Willmott Dixon Interiors
Machine Dolly to Carry Steel Equipment
A robotic machine was used to carry steel from location to location to be used on site. This was controlled by an operative through a controlled carrying of steel beams from the delivery wagon to the point of installation. This machine will prevent the steel workers or any appropriate trades that may use it from heavy lifting and minimises the...
Robotic Gridline Machine
This contractor used a robotic gridline machine to draw out the gridlines on site. This robot connects to a GPS controller and when placed with the spray fitted in the machine will work away drawing out gridlines and giving the offset numbers also. The use of this robot meant that they did not have to wait for engineers to come...
CCTV and Facial Recognition
This contractor has implemented a CCTV sentry system to aid the site management with controlling health and safety requirements. The benefits of this system are: Hard hat detection: If no hard hat is detected on an operative then a notification with the image of event is instantly sent to the team. Face mask detection: This detects if an individual is...
Virtual Work Experience
The site has been involved in helping to set up a virtual school so work experience can be undertaken online. This is due to the fact that school visits/work experience for students on site is currently not allowed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The online work experience will allow Year 10-13 students the opportunity to find out more about careers...
Electric Mobile Tower Crane
In addition to the tower crane on site, this project have also used an additional electric mobile tower crane. This was hired to feed the opposite side of the building and to work in conjunction with the tower crane already in use. Whilst the crane uses diesel to drive between sites, once parked and working, the crane runs off of...
Open Doors Virtual Visit
Each year we take part in Open Doors, a national event which offers young people and people across the country the chance to visit our sites and learn more about careers in construction. As part of open doors we work with schools to offer students the chance to take part in a routes into construction workshop, followed by a Q&A...
