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Division Wide Water Standard

Published 16 April 2019 | No comments
Written by Catherine Clarke

CategoriesRainwater harvesting Water saving measures

The site team at Hollyfields have developed a water standard which has been launched across the Eastern division. The document outlines the minimum requirements all sites must implement pre-construction and during, as well as best practice initiatives. For example, all sites are expected to implement rainwater harvesting measures, correct oil and water based brush storage, dual flush toilets etc. Best...

Local Fitness Class Directory

Published 16 April 2019 | No comments
Written by Catherine Clarke

CategoriesNotice board Recreational facilities

A new poster has been added to our site entrance public display board. This lists local classes and companies within a close proximity to site, with details on what the classes offer and who they are aimed at. We selected local businesses instead of chains, to encourage our neighbours to keep fit and healthy and to also support our community....

YMCA Horizon Project Educational Visit

Published 18 March 2019 | No comments
Written by Catherine Clarke

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

The Horizon Project works with young people ages 13 – 19 (or up to 25 if they have learning disabilities) enabling them to gain vocational and personal skills, as well as accredited qualifications helping them back into school, further training or work. On the 7th March 2019, we were delighted to welcome 13 trainees on to site, to help them...

Health and Safety Green Card Incentives

Published 21 January 2019 | No comments
Written by Catherine Clarke

CategoriesWorkforce recognition programmes

Safety is paramount on site, and our workforce is reminded of safety procedures and the importance of safety via various methods. We believe it is important to recognise best safety efforts and to reward those who demonstrate this. Therefore, we have a system in place in which ‘green cards’ are awarded. Upon the issue of a green card, the individual...

Multilingual Modern Slavery Campaign

Published 10 January 2019 | No comments
Written by Catherine Clarke

CategoriesDisadvantaged and minority groups support English not as first language support Modern slavery training Right to work checks Signage

With the construction sector employing a significant proportion of the global workforce, the industry has been identified as high risk for modern slavery practices. By identifying workers from outside of the UK as most at risk, we took it upon ourselves to ensure that they could identify themselves and seek help, should they be a victim. Understanding that English is...

Building Futures

Published 23 November 2018 | No comments
Written by Kevin Shannon

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

Berkeley Homes Eastern Counties arranged a construction ‘taster’ day for West-Kent College students in order for them to learn more about construction sites and the different trades and skills needed through the full build cycle. The students were given an introduction to Berkeley Homes Eastern Counties ‘Building Futures Programme’ A scheme providing: Long-term career opportunities for school and college leavers...

Keyless Locks

Published 31 October 2018 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator

CategoriesControlled access

A theme at our weekly site committee meetings has been about the amount of time the workforce would spend signing keys in and out. The original format of this task consisted of any operative who wished to gain access would need to sign out a key with our dedicated key manager located in the permit cabin. One of the issues...

Noise Alert Indicators

Published 31 October 2018 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator

CategoriesNoise Workplace noise monitoring

The site team currently has 38 supervisors and managers on site all of which have these monitors attached to their PPE at all times. The feedback has been excellent as it provides each individual instant indication of noise levels in the immediate vicinity. This subsequently enables them to notify other persons in the area to use hearing protection. The noise...

Reusable Packaging

Published 26 October 2018 | No comments
Written by Mariyana Stoyanova

CategoriesReduced use of single use plastics

The construction industry is estimated to be responsible for around 40% of the UK’s waste. We have been working with our subcontractors to tackle this issue and minimise unnecessary waste. SQP is the first site to use reusable, collapsible boxes for our M&E. These were specially developed for use at SQP and was something the contractor developed as part of...

Ballot Bin Ashtray

Published 17 October 2018 | No comments
Written by Mariyana Stoyanova

CategoriesDesignated smoking and vaping areas

At South Quay Plaza, we found that despite having two smoking areas within the site boundary, due to close proximity to coffee shops and supermarkets, a lot of our operatives were smoking outside the site perimeter. This does not create a positive first impression, which we are all very passionate about. In order to tackle this, we have ordered Ballot...

WEP Cards

Published 17 October 2018 | No comments
Written by Mariyana Stoyanova

CategoriesDefined workforce qualification/skill levels

Keeping track of all operatives’ training and qualifications can be a challenging task. In order to tackle this, we have worked with one of our contractors to develop WEP cards and a site specific app. WEP (Working Enforcement Programme) cards are issued to all our operatives who complete the company’s Safety as Standard initiative, part of our comprehensive Workforce Engagement Programme. We...

Monarflex Recycling

Published 13 August 2018 | No comments
Written by Kevin Roodt

CategoriesWaste management

Being able to recycle Monarflex sheeting is a big problem in the construction industry. We have been in contact with Terracycle, recycling specialists who are capable of collecting and recycling our site’s Monarflex sheeting. This sheeting is re-used where possible but when it is not possible to reuse, we are now sending it away for recycling. To find out more,...

UV Reactive High Visibility Vests

Published 13 August 2018 | No comments
Written by Kevin Roodt

CategoriesPPE

On our site we are aware that our workers need to be protected from the sun, especially with the recent spell of hot weather. We have provided externally working trades with High visibility vests that are UV reactive. These vests change colour temporarily to indicate when the UV levels are dangerously high for a persons skin.

Magnetic and Spray Can Tethers for Working at Height

Published 6 August 2018 | No comments
Written by Mariyana Stoyanova

CategoriesFalling objects

Magnetic Tethers: As part of our working at height safety procedures, we require all items on a leading edge to be tethered, including small nuts and bolts. These are very challenging to tether in a conventional way, due to their size and sometimes awkward shapes. Therefore, we decided to introduce magnetic tethers for all work at height. The majority of...

Shade Station

Published 6 August 2018 | One comment
Written by Barnaby Blackman

CategoriesRest

With temperatures rising in the South East, we at Holborough Lakes have been down to the local suppliers and bought two gazebo’s which we have set up around site to act as shade stations. This gives our contractors an area to take a break out of the sun in areas where there is no natural shade. In the shade station...

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