CCS Presentation Wall

Published 9 December 2019 | No comments
Written by Hannah Taylor
CategoriesClient feedback
To promote our best practice examples we have allocated a wall in the site office that is visible to everyone that enters the site. On the wall we have displayed our CCS presentation which is regularly updated. This is so that everyone onsite can see what we have done since the beginning on the project towards CCS best practice, ask...

Tinnitus Tailor App

Published 10 September 2019 | No comments
Written by Jade O'Hara
CategoriesNoise
At a Project Scheme Champion’s meeting, one subcontractor advised on their issues with tinnitus and how they have managed the condition by using a mobile phone app. The Tinnitis Tailor app provides background sound therapy, which greatly reduces the effects of tinnitus. As tinnitus is a common condition (affecting around 30% of people) and brought about by changes in noise...

Donating Skills, Labour and Materials to a Local Homeless Shelter

Published 2 September 2019 | No comments
Written by Hannah Taylor
CategoriesSupport for local charities
The Lancaster & District Homeless Action Service (LDHAS) centre was founded in 1987 by a group of local churches and has since became a registered charity. Their day centre, based in Edward Street in Lancaster, provides advice, food, shower and laundry facilities. Initially, when we approached the service they were organising a Christmas dinner to be held in the local...

Eco Construction Project with Local School

Published 29 July 2019 | No comments
Written by Hannah Taylor
CategoriesReduced use of single use plastics Schools and nurseries
To support the local primary school with their Environmental Week, we helped design and build an eco construction project. We began by visiting the school at their assembly. We talked about our project, different construction roles and construction H&S. Our site donated excess timber, pallets, screws, nails, paint and volunteers to help. We worked with the teachers to keep the...

School Visits: Building Material Game

Published 29 July 2019 | No comments
Written by Craig Shiell
CategoriesSchools and nurseries
Within the training area at our site, we have built a game for the school visits. We have based it on the I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here trials, where the kids have got to guess what is in each box by touch only. We have placed a variety of different building materials and tools within each box,...

Qualifications on PPE

Published 24 June 2019 | No comments
Written by Kirsty Allan
CategoriesPPE
Keeping a track on operatives training qualifications is a challenge for any construction site, particularly for sites that have large number of site personnel (750+). To provide on-site reassurance that individual operatives are appropriately qualified to carry out the works they are undertaking, all sub-contractors have been encouraged to issue Hi-Viz vests with the company and operatives’ names, along with...

Colour Coded Barriers

Published 29 April 2019 | No comments
Written by Jane Elder
CategoriesPedestrian safety
The segregation of pedestrians from moving plant is always paramount in our traffic management plans. As such, we already maintain pedestrian barriers to all walkways. Whilst carrying out daily briefings, it was identified that the colour coding of areas identified on the briefing board could be transferred to the barriers on the walkways. Using coloured netting over pedestrian barriers would...

Adapted Excavator Bucket

Published 8 April 2019 | No comments
Written by Jane Elder
CategoriesRisk assessments
This bucket adaptation was developed to deal with several issues relating to health and safety. It also reduced waste and improved quality. The concrete lorry was able to discharge directly into the bucket and from there, the concrete would be placed accurately into the foundation. The design of the bucket meant that the chute could be directed exactly where the...

Family Fridays

Published 21 March 2019 | No comments
Written by paul matthew
CategoriesRest
Robertson Construction Eastern have started running ‘Family Fridays’. All staff and site personnel, including subcontractors, are encouraged to finish their work on Friday at 3pm, as we are keen to make work lifestyle balance much better for all. Staff then have the opportunity to collect their children from school/nursery etc., meaning there is no need for alternative arrangements childcare etc....

Waste Toner

Published 18 March 2019 | No comments
Written by Anne Edwards
CategoriesSupport for local charities
On a previous projects, we wondered if we could make some money for charity by selling the recycled toner bottles from our Ricoh printer. We were aware that used printer cartridges can be sold online to raise money for charity, so we wondered if the same applied to toner bottles. We contacted a number of charities to see if they...

Digital Daily Briefing and Notice Boards

Published 25 February 2019 | No comments
Written by Jane Elder
CategoriesToolbox talks and daily briefings
The team have installed five digital screens which systematically display live and up-to-date site information, including: Daily briefing information What’s on Site safety bulletins and alerts Current SHE promotions Site awards Weather Number of operatives, first aiders, SMSTS and SSSTS in categories. Operatives prior to going on site, or at breaks, receive current site information. On feedback forms, we have...

Teaching the Trades

Published 18 February 2019 | No comments
Written by Ashley McDonald
CategoriesColleges and universities Community engagement Promoting construction as a career choice Schools and nurseries Support for careers advice
A new course designed by Robertson Group in line with Education Scotland’s Developing the Young Workforce (employability group) has been implemented comprising of two sessions per week throughout the school year (48 sessions in total). During this time a class of 10 15-16 year old pupils learn skills to make them more employable (in construction) when they leave school. The...

Management of Oystercatchers

Published 25 October 2018 | No comments
Written by Liam Short
CategoriesIdentification of flora, fauna and natural resources Identify potential natural environment detriment
It was highlighted by our client from the outset of the project that there were Oystercatchers present within the University campus. They had a history of nesting birds on existing live buildings, as well as recently delaying a live University construction project. To try and mitigate the risk of nesting birds during our construction period we created six temporary beaches...

Safety Journey

Published 5 October 2018 | No comments
Written by Liam Short
CategoriesHazard boards Positive reinforcement for good safety practices
Due to the volume safety information required these day’s it is easy to understand why people feel overwhelmed with what is on display, and subsequently don’t absorb the key messages. To counter this we created the ‘Safety Journey’. Once site staff enter through the security turnstile they are confronted by a chicane of hoardings each displaying one key safety message....

Site Specific Induction Video using Head Cam

Published 24 August 2018 | No comments
Written by William Halmshaw
CategoriesInduction and training
New operatives on site are more likely to have an accident within the first hour of being on a new site than at any other time. For years, the induction process has changed the way operatives are introduced to a new construction site. By taking this once step further and giving operatives a first person perspective of the site without...

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