Worker’s Gallery Featuring Individual Safety Reminders

Published 26 March 2018 | No comments
Written by Charlotte Ross
CategoriesPositive reinforcement for good safety practices
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

Published 22 January 2018 | No comments
Written by Charlotte Ross
CategoriesPlanned planting and hard engineering to enhance the natural environment Protection of existing natural habitat Schools and nurseries
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

Published 16 January 2018 | No comments
Written by Charlotte Ross
CategoriesRainwater harvesting Water saving measures
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...

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