S A C Construction Ltd
Closed Hand Signal Modern Slavery Awareness
This contractor has trained their site workforce and the supply chain to recognise and understand what to do in the event of someone showing them the closed hand signal, which identifies someone as being a victim of trafficking. They did this through encouraging the workforce to carry out Stronger Together’s e-learning courses and placing posters around the project on the...
Improving Wellbeing with FitBit Technology
We decided to run and monitor a FitBit weekly competition, these are freely issued to our supply chain. Monitoring the health and wellbeing of the workforce is paramount to achieving a cohesive working environment whereby everyone shares common goals and improves interaction across trades that may not always receive the interaction on the work-face. The site did this by tracking:...
Upcycling Materials
Wanting to enhance the appearance of our site and provide pleasant outdoor rest areas for our workforce and our sub-contractors, we contacted local suppliers and advertised within the local community to collect any redundant pallets or unwanted timber (whilst maintaining social distancing). The response was fantastic, with a number of pallets being donated to our team, who then up cycled...
Rechargeable Temporary Lighting
Whilst waiting for our temporary lighting to be installed we purchased eight portable and rechargeable LED light units with motion sensors were fitted. Each light fitting has four settings which allows different levels of light for different tasks being undertaken. They are small and compact and once fully charged they have a battery life of up to five hours and...
