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Clean Air Day Air Quality Quiz 
In order to raise awareness of Clean Air Day, a quiz focusing on air pollution was sent out to the University of Glasgow Project Team. Questions covered areas such as health implications relating to air quality, indicators of local air quality, how to reduce exposure to air pollution and pollutants relating to Non Road Mobile Machinery (NRMM). The five participants...
Lichen Air Quality Survey
Clean Air Day is the UK’s largest campaign against air pollution. Before this it was World Environment Day, the United Nations’ day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment, with this year’s theme focusing on air pollution. Between the two events, Multiplex engaged in a number of activities to help educate people on air pollution, and to...
Air Quality Top Tips and Pledges
Thursday 20th June was Clean Air Day 2019, the UK’s largest campaign against air pollution. Before this on Wednesday 5th June it was World Environment Day, the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment, with this year’s theme focusing on air pollution. Between the two events, the Multiplex Sustainability Team posted 13 Top Tips...
Sustainable Drainage System Demonstration Workshop
The team from Multiplex’s University of Glasgow project participated in workshops facilitated by researchers from the University which looked at the rain gardens that will form an important part of the campus redevelopment’s future infrastructure. The rain gardens are a sustainable urban drainage system which have been designed to treat storm water run-off. The first workshop, which was organised with...
Upcycling Timber Through Biotechnology
This contractor has used Mykor, which is a biotechnology and advanced materials company developing commercially viable and sustainable building materials grown from waste. Timber waste on this project is being used to produce a sustainable alternative to construction materials such as insulation, along with homeware items through 3D Print Technology Timber waste is inoculated with Mycelium which is the vegetative...
Keyless Door Management
This project is the first to use new technology for locking and accessing internal doors on site, which eliminates need for hundreds of keys for different apartments during construction. This eliminates the need for signing in and out of keys on registers as well as being efficient way of managing different trades across apartments. The technology offers real-time access control...
Mobile Tether Board
On The Broadway project, we have a site policy that all phones must be tethered and used in safe areas. However, we found that not all tethers were suitable for the site. The team has worked hard on researching the best/safest phone tethers for our site and have come up with a select few that are suitable for a variety...
Veterans Committee
This contractor has a family of veterans working within the business including a group of ex-armed forces and ex-‘blue’ light service personnel who have landed in the construction industry one way or another. In order to support each other to the very best of their abilities, their Veterans Committee was formed. The Chairman and Vice Chairman are both ex-army, and...
Mental Health Week Workforce Picnics
Mental health is an important part of health and safety on all of this contractors projects. For Mental Health Week they engaged with the workforce by organising picnics across the whole month. Each site manager took up to 5 people for a picnic in the green spaces around site – in keeping with the theme of ‘Nature’ for Mental Health...
First Fossil Fuel-Free Major Property Estate
This project is set to be the UK’s first fossil fuel-free major mixed-use property estate, all eight buildings across the development will be powered by electricity derived from renewable resources, producing zero emissions in operation. Features of the Fossil Fuel-Free Mixed-Use Estate: All buildings across this estate will be electric and use air source heat pumps. The first on this...
English Lessons and Other Qualifications for Speakers of Other Languages
This contractor have been working collaboratively with Lambeth College and London South Bank University (LSBU), to pilot a programme which aims to upskill diverse members of their workforce who are foreign and often struggle with the English language, providing them with the opportunity to learn and feel more comfortable engaging with other people on site. This voluntary course will also...
Hot Works Control System
This project has implemented a system of controlling hot works as part of their critical risk activities review programme. Having discovered a new 3L multi-use wet chemical fire extinguisher that is used for the main fire points, they are also using it as a hot works portable system in a 330ml container. As this system does not exist on any...
Medical ID and Emergency Contact Details
To encourage the safety of the operatives on and off site, The Broadway project has requested for all operatives to update their medical information and emergency contact details on their smart phones. This phone feature allows details to be viewed even when the phone is locked, therefore easily accessible in the case of an emergency. Information such as allergies, blood...
Female Specific PPE
After a gap in the market was discovered, our Senior Office Manager, supported by Multiplex’s Temporary Works Manager, have been working with Onsite Support and Leo to develop a dual-tone female-shaped Hi-Vis. The Broadway will be the first project for Multiplex to make this change. Ensuring details of purchasing are passed onto the supply chain, all of the women currently...
Pride LGBTQ+ Helmet Stickers
In order to celebrate Pride Month, the contractor team on this project have provide Pride LGBTQ+ helmet stickers. Additional to this the contractor showed support to those celebrating Pride Month with banners placed at the vehicle gates and small flags were distributed to office workers.
