Speller Metcalfe
Buzz’s Portholes
The contractor created portholes through the hoarding for children to watch site operations. During the early stages of construction, it was noted that whenever the site gates were opened for deliveries, it attracted a lot of children to watch what was happening on site. They would also try a peak through the gaps between the solid hoarding. Acknowledging that this...
Vapour Control Layer Pre-Install Application
Working at height is always high risk. As the winter months approached at the Midlands Centre for Cyber Security, a unique system was developed to omit the risk completely. Once the CLT roof panels had been delivered on site, the Vapour Control Layer was applied at ground level then craned into position. This therefore meant that the operatives were not...
Giving Gifts at Christmas
Building contractor Speller Metcalfe has joined forces with charity Property for Kids to donate presents to disadvantaged children this Christmas. Fast becoming a seasonal tradition, this is the fifth year that the charity and construction firm have come together, donating over 100 presents from clients and partners at their annual Christmas drinks event in Birmingham last week. All the presents...
University Guest Lectures
As part of their corporate social responsibility plan, Speller Metcalfe are providing guest lectures for the University of Wolverhampton, aimed at the Built Environment Courses. The lectures cover the following areas: Integrated Project Insurance: an Overview and contractor’s perspective Utilisation of software for field based quality assurance: industry drivers and project case studies Lessons learnt from 10 years of constructing...
Defibrillator Grab and Go Poster
For construction sites that are not large enough to warrant a Defibrillator, or for sites that are located near an existing unit, Speller Metcalfe have developed a ‘grab and go’ poster. Taking the idea from ‘rent a room’ or ‘something for sale’ posters in the 90’s, the site team at the Midlands Centre for Cyber Security project have added tear...
Creating an ‘EcoPatch’ with School Children
Pupils from a Hereford primary school swapped the classroom for a construction site when they visited the new Cyber Quarter Midlands Centre for Cyber Security. Year three pupils from Lord Scudamore Academy joined building contractor Speller Metcalfe to help create an ‘eco patch’ at Skylon Park, Rotherwas. The children created animal environments including two large ‘bug hotels’ and were given...
Biometric Gate Charity Advertising
Biometric gates are now used on many of the Speller Metcalfe sites. The team at the Midlands Centre for Cyber Security saw an opportunity to invigorate the workforce while promoting the charity work on site. Each of the colours represent a different charity that the entire workforce can support over the project. By vinyl wrapping the bars, the site avoided...
Wild Walk
Prior to the site boundary being installed the Project Manager noticed that students from a local school went to the bowling alley weekly, but walked across the site to get there. Once the hoarding had gone up the student’s route increased by about half a mile, which would be the new route when the medical centre had been completed. Sean...
Six Acts of Charity – Charity Bootlaces
At the beginning of the project the site decided that they wanted to raise money for charity and get the whole site involved and to make it as public as possible. The idea came to support six different charities, represented by six different colours of laces, that would be sold to raise money for the charity. Taking it one step...
Local Sourcing Display
Assistant QS was asked to collate localism data for the project so used his data analytical skills to create a localism data ‘slider’ within an excel spreadsheet used to present achievements to key project stakeholders. The slider moves from 0 to 120 miles, as it moves, the percentage of construction suppliers & materials sourced updates automatically. This transferable tool allows...
