Willmott Dixon
Carrier Frame for Balcony Delivery
A carrier frame has been fabricated to fit balconies on prior to delivery to allow double stacking of custom balconies that will be installed on the project. Implementing this initiative has halved the deliveries needed to bring the balconies to site and reduce congestion on the local roads, which will also bring a reduction in carbon used for delivery of...
Bluetooth Enabled Dash Cam in Excavators
On this project all excavators are now fitted with bluetooth enabled dash cams. This means that an individual is able to connect to the dash cam whilst its installed and download all the relevant information, without it having to be removed from the excavator. With normal dash cams the SD card has to be removed from the machine and then...
Deterring Pigeons with Sriracha
Feral pigeons can nest all the year round and it can be a struggle, particularly on city centre sites, to prevent them from roosting and building nests in partly constructed buildings. A nesting pigeon can delay work and pigeons can represent a health hazard, with diseases associated with pigeons include psittacosis which is a respiratory disease that humans can catch...
Mesh Netting Under Cabins
This contractor has installed mesh netting to the underside of their cabin units. This netting is used to protect the live cables that power the cabins, and acts as a preventive measure for rodents and other animals to access underneath. Mesh netting can be used in a various scenarios on a construction site other than pest protection including debris netting.
Electric Crusher
To reduce vehicle movements to and from site and improve their carbon footprint, this contractor has engaged with a supplier to use an electric crusher on site for the re-use of material. Noise, dust and vibration is at an absolute minimum in comparison to using a fully diesel generator operated crusher. To find out more, click the link below.
Reusing Steel
This contractor has removed 45 tons of steel from the old House of Fraser store on Oxford Street and are reusing it on the Tower Bridge Court project as part of the steel frame. The first sections of this steel to be used have been tested and are onsite ready to be installed. The steel has been tested to ensure...
Traineeship Programme with Lives not Knives Charity
Working with the charity Lives not Knives we created and delivered a new Construction Traineeship scheme including the provision of over 100 hours of work experience per student. We designed a schedule tailored to each individual’s preferences mimicking Willmott Dixon’s management trainee placements with each student spending time with a variety of different trades. This programme acts as a stepping...
Support for Domestic Abuse Survivors
This contractor raised awareness of domestic abuse across the business. They launched a video, highlighting the effects of domestic abuse and what they wanted to achieve. They also created a domestic abuse toolbox talk which was shared across the business and used on sites and in the offices. as well as organising a campaign week, where resources were shared across...
Community Fridge
An initiative the Woodmansterne team are currently trialling is a ‘Community Fridge’, which aims to minimise wasted food and promote sustainability. The community fridge enables food to be shared within a community, anyone can put food in and anyone can take food out. The main aim of community fridges is to reduce food waste. They also enable people facing hardship...
Bootlaces for Ukraine
To raise much needed funds for The British Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal, this contractor has encouraged their site team to wear yellow and blue bootlaces on site, in exchange for a donation. They see this as a simple but important gesture to show unity and support for the Ukrainian members of their site team and their families. Together, the...
Programme to Train Young Offenders in Construction
The ‘Ready for The Gate’ programme run by Willmott Dixon Cobham LCO, offers young offenders the opportunity to gain their CSCS cards, while they’re still serving their sentence. From the Woodmansterne Secondary School site team, a number of Willmott Dixon personnel are directly involved. The feedback from charities, Re-offending and CXK, on the outcomes of delivered training up to August...
Two Minute Litter Pick
Out of the material we have left on site, we have created four ‘Two Minute Litter Pick’ stations for the public. They are placed at each elevation of the site perimeter. The idea is that the public are encouraged to recycle and dispose of general waste in the litter bins provided as they walk around the site to their daily...
Viewing Panels for SEND School
This contractor is working on an active Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) school which had its challenges. Most of the students have very complex needs so the contractor needed to ensure they discussed this with the school before they started work. There were concerns about how the students would react to a lot of change, so they suggested installing...
Story Sacks for Local Schools and Nurseries
This contractor is running a story sack drive for local primary schools and nurseries in Lincolnshire. Story sacks consist of a sack containing a book and toys and games based upon the theme of the book. They are a resource which children can take home, read and enjoy with their family, before returning and swapping for another. The site manager...
GIS Isochrone Mapping
At this contractor, typically the decision to select a waste management company will be determined by which member of the supply chain has put themselves forward to cover a certain postcode area. Whilst location is generally the main factor behind a waste companies decision to provide their service in a select area, many are happy to travel significant distances which...
