Progressive Screed Wagon
The project team used the Progressive screed pump lorry to deliver waste, carbon and time savings on a tightly constrained site. This lorry carries all materials it needs to site, with an integral screed pump to mix and deliver 10m3 screed without any separate deliveries or storage required on site. There are several benefits of using this which are: Waste...
Remote Controlled Electric Breaker
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
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
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 
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...
Transporting Large Prefabricated Components using a Driverless Vehicle
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...
Waste Scorecard
Mace are working hard to reduce their waste tonnages from site, particularly focused on the construction phase (rather than demolition or excavation which we have little influence on.) Following on from the success of their Plastics Scorecard which gave a checklist guidance on what to focus on, they have adapted this to cover the broader waste agenda too. The Waste...
Modern Slavery Event
As part of their work in tackling Modern Slavery, the team at One Crown Place held an event with Hope for Justice. The event comprised of a series of toolbox talks for contractors on site, with advanced notice of the event communicated to ensure operatives from all trades could attend, and held at a suitable time so that it would...
Carbon Footprint Leaderboard
Mace launched their Net Zero Carbon (NZC) strategy in January 2020, and have held several webinars, comms sessions and relevant literature for their sites to clearly outline the strategy and what it means for their projects. As well as carbon modelling and practical steps taken on site to influence their most carbon intensive packages of work, it’s important that those...
Arbnco Indoor Environmental Quality Monitoring
As part of an ongoing commitment to workforce welfare, the Garrard House project team wanted to collect continuous, real-time data on indoor environmental quality in the construction site offices and welfare. Eight commercial-grade Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) monitors were installed by Arbnco to monitor air quality, ventilation and thermal comfort (CO2, temperature, humidity, PM1, PM2.5, PM10 (Particulate Matter) and TVOC...
Induction Video Supporting a New Way to Learn
Mace’s Greenwich Peninsula Upper Riverside team has created a 4D video clearly showing step-by-step processes involved in taking a typical apartment from concrete box to finished state. The video was developed with in-house BIM specialists to enable all operatives to see in a short, easy to follow video their role in the wider sequence of building a typical apartment. The...
Investing in Personal Development
Mace’s Greenwich Peninsula Upper Riverside team completed a series of team building exercises followed by the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) online assessment and feedback exercise to enhance team dynamics and promote personal growth. The short multi-choice questionnaire aims to identify personal preferences in terms of decision making and how individuals perceive their environments. Individuals elect for their best-fit MBTI type...
Dust Mitigation Equipment
Air pollution is a big concern for all of us and the construction industry is a significant contributor to air pollution through dust, plant and transport. At Mace’s UCLH P5 site, there is a committed approach to managing dust and new pieces of kit have been brought to site to reduce dust. 1. Hilti Concrete Cutter with dust extraction Dust...
Business Travel Scorecard
Mace have developed a ‘Business Travel Scorecard’ as part of their campaign to be a Net Zero Carbon business. By encouraging active travel and reducing unnecessary travel to their construction sites, the aim is to reduce overall carbon emissions and adopt healthy behaviours. The document covers minimum compliance (mandatory actions) and best practice covering the following topics: Travel to site:...
Air Quality Action Plan
Mace have developed an ‘Air Quality Action Plan’ to encourage the provision of clean and healthy work environments whilst reducing exposure to respiratory hazards on site. The document covers minimum compliance (mandatory actions) and best practice covering the following topics: Identifying receptors and risks HVAC systems and fresh air supply Baseline testing and continuous monitoring Developing proposals to control identified...
