Recycled and Reusable Plastic Pallets
A continual issue found on construction sites, from both an environmental and health and safety focus, is the use of traditional timber pallets for material delivery. These usually have a very limited lifespan, and after one delivery can very rarely be used as is again, requiring further manufacture to make them fit for use. Fire loading is also a common...
Working Conditions Survey as Part of a Modern Slavery Strategy
As part of the contractors strategy to help eradicate modern slavery, one of the projects conducted a working conditions survey among the site operatives in partnership with a survey provider. Each worker was invited to participate in this anonymous survey, to answer comprehensive questions about their working conditions, safety, and wellbeing. The survey process measured working conditions and helped to...
Precast Floor ‘U-Slab’
An opportunity arose to demonstrate a bespoke integration of structure and MEP services during the development of this project. After a number of test assemblies the project team settled on a method where the MEP module was married to the underside of a precast floor slab. Entitled the ‘U-Slab’ due to it’s shape, this method of construction has delivered numerous...
Pre Serviced Walls
On this project they are using pre serviced walls across several of the floors. These are walls made of chipboard that are manufactured off site and have hockey sticks and sockets fixed into them. The walls fit into a wooden track that has been fixed into the floor and ceiling. The walls are self-supporting, meaning that when the track has...
Bespoke Article on Opportunities in the Built Environment for Local Sixth Form College
In a developing relationship with a sixth form college to one of its sites, this contractor identified an opportunity to write an inspiring guidance article to help students understand the opportunities available to them in the construction industry. This was published in the college’s fortnightly online careers newsletter. The article was to open the students’ eyes to the huge range...
Clean Tech Roadshow On Site
Mace hosted a Cleantech Roadshow on one of its project sites, with electric tools and construction plant demonstrated by three suppliers: Wacker Neuson: Battery Dumper, Battery Excavator, Battery Rammer, Battery Plate and Battery Poker Makita: Electric hand tools Pop Up: Electric working platform. The event was successful in promoting and increasing the use of electric plant and tools by: Raising...
The Big Conversation
In November 2020 the project team carried out a week of events called ‘The Big Conversation’. The aim of the week’s events was to set a fantastic foundation for building a safety culture on the project. This coincided with the launch of the ‘Safe at Heart and I care | You Count | We Matter’ strategy on the project. It...
Indoor Air Quality Wellbeing Plants
In order to provide a better work environment for staff on the project they decided to implement a wellbeing activity. This activity looked at the beneficial impact of natural vegetation (notably indoor plants) and it’s beneficial physiological effects on employee wellbeing. Poor indoor air quality can have negative impacts upon our health therefore these plants have been specifically chosen for...
Datascope Digital Daily Activity Briefings
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...
CESAR Emissions Compliance Verification 
This contractor is specifying sub-contractors use CESAR Emission Compliance Verification tags to help check and verify that plant and equipment and non-road mobile machinery is compliant with air quality emissions standards. This is a an invaluable ‘bolt-on’ product to the existing CESAR Security System that is widely used in industry. Emissions Compliance Verification (ECV) is a clear and concise system...
CARES Cloud – Digital Chain of Custody for Rebar
The contractor are working with CARES and the steel rebar supply chain to implement a digital chain of custody for rebar. Until now demonstrating the provenance of material on site has relied on collecting delivery notes to cross check against computer databases to confirm compliance with quality and sustainability standards. Whilst CARES certified rebar has a pattern of rolling marks...
Signing up to the SteelZero Initiative
Steel is the world’s most widely used material – but despite technologies existing for production to be decarbonised, steelmaking is currently one of the biggest emitters of CO2 globally. Organisations that join SteelZero make a public commitment to procure 100% net zero steel by 2050. By harnessing their collective purchasing power and influence, we’re sending a strong demand signal to...
Constructing the UK’s Highest Capacity Piles in Central London
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
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
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...
