Wills Bros
Lime Improved Japanese Knotweed Risk Material
Japanese Knotweed was known to be an issue in the field where the south car park is being constructed for a number of years prior to the commencement of the project. Chemical treatment of the knotweed was intermittently undertaken over several years with a treatment bund created in the north east corner of the site and knotweed contaminated material moved...
Provision of Shuttle Bus Service
To accommodate construction works out on the main road on the St Erth Multi-Modal Hub contract, Wills Bros foresaw an issue as part of the works planning which would block the public from accessing public transport and developed a plan to ensure the public weren’t inconvenienced. The Drainage Works along Station Approach into Treloweth Lane were taking place at night....
Learning Driver Operator
A Learning Driver Operator (LDO) is a program that establishes requirement for new machine drivers. LDO’s must be assigned a mentor for the duration of the LDO period. The management of the project are responsible for assigning their most experienced drivers as mentors. The LDO program provides new personnel guidance to insure they understand site layout, equipment and systems onsite...
Risk Mapping
Risk Mapping is a graphic representation of a set of factors present in the workplace, capable of causing damage to workers’ health: accidents and occupational diseases. Such factors originate in the various elements of the work process (materials, equipment, facilities, supplies and workspaces) and the structure of work organisation (physical arrangement, work rhythm, work method, work posture, working hours, work...
Water Pollution Management and Mitigation
Wills Bros have demonstrated unique techniques when dealing with water management. The aim of this study is to provide a narrative to the water management and mitigation methods employed during the Maybole project and to discuss the end solution adopted to provide an example of best practice techniques for water management on construction sites. A number of methods were adopted...
Temporary Footbridge
This contractor implemented a temporary footbridge over trenches on site that offers protection to all contractors, subcontractors and site personnel on the site. This is a simple and effective initiative and highlights good safety practice on site. Two of these bridges were made up on site and acts as the crossing points over the trenches. As lining works and other associated...
Wills Sisters
Women make up around 14% of construction industry professionals and this number can only be set to rise with more and more women choosing construction jobs. Misconceptions about gender specific roles are gradually diminishing with the growing number of women choosing a career in construction. This project is promoting a toolbox talk about women in construction. The toolbox talk brings...
RoSPA Health and Safety Team of the Year Winner
This project was delighted to be announced as the UK-Wide Winner of the ‘Health & Safety Team of the Year’ Category of the RoSPA Awards 2020. This was a significant achievement because there is only one winner of this award in any given year from all of the companies who enter the RoSPA Awards, and the contractor were delighted that...
Developing the Young Workforce Careers Video
On this contractors project they worked with ‘Developing the Young Workforce’ in Scotland to create a short video filmed on site promoting careers in the construction industry to young people. Videos such as this will help to encourage new entrants to the construction industry and so bridge the skills shortage. Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) is the Scottish Government’s Youth...
Carbon Neutral Project
This project achieved carbon neutral status by registering with the ‘One Carbon World’ Scheme, working out its carbon footprint and purchasing carbon credits at a discounted rate. The carbon credits are then used in support of tree planting on a Rainforest Alliance validated sustainable forestry project. One Carbon World is a carbon neutral not-for-profit organisation and a global resource partner...
132kV Cable Protection Measures
Our works on the Glasgow Airport Investment Area (GAIA) project involved providing protection measures to a series of fragile high voltage (132kv) cables which one of our new roads has to cross. Preliminary proposals for the protection measures involved a series of steel-reinforced concrete beams spanning an array of reinforced concrete piles. This solution was highly carbon-intensive, and the asset...
