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Food Surplus Social Enterprise

Published 29 April 2019 | No comments
Written by PJ Choi

CategoriesSupport for local charities

We use a Social Enterprise called ‘Day Old’ to provide catering for our team events, lunches and hospitality. Day Old is a food surplus Social Enterprise which tackles food waste and food poverty. These goods are collected from artisan bakeries the day before, preventing them from going to waste and ending up in landfill. 600,000 tonnes of avoidable waste happens...

Belu Water Social Enterprise

Published 18 April 2019 | No comments
Written by Patrick Smith

CategoriesCarbon offsetting Carbon reduction Support for local charities Water saving measures

The project team at Mace’s 25 Grosvenor Street made the decision to procure their site water from ‘Belu’, a registered social enterprise. Whilst several water providers donate some of their profits to charity, Belu donate 100% of their profits to the international development charity Water Aid. This supports their work in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal...

Educational Colouring In Calendar

Published 16 April 2019 | No comments
Written by Alison Cooper

CategoriesCommunity engagement

The Grosvenor Square team originally wanted to create a calendar to provide the team, subcontractors and client with the important awareness dates throughout the year. This idea evolved into a multi-purpose calendar highlighting health and safety, wellbeing and education, by working with CLOCS and CCS, we created a colouring-in Grosvenor Square calendar. The aim was for the workforce and client...

Single Use Plastics Workshop

Published 16 April 2019 | No comments
Written by Patrick Smith

CategoriesEnvironmental/sustainability policy Reduced use of single use plastics

As a responsible business, Mace is reducing the 3,000 tonnes of plastic waste it generates every year and will reduce its consumption of single-use plastics by 20% on sites and corporately by 80%. To do this, we have launched a single-use plastic reduction campaign across the business called ‘Time to Act’ which encourages people to ditch unnecessary plastics. At Mace’s...

Datascope Digital Daily Activity Briefings

Published 28 January 2019 | No comments
Written by Fin O'Sullivan

CategoriesToolbox talks and daily briefings Workforce

The One Crown Place (OCP) project in London is currently using a digital daily activity briefings (DAB) board in partnership with Datascope to communicate daily activities in a faster cleaner, way. On previous projects this was done with marker pens and paper, then photographed and emailed out to trades which was time consuming. We have used this on previous projects...

Volunteering Week with Kids UK

Published 10 December 2018 | One comment
Written by Max Streetley

CategoriesCommunity engagement Engage with community facilities

KIDS Hackney Adventure Playground provide vital support services to disabled children, young people and their families throughout the UK. In total, KIDS provided support to over 11,000 disabled individuals and their families, alongside 80 Local Authorities. All staff at the center are fully trained to support children with a range of complex health needs, making The Adventure Playground one of...

Constructing the UK’s Highest Capacity Piles in Central London

Published 4 December 2018 | No comments
Written by Ushna Mughal

CategoriesConserve of resources Dust Noise

Mace’s 21 Moorfields team is currently constructing the UK’s highest capacity piles, which are 2.4m in diameter and over 60m deep. The traditional method for constructing piles using bentonite is to top up the concrete until it overflows the casing. It is then necessary to break out the concrete to the correct level to form a pile cap. Consequently, the...

Pre-Fabricated Sprinklers

Published 29 November 2018 | No comments
Written by Darren Pope

CategoriesPrefabrication

The Mace LSE Delivery Team along with Dornan Engineering and Ultra Sure Fire have excelled using their experience and knowledge of pre-fabrication and the associated health, safety and wellbeing benefits with a ground breaking innovation. This has been the first project to completely pre-fabricate sprinkler and dry riser installations. The entire works have been 100% manufactured and developed off-site with...

Dry Lining Material Handling Trollies

Published 23 November 2018 | No comments
Written by Darren Pope

CategoriesControls and expected behaviours

On our project at the London School of Economics Centre Buildings Redevelopment, our supply chain partner BDL, of the Carey Group, has developed material handling solutions to increase efficiency and enhance safety. Through experience and trials on site, the team have been pivotal to the production of broad trollies with adjustable clamps to secure boards, pump trollies which enable full...

Remote Controlled Electric Breaker

Published 12 November 2018 | No comments
Written by Patrick Smith

CategoriesElectric vehicles Energy efficient plant and equipment Green/renewable energy

At Mace’s GPE Hanover Square Project, J Coffey Construction Ltd used a ‘Brokk 260’ remote controlled electric powered breaker to substitute a more traditional diesel powered breaker, used for breaking out concrete. Sustainability benefits include: Reduced carbon emissions – as electricity at Hanover Square is sourced from a 100% renewable supplier (Ecotricity), electrical breakers have zero carbon emissions. Reduced pollution...

Safety is in Your Hands

Published 12 November 2018 | No comments
Written by Darren Pope

CategoriesPositive reinforcement for good safety practices PPE

Through some extensive development work with one of our key suppliers, Trafi Glove, the Mace team have come up with a simple, but very effective way to ensure core safety values are at the forefront of all site activities. Mace’s Four Steps to Safety initiative encourages and empowers all involved with the scheme to shape safety while ensuring all operations...

Main Contractors’ Logistics Forum

Published 12 November 2018 | No comments
Written by Darren Pope

CategoriesClient feedback Community meetings Consultation on health and safety

Due to a high concentration of construction activity in a very consolidated area, with a very busy University campus occupying most of it, the Mace London School of Economics Centre Buildings Redevelopment team knew they had to think outside the box from the outset. From past experience, site teams from differing main contractors in the same area usually come into...

On Site Digital Posters

Published 31 October 2018 | No comments
Written by Ellie Callard

CategoriesHazard boards Notice board Positive reinforcement for good safety practices Signage

A new system for displaying health, safety, well-being and environmental information has recently been installed at the UCLH P5 project. Digital display boards are a useful instrument on construction sites. However, they are often expensive and need a large area to be installed within. With a very small footprint, UCLH P5 wanted to find a digital display board that did...

Snapchat Lens

Published 31 October 2018 | No comments
Written by Tom Hook

CategoriesColleges and universities Community engagement Social media

The LSE CBR project is at the heart of the LSE campus and therefore has lots of interaction with the neighbouring students and staff. As part of Freshers Week 2018, we designed a Snapchat lens and filter for students around the campus, advertised on posters and our Freshers Fair stand. The lens could be activated by simply taking a photo...

Transporting Large Prefabricated Components using a Driverless Vehicle

Published 31 October 2018 | No comments
Written by Dominic Ward

CategoriesConserve of energy Prefabrication

The team at Greenwich Peninsula Upper Riverside had a successful shipment of 28 pre-fabricated raised running track elements to Green Peninsula from Venice, Italy. Each element had to be transported from a barge to a local allocated storage area then eventually on to site from the storage area for installation along public highways. Transporting via seas avoided the need for...

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