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Photovoltaic Portable Toilet Block

Published 16 March 2020 | No comments
Written by Nalise Hahn

CategoriesConserve of energy Energy efficient plant and equipment Toilets

The site team had the challenge of finding a portable toilet unit that met site specific requirements for availability and manoeuvrability around site. At the time, the site needed an additional toilet immediately and this needed to be operational upon delivery, with other types of toilets requiring time and material to wire in or connect drainage for. This would also...

Closed Loop Recycling Scheme for Signage

Published 16 March 2020 | No comments
Written by Patrick Smith

CategoriesReduced use of single use plastics Signage

At Great Portland Estate’s Hanover Square project, the Mace team have implemented a closed loop recycling scheme for site signage. This initiative has meant that signage made from plastics that are traditionally disposed of via the waste and logistics contractor, are instead collected on site and returned to the supplier as part of a closed loop recycling scheme, meaning they are...

Nuisance Management Signage

Published 9 March 2020 | No comments
Written by Nalise Hahn

CategoriesClient feedback Noise Notice board Notice board

As part of managing nuisance on site and being considerate towards our neighbours, the team performed noise tests prior to starting on site and designed a specialist information board to display the results of noise tests on site. The board shows the type of activities which can be carried out and machinery which can be used at different times of...

Mad Science Sustainability Lab

Published 9 March 2020 | No comments
Written by Nalise Hahn

CategoriesCommunity engagement Reduced use of single use plastics Schools and nurseries

As part of delivering our corporate responsibility targets relating to community engagement on this project, we have partnered with a company called Mad Science to deliver an informative series of sustainability workshops to a local school. Mad Science’s Sustainability Lab workshop programme is much easier to teach, more engaging and is much less stressful than a mass field trip to...

Biodegradable Overshoes

Published 24 February 2020 | No comments
Written by Patrick Smith

CategoriesPost completion impact report Reduced use of single use plastics

As part of Mace’s Time to Act campaign to reduce single use plastics on site, the Hanover Square project team procured oxo-biodegradable overshoes rather than the widely used non-biodegradable overshoes. During fit-out and installation of permanent floor finishes, a significant number of overshoes can be used to access apartments or specific areas each day, creating a high volume of single-use...

Use of Colour and Space in Welfare to Improve Wellbeing

Published 17 February 2020 | No comments
Written by Helen Fake

CategoriesCanteen Mental health Notice board Reduced use of single use plastics Signage

At Mace’s 78 St James’s Street project, the welfare facilities were completed considering the use of colour and space to improve wellbeing. Psychological research suggests that colour can have a significant effect on mood and has links with the wellbeing of people using the area. Bright colours were used to stimulate the mind and improve the mood onsite, making the...

PPE Mannequins

Published 17 February 2020 | No comments
Written by Nahid Haque

CategoriesPPE

The industry has many varying rules and PPE requirements with bespoke policies between contractors. Typically, inductions lay out the requirements briefly and without engagement or assessment of understanding. This can lead to operatives wearing incorrect PPE and having to be repeatedly reprimanded on site and being made to re-attend inductions, which wastes time and causes resentment. At our Mace project,...

Internal Use of Birds of Prey

Published 17 February 2020 | No comments
Written by Nahid Haque

CategoriesRemoval of invasive species

Birds have been an issue throughout the whole build process. Pigeons have often nested or just visited the building, littering surfaces with droppings, creating health and safety issues as well as potentially ruining finished surfaces. Given the nature of the end use of the project, we wanted to scare the birds away in the friendliest way possible. As there is...

Time Clock Controlled Mains Water Supply

Published 3 February 2020 | No comments
Written by Patrick Smith

CategoriesWater saving measures

The City Gate House project team installed a series of water efficiency measures (as part of the temporary services package) to reduce water consumption during construction. This included a time clock control on the mains site water meter, with a solenoid valve switching off the water supply to the entire site during non-working hours. This eliminates the risk of leaks...

Bottles with a Difference

Published 17 December 2019 | No comments
Written by Nalise Hahn

CategoriesReduced use of single use plastics

As part of our Responsible Business Strategy, one of our commitments is to reduce the 3,000 tonnes of plastic waste that Mace generates each year. Plastic cups and bottles are just some of the products that we throw away every day and many of these are only used once. So the Mace team at Greenwich Square decided to source project...

CCS Awareness Week

Published 18 November 2019 | No comments
Written by PJ Choi

CategoriesSocial media

As part of our commitment to promoting the company values and a positive industry image, Mace created a social media campaign on Twitter to target each element of the Considerate Constructors Scheme Code of Practice in the form of a daily tweet. It not only communicates how important the areas of Appearance, Community, Safety, Workforce and Environment are to us...

Welfare Shower Timers to Reduce Water Consumption

Published 11 November 2019 | No comments
Written by Donald Cooke

CategoriesShowers Water saving measures

On the One Crown Place Project for Mace, we are striving to reduce our environmental impact. One area of focus is our water use both in the construction activities on site but also focusing on the water use in the site welfare. An area we have looked at is focusing the operatives on the contribution they can make to water...

Riser Protection through Utilisation of RiserSafe System

Published 4 November 2019 | No comments
Written by Tom Webster

CategoriesFalling objects

Falls from height continue to be one of the biggest killers in construction. To minimise the risk of working at height in risers, the One Crown Place team have gone beyond internal and external recommendations in riser safety, challenging standard practice by designing out this key risk on the project by implementing the RiserSafe system. RiserSafe, developed by a company...

Plastics Scorecard

Published 4 November 2019 | One comment
Written by Lynne Potter

CategoriesEducation Reduced use of single use plastics

At Mace, we launched our ‘Time To Act’ campaign on plastics in 2018. We have company-wide focuses for elimination, reduction, trialling alternatives, and sharing our successes with our other projects to replicate. As part of our construction focus we developed a ‘plastics scorecard’. This is a checklist with a number of prerequisites, along with many additional options for plastic reduction...

Wellbeing Week

Published 4 November 2019 | No comments
Written by Becky Stimson

CategoriesWellbeing events

Working on the Expedia – Project Lion, as part of Mace’s Wellbeing Week, we have a day for physical health. We have a personal trainer coming in to lead a workshop on physical training and health which is open to all operatives on the job. The personal trainer will be doing an open session on the benefits of physical activity...

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