Balfour Beatty

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Design Engineer Construct Partnership with a Secondary School

Published 21 June 2021 | No comments
Written by John Cairns

CategoriesCommunity engagement Schools and nurseries

As part of the community benefits offer for this project, the contractor have recently adopted a local academy and are supporting the school to complete the Class of Your Own Design Engineer Construct (DEC!) Programme Their Digital Technician hosted a webinar session with pupils to discuss his journey into the industry and the benefits of digital technology in construction. The...

Cairngorm Mountain Volunteering Day

Published 21 June 2021 | No comments
Written by John Cairns

CategoriesCommunity engagement Support for local charities

This contractors staff volunteered with the Cairngorm Mountain’s mountain ranger service team. The volunteer team started off the day by assisting to clear out the drains and dig a new ditch after the recent snow and weather damage. In the afternoon, the team worked in the mountain garden to assist with painting and branch cutting to clear the area for...

Sustainable PPE

Published 16 June 2021 | No comments
Written by Alice Mann

CategoriesPPE

On this project they have been part of a trial to determine if they can swap to sustainable PPE. Five members of the team have trialled sustainable workwear in efforts to ‘green up’ the supply chain. Items of PPE that have been a part of the trial include soft shell jackets and boots made from recycled plastic bottles, glasses made...

Mental Health First Aid Training for Local Residents

Published 16 June 2021 | No comments
Written by Alice Mann

CategoriesAccess to health practitioners and counselling services Mental health

This contractor ran an accredited Mental Health First Aid training course in collaboration with their scaffolding subcontractor. Members of the local community and organisations were invited to attend with the aim of targeting those who could make best use of the knowledge and skills they have learnt to support the wider community. The two day accredited course enables attendees to...

Crane Enclosure Redesign to Improve Health and Safety

Published 16 June 2021 | No comments
Written by Alice Mann

CategoriesPreventing unauthorised access

This contractor have worked in collaboration with their tower crane business team, the client and police liaison to completely redesign their existing crane base enclosure system to improve health and safety. Previously, mesh panels were connected to the anti-climb fan of the crane to create a 6-metre-tall lockable security enclosure which prevented access to the crane for unauthorised personnel, both...

Congestion Monitoring

Published 2 June 2021 | No comments
Written by Jasvir Sandhu

CategoriesPlanning of traffic routes

An solution to monitoring the impact of traffic management on the road network has been implemented by this contractor. This solution uses crowd sourced data (phones, satellite navigation systems and other digital devices) to enable live and historic monitoring of traffic through a particular road or lane closure. Reports can be produced to show the historic trends of traffic as...

Virtual Work Programme for Business Skills Foundation Apprentices

Published 20 April 2021 | No comments
Written by John Cairns

CategoriesColleges and universities Promoting construction as a career choice Schools and nurseries

As part of community engagement on their project, the contractor has supported a new virtual programme for West Highland College Foundation Apprentice Business Skills students. The virtual programme has pupils participating in monthly live webinars with the contractors staff as well as completing monthly reports relating to Business Engagement, Marketing and Work Winning. In January 2021, pupils were joined by...

Virtual Programme for Foundation Apprentice Civil Engineers

Published 20 April 2021 | No comments
Written by John Cairns

CategoriesColleges and universities

As part of community engagement on this project, the contractor are working with North East Scotland College to support 9 Civil Engineering Foundation Apprentices on a bespoke virtual work placement project which runs in 2021. During the project, students have completed a series of civil engineering research activities including a piling solutions task connected to ongoing works at Union Terrace...

Project History Hoarding Display

Published 20 April 2021 | No comments
Written by John Cairns

CategoriesMaintenance of hoarding and fences

This contractor has recently installed a new timeline hoarding display created to show the history of Union Terrace Gardens. Working closely with Aberdeen City Council, the design was created using historical photographs which had been collated with permissions from Aberdeen City Libraries and the Silver City Vault. The photographs selected show Union Terrace Gardens as it existed when originally opened...

Launch of Couch to 5k Initiative

Published 20 April 2021 | No comments
Written by John Cairns

CategoriesWellbeing events

This contractors project team have recently launched a new couch to 5K project fitness initiative. During the upcoming months ahead their site workforce will be involved in walks, jogs and runs around the site as part of their health and wellbeing strategy. A poster has been created and is being promoted in the site office, canteens and external noticeboard. The...

Employability Session for Local Construction Skills Work Academy Group

Published 20 April 2021 | No comments
Written by John Cairns

CategoriesCommunity engagement Promoting construction as a career choice Schools and nurseries

This contractors Community Benefits Advisors hosted a Teams information session for local DWP construction work academy participants. The session was arranged via DWP Inverness and involved 3 people from Moray who are currently looking for opportunities within construction. The contractor provided an overview of current works and discussed subcontractors on sites which may have future work placement opportunities. After an...

Delivery Route Instructions – 3D Flythrough Video

Published 20 April 2021 | No comments
Written by John Cairns

CategoriesControlled access

The contractor’s digital team have created a 3D flythrough video which is shared in advance with businesses scheduled to deliver materials to the National Treatment Centre project site in Inverness. The 3D flythrough video provides a delivery guide for all drivers including instructions for prebooking deliveries and identification which will be required upon arriving at site. The video visually illustrates...

Virtual Work Placement Programmes

Published 20 April 2021 | No comments
Written by John Cairns

CategoriesPromoting construction as a career choice Support for careers advice Training plans Workforce development plans

School pupils across Scotland have recently received Silver Level Industrial Cadet certificates as part of the contractors recent virtual work programme with over 70 pupils completing the virtual programmes since November 2020. The pupils successfully completed the full 5 week programmes which provided an insight into careers in construction and as part of the programme pupils submitted a weekly report...

Exoskeleton to Reduce Worker Fatigue

Published 22 February 2021 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean

CategoriesHealth risk assessments and monitoring

The site team have been using an exoskeleton suit which helps with fatigue when it comes to overhead working and transfers the strain from the operative’s neck and shoulders down to their hips. Musculoskeletal disorders are commonplace in construction and with the introduction of this item, it’s an issue that no longer needs to be considered a by-product of working...

EcoNet Z-Lynk Power System

Published 8 February 2021 | No comments
Written by Sam Russell

CategoriesConserve of energy

On this project they have made use of the EcoNet ‘Z-Lynk’ generator system comprising two generators instead of one to reduce site accommodation fuel use. The system reduces peak power demand and saves out of hours energy consumption on heating and hot water. For a typical 10 cabin set-up, the site can run off a 40 kVA generator set up...

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