Tilbury Douglas Construction
Cultural Calculator
A cultural calculator is used by this contractor as it helps the organisation understand how the workforce truly feels and experiences the workplace. By assessing cultural attitudes, values, and perceptions across teams, it highlights gaps in communication, inclusion, and engagement that might otherwise go unnoticed. This insight enables managers to tailor their approach, improve collaboration, and address issues affecting morale...
Terrain Aeration
On this project, the existing football pitch, made of heavy clay subsoil, was repurposed as a piling mat for the GSHP array. To improve long-term drainage, they implemented terrain aeration: a 1m hollow probe injected compressed air to create microfractures, followed by milled seaweed. As the seaweed degrades, it leaves organic biomass that keeps the fractures open, allowing surface water...
Tensar Geogrid
To minimise excavation for both the piling mat and the haul road, Tensar geogrid was utilised to create a mechanically stabilised layer beneath these areas. This approach eliminated the need for a 600mm dig-off for the piling mat ,instead the Tensar was laid directly over the existing topsoil, allowing the construction layers to be built up from there. The same...
Carbon Reduction Through Aggregate
This contractor saved 1800 tonnes of CO2 by using IBAA eco-type 1 aggregate instead of regular type 1 aggregate. This is approximately the equivalent of 315 single flights from the UK to Sydney Australia. It also prevented 1.13 tonnes of virgin aggregate from being quarried as well as saving 530 black bags worth of residual municipal waste from going to...
DKMS Swab Event
This contractor held a DKMS swab event for their project. DKMS is an international charity dedicated to the fight against blood cancer and blood disorders. The more people who sign up to support the charity increases the chance that those needing a blood donor can find one, as currently only 30% of patients are able to find a compatible donor...
Chiller Lift Removing Need for a Crane and Road Closure
To avoid a large crane lift which would have meant road closures and disruption to the local area, this contractor developed a method for lifting 2 2.8t chiller units on the court roof. There is no device or design the contractor could find which was suitable for this. The original intent was for a crane lift which would have cause...
Injectaclad Fire Barrier Solution
This contractor had to come up with a solution for their client which allowed 32 locations to have fire cavity barriers (FCBs) installed externally due to a change of use scenario with the introduction of sleeping patients. By negating the need to remove the external façade of buildings, this installation system has significant cost reduction on existing premises where there...
Site Specific Designed Machine Bucket
The profile of the ground beams feature a difficult to achieve mitred slope into granular stone. Major issues arose with collapse of the excavation or stone. In order to combat the issue a new style of machine was brought to site with the ability to angle the bucket in multiple planes however this proved to be slow and cumbersome and...
CASE STUDY: Tilbury Douglas Celebrate Men’s Health Week
Tilbury Douglas on their Prince Charles Hospital project have partnered with Prostate Cancer UK to support it’s national ‘Boys Need Bins’ campaign by introducing sanitary bins and products to all male toilet facilities within their site offices. To shed light on the partnership and to celebrate Men’s Health Week, they have been working cross-collaboratively with bladder and bowel specialists from...
Walk on Ceiling Access
This contractor is installing four high spec clean rooms to manufacture pharmaceutical products. The ceilings of these rooms are walk on ceiling’s, however they only take a certain load. In order to allow access for works to continue they have had to install a temporary door and padlock. They also have a permit system in place that every operative must...
QR Code Considerate Constructors Scheme Feedback Survey 
This contractor have setup a QR code station within the site office and within the site area itself to allow users to scan a QR code which brings up a survey regarding the sites Considerate Constructors Scheme performance. The survey allows users to rate the site in each of the 5 areas of the Scheme’s Code whilst also leaving room...
