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FHOSS Halo System

Published 5 May 2022 | No comments
Written by Olivia Hack

CategoriesAdequate lighting Pedestrian safety Positioning of equipment, lighting and CCTV

Vehicle movements are without a doubt a risk to the health and safety of the workforce on any construction site. Particularly with darker mornings and evenings during the winter months where visibility is significantly reduced. The FHoss system provides illuminated walkway systems and crossings to enable a safe passage for operatives and improved visibility for drivers. Focused beams of light...

Safety Improvement Through the use of Precast Fixings

Published 20 December 2021 | No comments
Written by Bruce Nixon

CategoriesDust

This contractor is using fixings pre-cast into the concrete slabs which minimises the need to drill the slab to create supports for the services modules. This therefore reduces the need to work at height and almost completely eliminates drilling and the dust it produces. This in turn creates a healthier and safer site to work on.

P-DfMA (Platform for Design, Manufacture and Assembly)

Published 20 December 2021 | No comments
Written by Bruce Nixon

CategoriesPrefabrication

This project is the world’s first large scale office building designed and constructed using the ‘kit of parts’ solution built on a P-DfMA structural frame. The platform system, known as P-DfMA (Platform for Design, Manufacture and Assembly), consists of a set of components that can be efficiently combined to produce highly customised structures. The system is based on repeatable processes...

Sustainability Newsletter

Published 4 October 2021 | No comments
Written by Lucy Austin

CategoriesInvolvement Newsletter

To help share best practice, new initiatives and learn lessons from other projects a sustainability newsletter has been created which is distributed around the whole company. The newsletter includes information such as sustainability performance, detailing positive success stories as well as areas for development. It also contains a number of case studies spanning environmental topics, employment and skills and community...

Self Defence for Women’s Safety

Published 4 October 2021 | No comments
Written by Lucy Austin

CategoriesTraining plans

Common Sense Self Defence led an informative and action-packed session for all female staff across the project whether site based, working from home or off-site. This was implemented as the final part of the contractors 3-part plan for women’s wellbeing as their team returns to site, which has included focuses on period dignity and domestic violence prevention. The instructor began...

QR Codes for Health and Wellbeing Resources

Published 4 October 2021 | No comments
Written by Lucy Austin

CategoriesAccess to health practitioners and counselling services Positive reinforcement for good safety practices

This contractor from the start of the pandemic worked with an onsite occupational health team, and their IT Team to develop a new way to distribute their monthly health campaigns to our workforce. They wanted to limit the number of personnel on site whilst works were reduced but still deliver their monthly health campaigns and presentations that would usually be...

Particulator

Published 4 October 2021 | No comments
Written by Lucy Austin

CategoriesCircular economy Lower embodied carbon content materials

The Particulator is designed to be fitted to smaller construction machines and removes diesel particulate matter from exhaust gas. It consists of a filter that is encased in a steel jacket and a control box to regenerate the filter when required and monitor back pressure. The filter is made of cordierite, a synthetic ceramic, which provides high filtration whilst keeping...

CreteBeater

Published 4 October 2021 | No comments
Written by Lucy Austin

CategoriesSpecialist input Water saving measures

The specialist contractor, JCoffey, have implemented a CreteBeater bath at their yard as a way to substantially reduce water use. CreteBeater is a concrete remover specifically designed to remove concrete and debris from tools and equipment in a safe way. It is biodegradable, non-toxic, non-corrosive and safe for human handling. The bath holds up to 600 litres of CreteBeater and...

3 Point Plan for Women’s Welfare

Published 4 October 2021 | No comments
Written by Lucy Austin

CategoriesSanitary bins

This contractor implemented a 3 Point Plan to support women’s wellbeing at work. This plan focused on domestic violence, period dignity and self-defence to create a safer environment both in and out of the workplace. This is especially poignant as domestic abuse reports significantly rose during lockdown & in 2020 it was reported that 55% of women were sexually harassed...

Sustainability Podcast

Published 27 September 2021 | No comments
Written by Lucy Austin

CategoriesPromoting achievements

This contractor has created a Sustainability Podcast available on social media and the contractor’s website, promoting a positive sustainable image of the construction industry. The podcast has been a vehicle to discuss challenges and opportunities sustainability presents to the construction industry, as well as the promotion of World Environment Day and sustainability graduate career opportunities. The benefits of this initiative...

Gender Equality Workshop

Published 27 September 2021 | No comments
Written by Lucy Austin

CategoriesConsultation Feedback

To promote sustainable employment, a Women’s Network was established to enable locally recruited women to discuss key issues such as health, gender equality and celebrate International Women’s Day. The local women’s network provides the environment to enable women to not feel alone in a male dominated industry A recent outcome has been the creation of an interactive gender equality workshop...

Virtual Work Experience for Neurodiverse Students

Published 10 August 2021 | No comments
Written by Laura Regan

CategoriesDisadvantaged and minority groups support Schools and nurseries Support for local charities

Working with The Courtyard, a school specialising in working with children with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and/or communication needs, the contractor developed a six-week work experience specifically for neurodiverse students. This programme involved designing a welfare facility with coronavirus restrictions, using Matterport, DALUC and Google Sketch Up – this was based on a real-world problem for the project....

Fall Protection Management System

Published 10 August 2021 | No comments
Written by Laura Regan

CategoriesControls and expected behaviours Falling objects

Every element of edge protection on the site is assessed by the contractor when it is put in position. Once they have assessed and signed off that element of edge protection, this is logged on the Fall Protection Management System on Fieldview and provided a QR code. This system allows the area of edge protection to be allocated to a...

Lateral Transport Unit

Published 12 July 2021 | No comments
Written by Olivia Hack

CategoriesEnergy efficient plant and equipment

Due to the complex nature of manoeuvring heavy, pre-cast soffit slabs in a site with many logistical constraints and challenges, the project engineers researched into what they could use to facilitate the movement of the slabs, whilst also reducing the associated health and safety risks. The slabs are required to be moved between different levels and different columns which, is...

Walk and Talk Mental Health Initiative

Published 9 July 2021 | No comments
Written by Olivia Hack

CategoriesAccess to health practitioners and counselling services Mental health

The recent Mental Health Awareness Week prompted this project to develop a ‘walk and talk’ scheme in an attempt to look outside of the box and further eliminate the stigma of mental health concerns – particularly stigmas within the construction industry. The concept of the ‘walk and talk’ scheme either as a group or an individual involves taking operatives out...

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