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Cassette Scaffolding at Huddersfield Station

The West Alliance, working closely with its supply partners, developed an innovative solution to keep Huddersfield station and its platforms fully operational during the historic ‘Euston Roof’ refurbishment. To achieve this, temporary horizontal cassette platforms, which are modular sections designed to enhance accessibility and operational flexibility during construction were prefabricated and rolled into place across the full width of the…

Talking Hoarding

This contractor is using a device used to audibly dictate information about the project including the community notices and marketing information on the hoarding. Designed to engage those with visual impairments about the project and promote inclusivity in the community. The devices plays a pre-recorded message when members of the public walk past, describing the monthly newsletter, marketing information, environmental…

Market Stall Communications

As part of their commitment to fostering community engagement, this contractor has established a market stall in Halifax Borough Market, providing a central, accessible location for public interaction. The stall serves as a hub for sharing project updates on the A629 Phase 2 works, answering queries, and addressing concerns. Since its inception, they have welcomed over 150 visitors, demonstrating its…

Bond St. Upgrade viewing gallery

It can sometimes be a difficult task to show off the underground works to everyone who wants to see it. Sometimes not only difficult but time consuming as well as all the correct PPE equipment needs to be worn, extra care has to be taken to avoid disrupting the works and if the visitors are not very fit, then sometimes…

Hello Lamp Post

Hello Lamp Post is an initiative that transforms everyday street objects, such as lamp posts, into interactive communication platforms. It allows people to engage with these objects by sending messages via text message or smartphone apps. Essentially, individuals can “converse” with objects like lamp posts, benches, or even fire hydrants by sending messages to designated numbers or scanning QR codes….

Local Radio Show Q and A Session

The project team took part in a Q and A session on the Community Focus Show on The Eye. The Eye is an award-winning community radio station, run by volunteers, that broadcasts to residents living in the local area. Questions asked by listeners about the scheme ranged from the provision for badgers to planting schemes and the duration of the…

Online Post Completion Report

This contractor has utilised software to promote and showcase their performance on their project. This online website shares project updates, information and KPIs as well as their social value, environmental and training highlights. This is updated on a monthly basis and shared to promote the sites positive performance. One of the main benefits is that the QR code and web…

Tower Crane Removal Reducing Community Impact

To remove the final tower crane from site with current UK lifting technology, a mobile crane would have needed to be placed in a busy road for 6 weeks. This is the road directly adjacent to the sites most sensitive receptor, which is a residential block, and would have caused disruption to these neighbours and the surrounding area. This was…

Site Eye Camera and Time-Lapse Films

This contractor routinely uses the Site Eye Camera on projects. Site Eye cameras offer global 24/7 access to live streaming footage of a construction site or images at regular intervals which can then be stitched together at the end of a project to produce time-lapse films for promotional purposes. Throughout a build, site eye cameras offer a huge number of…

Nuisance Management and Neighbourhood Liaison

Bordering a number of residential properties and with one elevation of the planned structure within 5m of occupied homes, this project has required proactive nuisance management to manage reputational risk and promote positive relationships with the local community. This nuisance management encourages community-led solutions to local issues, building broader support for the project. Since the outset of the project, the…

Accessibility for the Community

Accessibility is so varied and a lot of work has been done on this project to tackle this. This includes speaking to the local authority and local stakeholders and getting some insight into the area and how diverse it is The project have done the following: The insight from the translation service manager at Hull City Centre helped identify the…

GPR Utility Mapping used to Engage with Neighbours

This contractor has used virtual reality GPR utility mapping data to engage with neighbours affected by utility diversion works. The 3D imagery clearly shows those affected what lies beneath road and pavement surfaces. This has been of great assistance to the contractor in explaining the complexity and duration of the required utility works.

QR Codes on Setting Out Pins

To widen the way in which the site communicates information about the project to the public, it has created and installed setting out pins engraved with a QR code at various points along its external boundary. These are linked to bespoke websites for each block, sharing artist impressions from designated set out points, setting out drawings, capturing services within the…

Talking Newsletter for the Visually Impaired

This project has a large amount of interaction with members of the public. While the usual visual aids in the form of signage and barriers along with printed newsletters and information boards are suitable for the majority of people, they are of little benefit to those who are visually impaired. Through pre-start site visits it was apparent that there were…

Speaking Newsletter Card for Neighbours that Struggle to Read

One of the contractors site team members was made aware that one of the neighbours that the monthly newsletters get posted to does not know how to read. To overcome this issue they created a voice recording of them reading the newsletter into a greeting card, similar to those that make a noise when you open them. This has been…

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