Tunnel Plugs
Projects based in busy areas such as train networks need to be mindful of the safety of those around the site, ensuring that travel is not disturbed by the works. See the examples below for how one site addressed this: The contractor wanted to keep the London Underground services running throughout the weekend while they removed existing tunnel rings as...
Legacy Living Green Hoarding
The project took the opportunity to develop a simple concept for living green hoarding into a scheme with wider and longer lasting benefits for the environment and local schools. The legacy living green hoarding will be re-used by one of the projects partner charities ‘Trees for Cities’ at a local school following its use on the project. The modular oak...
Noise Pollution Immediate Feedback
To avoid the delay between a noise complaint being received and addressed a system for immediate feedback to the workforce was developed. Previously a series of noise complaints from residents had been received due to an excavator being used to load barges with spoil during a night shift. When a complaint was received there would be a long line of...
Aphex Planning, Collaboration and Monitoring
Aphex is not just a planning tool, it enables the teams to truly collaborate and see the larger picture from the Package Managers to the Supervisors on site. The team at Battersea have been utilising the system to allow the multi-discipline teams to co-ordinate their works during the fit-out phase and enable Supervisors to have a visual tool to co-ordinate...
Pipe Basket for Tight Lifting Operations
FLO were faced with the challenge of lifting out temporary pipework from below ground through a tight opening (which had been built up since the pipework was originally installed). The pipework sections were too long to be lifted out horizontally and lifting them at an angle presented too great a risk of slippage. Rather than cut the section up, the...
Pumping Concrete through an Operational Underground Station
In order to be able to construct new pedestrian tunnels between existing platforms at Kennington Station, ready-mix concrete needed to be supplied below ground into the tunnel construction area. The option of delivering ready-mix concrete via engineering trains at night was investigated but ultimately discounted due to various impracticalities. Therefore the only remaining option was to deliver from ready-mix wagons...
Virtual Reality MEWP Training and MEWP Tracking System
In conjunction with Nationwide Platforms and Select Plant Hire, FLO (Ferrovial Agroman Laing O’Rourke Joint Venture) have rolled out Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) training through the use of virtual reality (VR). In the safety of a classroom, operators of all experience levels can practice operating MEWPs in a variety of different scenarios. Novices can benefit from gaining experience in...
