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HMP Castle Huntly: Community Projects Team

Published 13 September 2018 | No comments
Written by Ken Brown

CategoriesDisadvantaged and minority groups support Promoting construction as a career choice

In order to expand on the work that Perth and Kinross Council and Balfour Beatty have been doing to engage with those with a background of offending, the team at the Perth Transport Futures Project (PTFT) met with Mark Steadman, Offenders Outcome Officer at HMP Castle Huntly Open Prison, to discuss any opportunities to engage with the Scottish Prison Service...

Site Catering Social Enterprise

Published 13 August 2018 | No comments
Written by Joseph Drugan

CategoriesEngage with community facilities Support for local charities

Local Community Investment Charity CiC Forth Valley Community Focus (FVCF) have been installed on Balfour Beatty’s Forth Valley College site to deliver the on-site catering for our workforce. The unit is staffed by members of the local community who have been trained by FVCF and put through a ‘catering academy’ where they gain industry specific qualifications and employability training, supported...

Collaborative Approach to Removing Loose Components when Working at Height

Published 25 July 2018 | No comments
Written by Tina Gunnarsson

CategoriesFalling objects

On The Madison project, Balfour Beatty encouraged a collaborative approach with all subcontractors on site to carry out a site-wide reassessment of its Working at Height safe systems of work. All parties were encouraged to create innovative solutions and mitigate risk in their own areas of work. Magnetic Tethering The façade contractor highlighted a narrow shim that was very challenging...

Developing a More Efficient Dehumidifier for Site Accommodation

Published 5 April 2018 | No comments
Written by Andrea Holt

CategoriesSpecialist laundry/cleaning requirements

Standard dehumidifer units are supplied by a 3-phase electrical connection. Most drying rooms only have a single phase connection – upgrading this to 3-phase is costly and there is a lot of resistance to this by the cabin providers. The single phase dehumidifiers we found were underpowered to provide enough heat in colder months, so we found that there was...

Working in Partnership to Promote Apprenticeships

Published 12 March 2018 | No comments
Written by Duncan Gardner

CategoriesDisadvantaged and minority groups support Support for careers advice

Here at Phase One of the Perth Transport Futures Project, we have developed a very close relationship with the Perth and Kinross branch of Developing the Young Workforce. We have worked together on several projects in the local community and recently worked together to produce a film for Scottish Apprenticeship Week. The film showcases an extremely talented young woman, Bethany...

Supporting Local Causes in Aberdeen via Onsite Fundraising

Published 19 February 2018 | No comments
Written by John Cairns

CategoriesCommunity engagement Support for local charities

On 8 December 2017 Aberdeen South of the City staff handed over a cheque for £2500 to Torry Academy Headteacher Jenny Cranna & Lochside Academy Executive Headteacher Neil Hendry. The funding will enable Torry Academy and Kincorth Academy to put on a production of the brand new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical ‘School of Rock’ which will involve over 300 pupils...

Upcycling PPE

Published 18 December 2017 | No comments
Written by Stephen Penwill

CategoriesCircular economy PPE

Whilst clearing out the welfare changing rooms to remove used PPE from a previous subcontractor and make space for a new subcontractor, ten bin bags full of old PPE and clothing was collected, including hard hats, boots, hi-vis vests, coats and trousers. Instead of throwing the old PPE in the skip, it was upcycled for a new purpose in the...

Pulsar Pro LED lighting

Published 18 December 2017 | No comments
Written by Fatima Orr-Deen

CategoriesAdequate lighting Positioning of equipment, lighting and CCTV

Safety is of utmost important on sites, particularly those in close proximity to dangerous areas like roads and rail track. Good lighting is essential to operative safety to increase visibility. We used the Pulsar Pro multi-mode, rechargeable LED warning light for traffic control, signalling, hazard awareness, zone demarcations and vehicle safety. These small units are manufactured in shock-resistant plastic, and...

Electronic CLOCS Checklists

Published 24 October 2017 | No comments
Written by Alex Moffatt

CategoriesCLOCS

The TEAM2100 programme is a framework established to maintain the flood defences across the Thames Estuary, meaning a lot of the work takes place in and around London. The team recognise the CLOCS standards as industry best practice, and have been carrying out checks across a number of our sites in order to monitor vehicles coming to and from the...

Dry Wheel Wash

Published 14 April 2017 | No comments
Written by Kevin Hutchinson

CategoriesWater saving measures

On the Manchester Engineering Campus Development, by Balfour Beatty for the University of Manchester, a dry wheel wash is being used instead of the temporary high water volume alternatives that had been proposed. The Measures During planning the project team identified the use of a stand-alone wheel wash being a user of high volume of water, with over 400 wagons...

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