Balfour Beatty

http://www.balfourbeatty.com

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Lifestyle and Wellbeing Coaching Sessions

Published 15 April 2025 | No comments
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CategoriesAccess to health practitioners and counselling services Health risk assessments and monitoring Mental health Wellbeing events
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The project provides one to one personal lifestyle and wellbeing coaching sessions on site through Medigold to all their staff and supply chain. The sessions allow participants to have key health metrics checked such as BMI, body fat, visceral fat, metabolic rate, blood pressure, heart rate, cholesterol, blood glucose, exercise behaviours, and lifestyle satisfaction. Each appointment delivers immediate results, a...
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Adoption of Hooka Lift for Landscaping

Published 15 April 2025 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesCoaching for unsafe actions Controls Energy efficient plant and equipment
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The Hooka Lift equipment, introduced in landscaping work within the city centre garden works, effectively addresses the risk of injuries arising from manual lifting tasks. This device finds its primary application in safely and efficiently lifting and planting trees, which traditionally involves significant physical exertion. By mechanising the lifting process, the Hooka Lift significantly reduces the physical strain on workers,...
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Site Energy Efficiency Dashboard

Published 24 February 2025 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesCarbon reduction Conserve of energy Conserve of resources
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Site Energy Efficiency Dashboard (SEED) centralises and displays available digital real-time performance data related to the efficiency of three main asset groups: plant, fleet and compound generators with the aim of reducing Scope 1 carbon emissions, reducing costs and driving efficiencies. Data is taken from JCB Live Link (plant), Masternaut (fleet), Victron (generators), including assets that are owned, contract hired...
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3D Printed Decoy Birds used to Attract New Species to Artificial Nesting Structure

Published 24 February 2025 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesIdentification of flora, fauna and natural resources Protect the local environment
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Kittiwake are small gulls with declining populations in the UK. The species is listed as vulnerable, at risk of extinction and on the UK’s Red List for Birds of Conservation Concern. To help support the local colonies and encourage new chicks to the population, this contractor has used 3D printed decoy Kittiwakes to attract new Kittiwakes into the artificial nesting...
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Vacuum Lifting Revetment Unit

Published 19 September 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesControls Modern methods of construction
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This contractor has moved away from lifting eyes cast into units by developing vacuum lifting systems. This reduces potential for corrosion, benefits aesthetics and improves safety. Further development in the vacuum lifting system took place with the addition of hydraulic rams to allow the units to be picked from horizontal transport position and dropped to the required angle for installation....
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Avoiding Service Strikes by Project Excavators

Published 19 September 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesInspection and assurance Near miss Positive reinforcement for good safety practices
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This contractor used a safety control measure, the Leica X Watch system in machines used for the bulk excavation of the underpass on this project. This safeguarded operatives from hitting the props, bridge and monitoring instrumentation that were installed in the work area. As-built information of the items they wanted to avoid hitting was installed onto the excavator’s GPS system....
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Mandating Human Form Recognition

Published 15 August 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesCoaching for unsafe actions Controls Emergency preparedness Sharing of safety alerts
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This contractor is pioneering a transformative safety measure by mandating Human Form Recognition (HFR) technology on all sites. HFR involves a sophisticated multi-camera system mounted on mobile plant machinery that detects human figures in real-time. This system alerts the plant operator with both visual and audible signals when pedestrians are detected nearby. Furthermore, it actively notifies pedestrians of their detection,...
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Isolation Switches for Excavators

Published 3 June 2024 | No comments
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CategoriesControls Inspection and assurance Sharing of safety alerts
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Due to the nature of the works close to the public footpaths, they have had an isolation switch fitted to both excavators which means that and individual has a remote button they can press should the excavator stray toward the public fence that kills the hydraulics and stops the machine. This has previously been used within rail, and was amended...
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Cast Iron Repairs and Associated Carbon Savings

Published 7 May 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesCarbon reduction Conserve of resources Specialist input
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On this project they faced a question as to whether they would repair or replace the damaged cast iron façade, with over 3000 components this was no small task. They sourced a specialist supplier who conducted a comparison life cycle assessment of the remanufacture of cast iron and compared with the manufacture of new cast iron components, this concluded that...
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Use of Clear Bin Liners

Published 19 April 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesConserve of resources Monitoring and recording of resource usage Waste management
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After a meeting held with the Environment Agency, it was discussed among the team to start using clear bags for all waste on the project. This was implemented to ensure waste was not being placed in the wrong skip. This also helped to reduce mixed waste by physically being able to see the content of the bin liners.
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Curved Nozzle for Blasting

Published 19 April 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesControls Positive reinforcement for good safety practices
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The contractor has designed and created a bespoke nozzle to go onto the handle of blasters to reach areas of complexity. This enables works to proceed in difficult to reach areas without compromising the health and safety of the workers. This also allows works to be easier to conduct and allows higher accuracy in reaching specific areas. This could be...
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Temporary Bridge

Published 4 April 2024 | No comments
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CategoriesCarbon reduction Conserve of resources Monitoring and recording of resource usage
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This contractor installed a 120m long temporary bridge providing the travelling public and pedestrians with a safe route while the Southern Piled Viaduct is demolished and replaced. The site team and design team were challenged with creating a sustainable diversion where all materials associated with the diversion were to be either re-used or repurposed. This was achieved while constructing to...
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Prefabricated and Preinstalled Plant Room Kiosks

Published 4 April 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesLower embodied carbon content materials Prefabrication
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Early engagement with the client identified concerns over the social and environmental impact that building new plant rooms would have on a live campus. As part of the solution the contractor offered to change from a traditional brickwork and cladded building to a pre-build cladded kiosk fully fitted out mechanically and partially electrically. This kiosk weighing in at circa 10.5...
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Hydrocarbon Barrier

Published 4 April 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesDefined plan to protect and enhance the natural environment Identify potential natural environment detriment Plans to prevent pollution Prevention of surface water run-off Protect the local environment
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This project’s marine licence requires site to stop construction spills from entering the marine environment. The site were originally due to install a large filter drain system and collection ponds to process all run off from the existing platform. This would involve excavation within the Saltmarsh environment, potentially damaging the SSSI location and require 24/7 pumping system to be on...
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Women’s PPE Roadshow

Published 12 March 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesEngagement and commitment from the workforce PPE
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This contractor worked with their suppliers to arrange a ‘try on’ event for the women’s PPE range. This gave female colleagues the opportunity to try out the range on offer in a variety of sizes to ensure a comfortable fit and order what they required on the day. Providing properly fitting, comfortable PPE in women’s sizes, is an important way...
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  • Wasteshark Canal Clean Up

    Working close to a waterway In Leeds, where there are regular high winds, it is inevitable that

  • Prop Load Monitoring System

    The Prop Load Monitoring system is both self-powered and remote controlled, reducing the need for

  • Rebar Tying Robot

    The traditional process for rebar tying is done manually using annealed steel wire, either from

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