and have made clay blocks that conform to building regulations and have been structurally tested to suit the building requirements. This method has not been used to this scale in the UK and the first to be used in a commercial…

This contractor hired three Ampd Enertainer batteries, to power three tower cranes. These batteries were initially trialled in Hong Kong and Singapore. Following their success, they came to the Olympia Redevelopment as the first deployment in Europe. To date they have saved over 19t of carbon, and are estimated to save 192t of carbon in one year. They are 32x…

The welfare setup has been fitted with measurable energy sockets and fuse spurs for all power outlets. Measurable Energy equips facilities managers, building owners and occupants with real-time energy and GHG emissions monitoring, automated controls and data driven actions to avoid unnecessary carbon emissions and reduce costs. The smart sockets with machine learning capabilities eliminate small power wastage by reducing…

A new electric road marker vehicle has bee used on the project, this new technology hasn’t been used on a site in the UK before. The vehicle reduces carbon emissions, as it takes less energy to heat material for operations as the material is sprayed at 75 degrees instead of 180 degrees for joint sealing. This Zero Emission Sprayer will…