Galliford Try
Raising Awareness of Mental Health 
The project team supported Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 by holding a stand down event which was well received by the workforce. The event included management starting a conversation with an operative to highlight the importance of talking and what individuals could do to help others who may be experiencing negative mental health. A short period of non-work related conversations...
Petrol Interceptor
From the early stages of this project they kept to one of their environmental priorities by installing a petrol interceptor in the car park. The petrol interceptor is a trap used to filter out hydrocarbon pollutants from rainwater runoff. This was installed in the Autumn to ensure swale is sufficiently protected from site activities when drainage becomes live and site activities increases.
Public Site Progress Fly Through
At Croydon University Hospital we have constructed a means for the public to easily view site progress photos, complete with the artist’s impressions, through a goggle type viewer in our hoarding linked to a tablet displaying a slideshow of images. This is a low budget, unique production with a professional output to involve the community and installed at a height...
Tree Pen
The project team noticed that a considerable amount of pens were still being used and then disappearing during the induction process and whilst this had been reduced by switching to paperless systems there was always a need for stationary on site. As as result, the project manager located numerous websites that provided biodegradable pens that could be used and also...
Hybrid Greener RC Frame Choice
On this project the site boundary is the building boundary. To complicate building construction further two elevations, south and west, abut immediately to existing buildings. At a very early stage of the tender the contractor decided to change the designed 10 storey in-situ RC frame to a hybrid concrete frame. By changing all the vertical in-situ RC structural support elements...
Retractable Safety Curtain for Public Protection during Vehicle Unloading
In recognition of our CLOCS Champion status, on our 1-9 Seymour Street project, situated a short distance from London’s Marble Arch, the team devised an innovative, fire retardant, retractable safety curtain. The site is located on an extremely tight footprint, with no off-site loading/unloading areas. The curtain therefore serves as a protection barrier between the highway unloading point and the...
Resolving Parking Difficulties
At our Bishop Chavasse Primary School site in Tonbridge, we work closely with the local community to ensure smooth relations. Parking was highlighted as a potential issue at the start of the project. On-site parking is not feasible due to the limited space on site. The site also has two other live sites very close by which makes deliveries and...
Moodbeam Device for Mental Health and Wellbeing
‘Moodbeam’ devices are currently being trialled on this project. The aim of these wristband devices is to support meaningful conversations in relation to the user’s mental health and wellbeing. The device logs sleep and activity, and the user presses a yellow button on the device when feeling happy and a blue button when feeling unhappy. The device connects to an...
Talking Newsletter for the Visually Impaired
This project has a large amount of interaction with members of the public. While the usual visual aids in the form of signage and barriers along with printed newsletters and information boards are suitable for the majority of people, they are of little benefit to those who are visually impaired. Through pre-start site visits it was apparent that there were...
Interfaith Room
The new M1 J13-16 JV ‘One Team’ site offices now have a new InterFaith room. This is a calm and pleasant area where all faiths work together rather than individually. Numerous photographs of recent site-based community activity have been placed outside the room together with an interfaith festivals calendar. The room has a three tier shelf specifically based on the...
Donating a Modular Bathroom Pod to a College
This site has kindly donated a modular bathroom pod to Dudley College Construction Apprenticeship Training Centre (CAT centre). The CAT centre based in Brierley Hill, West Midlands, offers first-class training facilities for all construction trades. The centre has dedicated facilities for traditional construction areas such as: plumbing, electrical, painting and decorating, carpentry and joinery, as well as modern technical and...
Tyre Pressure Gauges Used on Site
Maintaining a correct pressure is vital for both safety and economic reasons on site. It may seem a simple task, but it can cause very serious injury if the tyre is damaged or is not inflated to the correct pressure. The tyre can explode, or the vehicle may collapse, resulting in death or injury. On our Bishop Chavasse site, Galliford...
Sustainability Quiz
Galliford Try have created a sustainability quiz for the school as a new way to communicate environmental issues. The quiz aims to bring awareness and thought to the students in a fun way. The kids had to match up the picture to the estimated time it takes for some everyday items to decompose. Increasing waste volume is a major concern...
Community Information Signs with QR Codes
To keep local residents and businesses updated regular newsletters are sent out via email. In addition to this, the contractor has put up posters in a vacant shop window which links to the Client’s project page on their website. This provides people with more detailed information on the project, updates on progress and information on upcoming work plus a link...
CLOCS Delivery and Mileage Management
This contractor has created their own bespoke CLOCS smart device application that their gateman uses to carry out CLOCS compliance checks. On site they are striving to go paperless and this allows them to conduct vehicle checks quickly without having to use lots of paper forms every single day. The contractor have taken this further by creating the feature of...
