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Support for Graduate Apprenticeships

Published 15 September 2020 | No comments
Written by John Cairns

CategoriesTraining plans Workforce development plans

Balfour Beatty Site Engineer Fraser Conway has recently completed his 4 year civil engineering modern apprenticeship and has now progressed onto a new Graduate Apprenticeship Civil Engineering programme. Fraser joined Balfour Beatty in 2016 and is a former pupil at Northfield Academy. Fraser initially joined Balfour Beatty as an apprentice civil engineer working on the AWPR as was part of...

Openspace Reality Capture System

Published 15 September 2020 | No comments
Written by Bethany Welsh

CategoriesInspection and assurance

The Openspace reality capture system allows us to easily create an immersive visual record of progress on site in real time. 360 images are captured at half second intervals and stitched together to create a streetview style walkthrough that is mapped onto a 2D plan of the area using machine learning and object recognition technology. Captures from different days can...

Bridges to Schools Workshop

Published 15 September 2020 | No comments
Written by John Cairns

CategoriesCommunity engagement Schools and nurseries

Balfour Beatty supported 255 pupils from Aberdeen City primary schools through delivering the Bridges to Schools workshops at Lochside Academy during week of 4 November 2019. The sessions were arranged as part of partnership with Lochside Academy and engaged pupils from Loirston Primary, Abbotswell Primary, Charleston Primary, Walker Road Primary, Tullos Primary and Kirkhill Primary. The Bridges to Schools week...

Tracking Systems for Monitoring the Movements of the Existing Bridge Deck

Published 7 September 2020 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean

CategoriesControlled access

The contractor has utilised a combination of two tracking systems for monitoring the movements of the existing bridge deck during works to replace and widen an existing rail bridge with minimal disruption to the rail networks. The project required the replacement of a railway overbridge structure. As part of this, the clear span was to be increased from 17.50m to...

Interactive 4D Animation to Show Daily Construction Progress

Published 17 August 2020 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean

CategoriesRegular updates of progress Reviews and lessons learned

Creation of an interactive 4D animation that combines the BIM 3D Revit model with the latest animation technology. This model is then linked to the construction programme to inform the user on daily construction progress. This is interrogated by the site team using touch screen technology during daily short interval control meetings to inform construction planning, design issues and clash...

Support for Female Engineer Mentoring Scheme

Published 29 July 2020 | No comments
Written by John Cairns

CategoriesSupport for careers advice Training plans Workforce development plans

Balfour Beatty are supporting the University of Dundee’s new Civil Engineering mentoring scheme which pairs female engineers with students to support and empower their transition through University and into their chosen career. Balfour Beatty Construction Manager Leigh Clark, project team member on the Badenoch & Strathspey Community hospital in Aviemore, is part of the newly launched mentoring scheme to encourage...

Support for Career Ready Mentoring and Work Placement Programme

Published 29 July 2020 | No comments
Written by John Cairns

CategoriesCommunity engagement Promoting construction as a career choice Schools and nurseries

Balfour Beatty are supporting the UK Career Ready programme and are in the third year of supporting the programme which runs in Moray, Scotland. The Career Ready programme is a commitment to providing young people with mentoring over a two year period and also involves supporting a four week summer work placement for participants. In Moray, Balfour Beatty staff members...

Rainbow Flags on Sites to Promote and Support Pride Month

Published 22 June 2020 | No comments
Written by John Cairns

CategoriesDisadvantaged and minority groups support Engagement and commitment from the workforce

Balfour Beatty project sites across Scotland are flying the rainbow flag with pride as part of ongoing support for #pridemonth2020. Flags were put in place at the Skye, Lochalsh and South West Ross community hospital project in Broadford, the Badenoch & Strathspey community hospital project in Aviemore and at the Edinburgh IRR project in the Edinburgh Bioquarter.

Providing Biodiversity Net Gain Solutions

Published 22 June 2020 | No comments
Written by Nicky Paine

CategoriesInvestigation for environmental events Involvement Specialist input

We are supporting King’s Lynn Internal Drainage Board to achieve Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) on the project. It was essentially a generic construction project, with no requirement for us to achieve BNG during construction of the Pumping Station. However, during construction we decided to go beyond requirements and produce a Biodiversity Metric for the Scheme, enabling us to account for...

Activities for Families Working from Home

Published 26 May 2020 | No comments
Written by John Cairns

CategoriesCommunity engagement

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...

An Improvement to Woodpole Construction

Published 12 May 2020 | No comments
Written by Amy Fraser

CategoriesConsultation on health and safety Falling objects Unsafe condition reporting

In December 2019 there was a communication sent across Power T&D with regards to an incident that occurred during works undertaken by another Overhead Line contractor. During the construction of an H-Pole Structure, there was a requirement to lift the top end of the structure with an excavator approximately 200mm to allow bolts associated with the steel work to be...

Mova M8 Traffic Signal Control Strategy

Published 12 May 2020 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean

CategoriesPlanning of traffic routes

On the A630 College Road Roundabout Junction in Rotherham, the latest MOVA M8 signal control technology has been specified to replace the existing control. This is the very latest traffic light system and is believed to be the first use in a temporary situation to manage traffic more efficiently during the roadworks. The main safety and user benefits are: MOVA...

Cabbed Dumpers

Published 27 April 2020 | No comments
Written by Jasvir Sandhu

CategoriesHealth risk assessments and monitoring

The use of cabbed dumpers on this project has given the operators a better working environment due to being able to work in a dry air-conditioned cab rather than an open air seat as previously. Also, several of the cabbed dumpers that are used can be driven by the operator in the direction that he is facing by rotating the...

Ultilow Low Temperature Asphalt

Published 20 April 2020 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean

CategoriesConserve of energy

The scheme required a 40mm surface course to be placed during night-time closures of the busy A630 College Road Roundabout in Rotherham. Tarmac proposed to use Ultilow, Low Temperature Asphalt to permit as early opening as possible of the roundabout junction to minimise disruption to road users. Ultilow asphalts embrace proven technology to ensure that the material supplied performs as...

Long Term Arrangement to Donate Surplus Pallets to a Local Community Group

Published 15 April 2020 | No comments
Written by John Cairns

CategoriesCommunity engagement Support for local charities

The project team set up an arrangement with a local business Strathspey Railway who rely heavily on donations and volunteering from local community. As part of long term relationship, Strathspey Railway were supported to register for waste and transportation transfer licences Strathspey Railway require large amounts of timber to power coal steam engines and will make use of surplus timber...

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