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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...

Reducing the Use of Single Use Plastics

Published 5 August 2019 | No comments
Written by Ushna Mughal

CategoriesReduced use of single use plastics

The project team have been the proud sponsor of the Urban Village Fete in North Greenwich since 2017. This fete draws on local suppliers, designers and performers, and provides a forum for top local talent for a community day full of stalls, music, DJs, dance, art and design workshops and food trucks with an international flavour. This year, in addition...

Protecting the Workforce from Dust

Published 5 August 2019 | No comments
Written by Ushna Mughal

CategoriesPPE

Mace’s Greenwich Peninsula Upper Riverside team continued with our sustained effort to safeguard our workforce from works that generated dust. As part of this the team procured full head and face mask breathing systems for working in higher dust exposure areas. This builds upon the team’s previous efforts which included conducting training sessions, using portable vacuum backpacks and enforcing Class...

Clean Air Day School Engagement

Published 8 July 2019 | No comments
Written by Patrick Smith

CategoriesSchools and nurseries

To support ‘Clean Air Day’, Mace’s Sustainability Manager at Helical’s Farringdon East OSD project visited the local Charterhouse Square Primary School to talk about the importance of clean air. The assembly was delivered to 120 children aged between four and ten, and covered the following key points: Why is clean air important? What stops our air being clean? How can...

4D Models for Safety

Published 1 July 2019 | No comments
Written by Ushna Mughal

CategoriesPrefabrication

Mace Group at the LSE Marshall Building are working with adjacent contractors who are in the unique situation of working on projects running side by side simultaneously with a shared boundary. Safety of those working on both sites along with public is key. In order to ensure the safety of staff and the public, Mace has developed and shared their...

Social Enterprise Revolution

Published 24 June 2019 | No comments
Written by Katerina Papavasileiou

CategoriesDocumented activities and targets for community engagement Products sourced locally

Mace at Greenwich Square Block Three is committed to procuring products and services from social enterprises. A social enterprise directs its profit to solve a social issue, therefore, increasing our contribution to society. As these organisations were not part of the key supply chain, we started small, identifying the ones that it would be easier to introduce on site. We...

Free for All Swap Shop

Published 29 April 2019 | No comments
Written by PJ Choi

CategoriesFinancial/debt management

At our site, we have started a ‘Free for All’ swap shop, where people can donate or collect items that are no longer needed or wanted by the original owner, as long as they are still in good condition. Everyone on site is encouraged to make use of the items that are available, and if they are able to, to...

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