Kier Construction

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Use of a Flywheel to Reduce Power Needed to Start a Crane

Published 11 January 2021 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean

CategoriesConserve of energy

It is recognised that when a tower crane is first started up it requires a ‘surge’ in electricity, and that the surge falls away once the crane is operational. To start the tower crane on this project would require the reinforcement or upgrading of the local electricity network, and a 300kVA generator is currently being used although this is an...

Contact Tracing Sensor

Published 14 December 2020 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean

CategoriesHealth risk assessments and monitoring

This site has around 1000 operatives onsite with the majority of them involved in fit out work. Whilst ‘large bubble’ working has been introduced for the separate buildings the site is vulnerable to a positive test causing a substantial proportion of the workforce to have to self-isolate on what is a government deemed key project. Therefore the site has purchased...

Virtual Meet the Buyer Event

Published 7 September 2020 | No comments
Written by Amanda Swoboda

CategoriesCommunity engagement

Kier held a virtual Meet the Buyer for three Swansea projects with 50 local businesses to discuss requirements for three school projects set to be delivered. Taking an online format, each business was allocated a 15-minute time slot to speak one-on-one with the project team via Microsoft Teams to find out more about the schemes, the requirements and timings and...

Self Sanitising Door Handle Covers

Published 7 September 2020 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean

CategoriesCleaning and maintenance regime

The project team sourced self-sanitising door handle covers from ‘Purehold’. These were developed for health and care settings and are coated with an anti-bacterial coating that kills germs and reduces risk of infections spreading. The silver ion coating combats against pathogens deposited onto the surface of the handles. This cost effective solution contributes to infection control. An indicator on the...

Hands Free Water Bottle Refill Stations

Published 7 September 2020 | No comments
Written by Steven Bromfield

CategoriesCanteen

Traditionally we have used cold water dispensers or drinking fountains to provide drinking water across our projects but both of these options require levers to be operated to control water flow and drinking fountains require the user to drink water directly from a water flow. With coronavirus neither of these are suitable solutions for providing drinking water. We have obtained...

Worker Learning Corner

Published 7 July 2020 | No comments
Written by Jamie Howard

CategoriesCanteen Recreational facilities Training plans

As a site team we know the importance of supporting our workforce with their learning and personal development. To encourage this on site, we have implemented a learning corner within the canteen for operatives to relax, read and learn about how to progress in their career. The learning corner was made by our own graduate site manager and work placement...

Main Contractor and Subcontractor Best Practice and Shared Learning Meetings

Published 29 June 2020 | No comments
Written by Andrew Ash

CategoriesConsultation on health and safety Positive reinforcement for good safety practices Sharing of safety alerts

After Kier (Main contractor) had a virtual CCS site monitors visit and Gworks (Subcontractor) had their first virtual company visit it was discussed as a team that we had the opportunity to learn a lot of best practice for each side. Both scored highly in their respective reports and each party felt that they had something that they could offer,...

Using Drone Surveys for Materials Management Plan

Published 22 June 2020 | No comments
Written by Daryl Parker

CategoriesSpecialist input

The Project Team are using Drone Surveys to keep track of material movements on the 7 acre demolition and enabling works scheme. The scheme involves large scale demolition, cut and fill exercises in areas of contaminated and non-hazardous ground on a site which shares it’s boundaries with the tidal River Avon and Bristol’s floating harbour. The sensitivity of how material...

Green and Red Safety Lighting

Published 22 June 2020 | No comments
Written by Steven Bromfield

CategoriesControls

As a project team we have developed a Red and Green LED remote control light. The project has two main stair cases with a third temporary staircase. The idea is to install the lights above each staircase and illuminate Green to identify stairs that are Open and Red to signal that stairs are closed and out of use.

Battery Operated Concrete Poker

Published 22 June 2020 | No comments
Written by Steven Bromfield

CategoriesEnergy efficient plant and equipment

During the construction of the floor slabs within the concrete core, working space was very limited. A battery powered concrete poker allowed the concrete works to proceed without the need for trailing leads or an external power pack to power the concrete poker. The machine worked very well and was equivalent to an electric or petrol powered concrete poker. The...

Supply Chain Community Commitment

Published 8 April 2020 | No comments
Written by Sheryl Moore

CategoriesCommunity engagement Promoting construction as a career choice

Kier Regional Building North West is committed to creating stronger, more collaborative supply chain partnerships and resilient teams, and ensuring we leave a positive legacy in communities where we operate with the help of our supply chain. Kier has surveyed its local supply chain in the North West to determine their social impact contributions and to support them to further...

Resilient Protection for Underground Cable Duct Systems

Published 13 March 2020 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator

CategoriesCarbon reduction

The site is using a new system called ‘CUBIS Multi Duct’ which is a multiple duct cable protection system used for underground ducting systems. These units are quickly assembled by connecting metre long sections with a unique push fit system, manufactured from high density polythene, which are lightweight and have a high strength to weight unit. This allows shallower burial...

Sharing Passivhaus Knowledge

Published 9 March 2020 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator

CategoriesTraining plans

Kier’s St Sidwells Point project has been designed to the Passivhaus standard. This means that once finished, the leisure complex will use significantly less energy for heating and cooling than an average building of similar size and facilities. In order to share industry knowledge, the development team and principal contractor has integrated the design and construction processes within a training...

Instaboom GS6 Overhead Barrier

Published 11 November 2019 | No comments
Written by John Quarless

CategoriesControlled access

This mobile barrier is a solar powered solution to overhead protection. It is a first in the industry and there is currently nothing similar on the market. Currently, the industry relies on signs, goalposts and blue cones. A system that stops a vehicle that is too high from passing through was needed and the Instaboom GSX barrier does this through a...

Multi Lingual Training

Published 4 November 2019 | No comments
Written by Dan Ambrose

CategoriesDisadvantaged and minority groups support English not as first language support Literacy and numeracy support

The Kier A13 Road Widening Project has recently started offering operative training modules in Hindi and Punjabi, alongside the standard English language option. The initiative has been developed in conjunction with labour agency Fortel and has enabled the project to ensure that safety critical messages are communicated with its diverse workforce in an appropriate way, ensuring best understanding of key...

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