Morgan Sindall

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Fire Safety Plan Cards

Published 27 April 2020 | No comments
Written by Beth Miles

CategoriesControls and expected behaviours

Due to the project operating from a large office space, a fire plan was created using zone cards. The Fire Marshals are dedicated to a specific area of the site compound. As a result, they oversee the cards situated in their ‘zone’. These cards have two aspects ‘colour zone check’ and ‘colour zone checked’. Once the Fire Marshal has pulled...

Socially Safe Measures Implemented

Published 15 April 2020 | No comments
Written by Barney Sparrow

CategoriesPedestrian safety

The project team at Westvale Park Primary Academy has remained open during the recent coronavirus pandemic. However they have introduced stringent socially safe procedures and measures and will be maintaining these daily whilst the site remains open . The intention is to ensure that they are not only protecting their reduced workforce, but also to ensure that they are operating...

Community Dog Watering Pit Stop

Published 8 April 2020 | No comments
Written by Barney Sparrow

CategoriesCommunity engagement Notice board

The project team have introduced a considerate way to support their local community, by introducing a community dog watering pit stop, which comprises everything local dog owners and walkers need: a waste disposal area, essential dog bag dispenser and much needed dog drinking station as well as specific dog safety posters, which have been prepared for seasonal change i.e. summer...

Air Quality Particle Detecting Meter

Published 8 April 2020 | No comments
Written by Costas Petrides

CategoriesCarbon offsetting Carbon reduction Dust

This portable handheld air quality particle detecting meter is used to monitor particulate matter (PM) concentrations in the air. It also measures air temperature and relative humidity. PM values are colour coded and this visual system makes for easy recognition if PM levels become high. Dust particles that measure at 2.5 and PM10 can settle in our lungs, and the...

Anti-Bacterial Cleaning Regime

Published 27 March 2020 | No comments
Written by Barney Sparrow

CategoriesCanteen Cleaning and maintenance regime Toilets

On the Westvale Park Primary Academy project, which is currently in week seven (the enabling stage), with the intention of protecting our workforce, we have prepared and introduced a site specific anti-bacterial cleaning regime which we have prepared in line with the recently published Site Operating Procedures from the Construction Leadership Council. The site has remained open, and whilst it...

Knowledge Quad

Published 23 March 2020 | No comments
Written by Chris Jones

CategoriesPromoting construction as a career choice Support for careers advice Training plans

This initiative relates to the establishment of the Knowledge Quad (KQ) on site. The KQ is a fully furnished and equipped training area which is open for use by the local community, and is typically used to look at tackling skills shortages within the Liverpool City Region. Blackburne House is using the KQ for two days per week for five...

Chicken Coop Design Project

Published 9 March 2020 | No comments
Written by Laura Deadman

CategoriesCommunity engagement Schools and nurseries

Our local school had vandals attack their chicken coop, which led to the majority of their chickens being exposed to natural predators leading to only two little hens surviving. As we were trying to take a creative approach on how we could avoid any timber waste on our project, we decided to build a small prototype chicken coop for our...

Keeping Cool on Hot Works

Published 9 March 2020 | No comments
Written by Laura Deadman

CategoriesEmergency preparedness Training plans

Thermal imaging cameras are used to enhance the hot works process on all timber frame projects, and soon to be all projects for Morgan Sindall Construction’s east division. Hot works within timber framed buildings will be eliminated where possible, but there are occasions when this is not possible. Training is given to operatives at induction with regards to the use...

Clay Mat Spill Response Drain Covers

Published 2 March 2020 | No comments
Written by Emily Edwards

CategoriesSpill prevention

Morgan Sindall have purchased a new product to keep in the site’s spill kit bins. Ecospill clay mats are temporary mouldable drain covers that can be deployed over drains and gullies in the event of a spill, to prevent the spread of pollution into the drainage system. The mats have a built in polymer reinforcing layer, and are oil and...

Translocation of Rare Moth Habitat

Published 24 February 2020 | No comments
Written by Emily Edwards

CategoriesLandscaping Post completion impact report Specialist input

As part of the installation of a new dive under railway tunnel, it was required to move rail lines across onto the route of a watercourse (Brook Drain North). The project team therefore constructed an upgraded river section to replace this loss, with the installation of a 840 metre long, four metre deep open engineered earth channel. During pre-construction ecology...

Window Protection

Published 17 February 2020 | No comments
Written by Paul Watkins

CategoriesReduced use of single use plastics

We have started using a spray on window protection, which is more environmentally friendly than protecting glass with plastics and tape. It is easily applied with a roller or spray, and it protects window panes from plaster, mortar and paints. If you use a long handled roller, it reduces the need for working at height. But in times of being...

Use of Press to Check Dust Masks

Published 27 January 2020 | No comments
Written by Jane King

CategoriesDust PPE

We have mandated the use of press to check style masks instead of disposable masks. Exposure to construction dust remains one of the biggest causes of work related ill-health in our industry. While other control measures must first be implemented to eliminate or minimise the risk of exposure to harmful dusts or fumes/vapours caused by construction related activities, the use...

Tarmac Planing

Published 27 January 2020 | No comments
Written by Paul Watkins

CategoriesConserve of resources

On this project, the team have used recycled road scalpings to form their site car park. They needed 200 tons of the material, and compared to the material they usually use (granite type 1) their was a cost saving of 33%, and used a more environmentally friendly material and process. Roads are always being planed, and this is a good...

Health and Wellbeing

Published 13 January 2020 | One comment
Written by Paul Watkins

CategoriesCanteen Recreational facilities Rest

Morgan Sindall and its subcontractors all have strong beliefs regarding the wellbeing of the workforce and staff. As a result, during a sit down with our subcontractors, we all decided as a team to stop all work on Wednesdays between 9 and 10 am, and in this hour, only using phones for social purposes rather than taking work calls and getting...

Recycled Christmas Tree

Published 13 January 2020 | No comments
Written by Paul Watkins

CategoriesSchools and nurseries

Christmas has passed, but during the run up to it, we got a trainee onsite to recycle old pallets and turn them into the site’s Christmas tree, which was then placed in an area for the school to see as they left for the day. The school’s technology teacher, amongst others, loved it. The baubles have since been removed and...

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