McAleer & Rushe
Bowel Health Test
This project offered construction workers a Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) to support early detection of bowel health issues. The FIT test is a simple, non-invasive screening tool that checks stool samples for hidden blood, which can be an early indicator of bowel cancer or other conditions such as Polyps. By providing access to this test on-site, the initiative promotes early...
Intelligent Drylining System
This contractor is using the InteWall Intelligent Drylining System which is a pre-panelised internal partition solution developed by British Gypsum. This is designed to integrate (MEP) services within the wall structure itself, reducing the need for secondary fix or disruptive modifications. This streamlines installation and coordination between trades. The system is manufactured off site, improving quality control, reducing on-site labour,...
Prefabricated Utility Cupboard
On this project they have designed a prefabricated utility cupboard specifically for the project. The steel frame unit has whiteboard walls included so it needs no further works when installed in the apartment. The prefabricated utility cupboard has Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR), water heaters, and distribution board incorporated and comes with a QR code which has full test...
Provision of Icle Tests
As part of Men’s Health Week, this contractor dedicated a time to highlight the unique health concerns that men face. They launched their initiative offering free Icle tests to employees. The Icle Test is an at-home urine test to detect blood in urine, an early warning sign of kidney or bladder cancer and a recognised symptom of prostate cancer. Given...
Wembley Innovative System
The Wi System is a simple, yet extremely versatile alternative to traditional windposts and lintels. It is a method of providing structural support to masonry panels subject to lateral load and can allow the uninterrupted construction of ‘oversize’ blockwork walls with unrestrained lengths of 11m and heights of 8m. Hollow column and trough blocks allow the construction of integral reinforced...
Tablet Donation to Support Digital Inclusion
To support digital inclusion, wellbeing, the environment, and education and learning for children, this contractor donated 25 Fire tablets to annually support children from single parent, lower income, or vulnerable households to access online learning resources, tutoring, and support services at a local primary school. Additionally, 15 fire tablets were donated to residents at a local care home to help...
System to Provide Real Time Temperature and Strength Gain Notifications in Poured Concrete
Traditionally, when forming RC slabs on an RC frame, site can not issue a permit to strike the formwork until cube results have been returned, however the lab may not always have cubes crushed/results available. Converge DNA is a system that gives real-time concrete curing data and accurate AI predictions. Embeddable wireless sensors are cast into the slab, providing live...
Summer Homeless Appeal
Every year around winter, this contractor donates coats and blankets to local charities or homeless centres, but with the increasing pressures of the cost of living on people we have found that there is still a massive demand in homeless centres during summer months. They came up with the idea of donating Summer Hygiene packs (similar to a Christmas Shoe...
Overdose Protection
Following first aid being administered several times to members of the public who were under the influence of drugs and in need of assistance, the site team decided that more had to be done to be prepared for a potential drug overdose situation around the site. Stop The Deaths is a campaign designed to help increase awareness of drug overdoses...
Worker’s Gallery Featuring Individual Safety Reminders
McAleer & Rushe’s site team at Skelhorne Street in Liverpool have been working with the operatives on site to really think about what Health & Safety means to them individually and on a personal level. Lots of the testaments have been centred on their families and others on their weekend hobbies and holidays. Safety on site, for us at McAleer...
Creating a Butterfly Hotel with Help from the Community
The McAleer & Rushe site team at New Waverley in Edinburgh created a green living space and biodiversity wall with the Royal Mile Primary School and the Royal Edinburgh Botanical Gardens. Together, they built a Bee and Butterfly Hotel. Pupils from the school helped to plant flowers in the green space and learned all about different pollinators which encourage bees...
Blue Roof for Sustainable Drainage
At McAleer & Rushe, our project team at Wembley is installing a blue roof with ICB Projects to comply with Sustainable Drainage requirements (SuDs). The blue roof attenuates water and releases the water slowly into the local sewage system, relieving pressure from the system during storm conditions. With the growth of urbanisation and growing lack of natural filtration options for...
International Men’s Day
As International Men’s Day approached, we wanted to draw attention to some critical information to our staff on site. With almost 50% of the population on the island of Ireland, and a large majority of the construction workforce being male, we want to make sure that our workforce not only go home safe but understand the every day risks presented...
Supporting Belfast Pride
Belfast Pride Festival is one of the biggest festivals in the city and runs over 100 events across 10 days. The festival runs from Friday 26th July until Sunday 4th August (Pride Day) and the centrepiece Pride Parade on Saturday 3rd August with many local businesses and community groups taking part. The Belfast Pride Parade is the biggest cross community...
Using the Scaffold Gantry to Engage the Public
This project in Brixton is located in an area of high public footfall and therefore site management team have been looking at ways to keep the public engaged throughout the works. To do this they have recently cut out four vision panels in their loading gantry. Two of these are at a low level so children and wheelchair users can...
