Kier Construction
Contact Tracing Sensor
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...
Self Sanitising Door Handle Covers
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Sharing Passivhaus Knowledge
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 
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
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...
Meet the Team Open Days
The Kier team on the A13 Road Widening Project hold a monthly ‘Meet the Team’ event at their site offices in Thurrock. The event enables members of the public to attend – with no appointment necessary – to learn more about the project, ask questions or lodge complaints. The events are advertised via the project newsletter, on the website, social...
Personal Hazard Alert System
The SHE team working on the M23 SMART Motorways Programme have recently implemented Overhead Safe. Developed by Carnell’s Innovation Team as a Personal Hazard Alert System, Overhead Safe is worn by members of the site team where it provides a clear and visible warning of overhead hazards by illuminating the vest when it is within a designated warning zone. It...
National Walk to School Week
During National Walk to School Week the site team at Bishop Ellis Primary School joined with the pupils and teachers on their walk to school. The pupils were encouraged to ask any questions they may have about the new building, which led to some interesting conversations. The site team were happy to get involved in an initiative that promoted exercise...
