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T-Level Students Enrichment Programme

Published 15 February 2024 | Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesColleges and universities Documented activities and targets for community engagement Local employment Plan to positively promote construction Promoting construction as a career choice

On this project, the contractor ran an enrichment programme to enhance the skills of 16 T-level Design, Surveying and Planning students at a local college. Two days of exciting activities were held at West Midlands Interchange as part of the six day course to provide practical experience and industry insights to meet the needs of the college, its students and…


Built Environment Academy

Published 5 February 2024 | Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesLocal employment Plan to positively promote construction Promoting construction as a career choice

The Built Environment Academy (BEA) was founded in 2021 by a group of like-minded individuals and companies working on a National Highways Framework. Balfour Beatty, Costain, Graham, Kier and Volker Fitzpatrick came together to work with Learn Live UK to promote careers in the built environment. The mission is to bring the industry together and work collaboratively to close the…


Teaching and Learning Responsibility Funding for Teachers

Published 12 September 2023 | Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesEngage with community facilities Plan to positively promote construction Promoting construction as a career choice Schools and nurseries

This contractor have funded Teaching and Learning Responsibility (TLR) payments for 3 teachers at King Henry VIII School. This is unique to the King Henry VIII 3-19 School project. It provides an uplift in salary and enables teachers to take on additional responsibilities in the school. They have agreed that these 3 teachers will facilitate improved STEM events and activities,…


Modular Construction Model

Published 24 July 2023 | Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesCommunity engagement Schools and nurseries

As part of building the new Ribblesdale Primary Modular School, this contractor agreed to teach a group of students from the Ribblesdale High School how to build modular. They prepared and taught seven separate one hour lessons on modular construction. To help demonstrate and make the sessions more interactive, they built a 1:50th scaled model of one end of the…


Primary School Site Safety Construction Film

Published 28 June 2023 | Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesEngage with community facilities Plan to positively promote construction Schools and nurseries

This contractor have created a primary school site safety film which will be shown in local communities, to help educate children of primary school age about the hazards present on construction sites, and discourage them from trying to go on site. In the making of this film they partnered with their client Newydd Housing Association who they are working with…


Construction Podcast to Encourage the Next Generation

Published 13 April 2023 | Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesColleges and universities Community engagement Documented activities and targets for community engagement Promoting construction as a career choice

This contractor has been working with Bearsden Academy to delivery a podcast with their site delivery team to encourage the next generation to consider construction as a career path. The podcast takes place with a different member of staff each time as they tell the audience more about their job roles. Most people now listen to podcasts and therefore this…


Digger Simulation for College Students

Published 10 March 2023 | Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesColleges and universities Community engagement

The project team hosted a site visit for the T Level construction students at City of Liverpool College. They took them through the scope of the project and progress so far, explaining the programming, challenges faced and the various construction element of the build. At the end of the visit, each student spent 10 minutes on a digger simulation, where…


Providing High Visibility Vests to Local School Children

Published 16 January 2023 | Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesCommunity engagement Schools and nurseries

This contractor has taken the decision to provide reflective high visibility vests for school children in the winter months. The contractor achieved this by reaching out to schools within close proximity to our projects to see if they would like to receive a donation of high visibility PPE for their pupils. The idea behind the initiative is to make children…


Spotlight on… posters

Published 17 October 2022 | Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
CategoriesCarbon reduction Display CCS registration materials Mental health Modern slavery training Random substance testing Signage

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…’ learning toolkits. This resource has proven valuable for display on site and raising awareness amongst the workforce and visitors. To purchase these products, click here. To download a free electronic…


Neurodiversity is a Superpower

Published 16 June 2022 | Written by Yvonne Gilfillan
CategoriesCommunity engagement Disability and special needs facilities Documented activities and targets for community engagement Promoting construction as a career choice Schools and nurseries

The current education system is geared around 2 of the 9 distinct intelligences. The result can often be disengaged and demotivated young people who struggle to find their direction or understand their own personal skills and strengths. The CECA Scotland endorsed the What-IF programme which helps these young people by addressing the key antecedent behaviours, often driven by the subconscious…


What Do Construction Workers Do?

Published 6 June 2022 | Written by Sian Young
CategoriesDocumented activities and targets for community engagement Engage with community facilities Plan to positively promote construction Schools and nurseries

Primary school pupils across London are among the first to receive a unique new children’s book designed to inspire them to work in the construction industry. This is due to this contractor donating 5,000 books to Key Stage 2 pupils at 11 schools across London and the south It comes after research found that by the age of seven, children…


Built Environment Trumps

Published 6 June 2022 | Written by Sian Young
CategoriesDocumented activities and targets for community engagement Engage with community facilities Plan to positively promote construction Promoting construction as a career choice Schools and nurseries

This project has lead the launch for a set of ‘Top Trumps’ style playing cards to help explain the wide variety of roles available in construction and to encourage more young people into the industry. The contractor aims to reduce the skills shortage in the industry by providing young people with knowledge of different roles that are available within the…


Name the Tunnelling Machine Competition

Published 19 May 2022 | Written by Aisling Henry
CategoriesCommunity engagement Engage with community facilities Schools and nurseries

As part of the works programme there was tunnelling on site, which was an excellent opportunity for the project to collaborate with a school. In partnership with the client, NI Water, they organised a ‘name the tunnelling machine’ competition with a local primary school. The Key Stage 2 pupils came up with the name ‘Timmy the Tunneller’, which was then…


Podcast for the Next Generation

Published 27 January 2022 | Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesCommunity engagement Notice board Promoting construction as a career choice Schools and nurseries

This contractor is passionate about ensuring that they encourage the next generation to join the industry especially to overcome the current skills shortage the industry is experiencing. As a result of the pandemic it has made it very difficult for them to provide talks and events within the local, and as a result they have developed a podcast with support…


School’s Play Area Built with Soil from Project’s Tunnel

Published 27 January 2022 | Written by Bobbette Watson
CategoriesLandscaping Schools and nurseries

A new artist-designed play area created from soil excavated from the high speed railway’s Chilterns Tunnel was commissioned by the contractor and opened at Rickmansworth’s Maple Cross JMI school late last year. The initiative was sparked after a Year Six pupil wrote to the contractor asking whether soil from the nearby project works could be donated to create a new…


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