Ballymore Group
Pile Reinforcing Cage Plunging
The team have implemented a way of plunging the reinforcement for the bearing piles which significantly reduces the workload for the following trades and reduced waste steel being produced, along with making the works on site safer and quicker. Traditionally pile reinforcement would be installed into the pile with the top of the reinforcement finishing level with the piling platform....
Implementation of Precast Sandwich Brickwork
Although construction with precast sandwich panels with full size brickwork is a new approach in the UK, Ballymore selected this method to construct the Phase 1 residential tower blocks at their London City Island development. Ranging from 11 storeys to 19 storeys across the four blocks the system has a completely precast concrete structure from level 1, including floors, internal...
Keeping with the Arts Scene: Hoarding Graffiti
We are delighted to be able to help young artists by promoting their work. It is important to help encourage and sustain an inclusive community and environment for all members of society. Hoarding can be used in this approach to provide an accessible, public and legal pallet for street artists to show off their talent. Our site hoarding is keeping...
Encouraging Women into Construction 
Reports reveal that women are expected to make up a quarter (26%) of the UK’s construction workforce by 2020. Although companies are doing more to encourage women to join the industry, 41% of women still believe men are paid more. Encouraging and retaining more women in construction is essential to filling the looming skills shortage. Ballymore is encouraging women to...
Promoting Apprenticeships in the Construction Industry
The Wardian team is keen to promote careers in construction, engage the local community and create opportunities for local residents to work on our project, especially young people. We are working in partnership with local colleges to encourage students to start a career in the construction industry, and we are targeting 25 apprentices on our project. To achieve this target,...
Autism Awareness
The Wardian team have been involved in workshops and seminars about raising awareness of autism. Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects people in various ways and is different for each individual. Generally it can come from a specific sensual perspective of the world such as: hearing, seeing and feeling the world differently from others. However, there is also...
Offering Personalised Classes for Operatives Families
Skadoosch – a provider of personalised classes for families (with children aged 3-11) that encourages positive social interaction and mental wellbeing through fun games and activities, have partnered with the Goodluck Hope Project to offer classes to the site’s families. Together they have recognised how work-related mental health issues not only affect the individual, it also affects the individual’s family....
Water Turbine Powered Digital Clock
On this project inline water turbines have been installed on the wastepipes of each handwash station. As the wash station is used, the turbine is activated generating a small power output which powers a digital clock providing a 20 second visual count down. It is recommended that our hands should be washed for no less than 20 seconds to ensure...
Autism Friendly Road Signage
Workshops were held on site raising the awareness of autism, extending to the mental health first aiders. After communication with TfL, London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Speedy Hire, the Wardian site team implemented a structure that provides informational supplement in the form of road signage for upcoming road and pedestrian closures as these can have a negative impact on...
