Multiplex
Portable Rapid Eye Wash Stations
In an emergency situation, seconds count – especially when it comes to eye injuries. Eyewash stations have been extensively used on sites throughout the country. Normally, these involve breaking open vials, which can be fiddly and time consuming. In some cases, mounted plumbed-in water based eyewash systems are installed in specific locations around the site, which can take time to...
Campaign to Stop Domestic Violence 
According to the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) year ending March 2020, an estimated 5.5% of adults aged 16 to 74 years (2.3 million people) experienced domestic abuse in the previous year. Police also recorded crime data show an increase in offences flagged as domestic abuse-related during the coronavirus (COVID-19). London’s Metropolitan police service received an increased number...
Ask Twice Mental Health Campaign
The Mental Health First Aid team at this project have implemented an ‘Ask Twice’ Campaign. Considering the impact we all suffered during this difficult time, many people experience a mental health problem, so if someone says they are fine, they might not be. A second ‘How are you?’ could make all the difference, opening a window for a conversation. The...
A Walk Around the Office
The Healthy Working Lives committee on the University of Glasgow campus development have come together to create a virtual ‘walk around the office’, where there is a race for a number of teams to make their way around all the Multiplex offices in the world. This will be an ongoing challenge, projected to take 10 months, where teams will track...
Tackling Climate Change with Science Based Targets
Multiplex has made a significant commitment to sustainability by taking the crucial step towards a low-carbon economy and signing up to the Science Based Target initiative. The business is only the second UK construction company to have targets approved by the SBTi and officially aligned with global demands to tackle climate change. Multiplex has committed to reduce direct carbon emissions...
Scotland Against Modern Slavery
The construction industry is particularly at risk of modern slavery and unethical labour practices. To help combat this, the contractor have become Corporate Partners of Scotland Against Modern Slavery, a forum including the Scottish Government, public organisations and businesses. Scotland Against Modern Slavery exists to help eradicate the atrocity of human trafficking and raise awareness across the Scottish business community...
PVC Freezer Flaps used to Control Room Temperature
This contractor has introduced the use of PVC freezer flaps to control room temperature. To enable them to complete the flooring, rooms have to be at certain temperature, so instead of using 110V heaters, they are using PVC freezer flaps. Once works are completed, the freezer flaps can be relocated and reused on different areas, allowing them to use less...
Mental Health Support for Vehicle Drivers
Driving around London can be a very stressful task, especially when considering using lorries to carry very heavy loads. The project team are now providing some mental health support for delivery drivers visiting the project. They have created a document to be given to every driver visiting the project, which will provide some assistance and support for a difficult moment....
CPR Awareness Workshop
The Emergency Response Team on this project were supplied with three Annie dolls from London Ambulance, so they could refresh their skills with first aiders. Whilst they had these dolls they obtained agreement from London Ambulance to raise awareness to anyone on site who wanted to understand more about CPR. Although coronavirus prevented them from demonstrating rescue breaths, those who...
Cold Weather Shelter Outreach Programme
The 80 Charlotte Street Project Team have collaborated with a new community group. The American International Church located on the boundary of the project on Tottenham Court Road hosted the Wednesday evening shelter for the C4WS’s cold weather shelter. As part of this commitment, one night per week the church hosts up to 20 guests overnight who are currently homeless...
Weekly Walking and Running Groups
On the Broadway project we have set up a weekly walking group as well as a weekly running group to boost positive mental health. The group has been open to all office staff and construction staff and comes with a great initiative of receiving a water bottle following five group walks or a t-shirt following five running sessions. We know...
Avoiding Nuisance Through a Steel Plate Shear Wall System and Steel Truss System
At Marble Arch Place, Multiplex is building an 18 storey tower, a seven storey building and a five storey basement. As top-down construction is being used, temporary reinforcement is required to support the core and slabs above the basement before permanent support structures can be constructed. Initially, Multiplex was going to install 250mm and 400mm thick, heavily reinforced temporary, double...
Laser Scanning to Reduce Over Digging and the Impacts of Unnecessary Truck Movements
At Marble Arch Place, Multiplex is digging a five storey basement, which will result in a large number of ‘muckaway’ trucks being required to remove the soil and clay required. Whilst laser scanning is now commonly used on sites, there are few companies that have used it extensively in basement digging. Multiplex used this extremely precise technique to avoid removing...
Ethical Labour Practices and Human Rights Webinar
The project Team marked International Human Rights Day by hosting a live webinar with guest speaker Annabel Short, Senior Advisor of the Built Environment for the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB). The webinar was open to all staff as well as clients, consultants and supply chain partners. The discussion covered what human rights mean in practice in the...
DABS – Daily Mental Health and Wellbeing Conversation
On this project, mental health and wellbeing are discussed on as daily basis during DABs coordination meeting. These meetings are held Monday to Friday and are mandatory for all subcontractors with over 50 people attending the meetings. Discussed in the meeting presentation is: Every day a new subject will be presented and discussed, eg: How to keep active, No Smoking...
