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Constructionarium

Constructionarium Ltd is a not-for-profit organisation offering a unique and immersive hands-on learning experience for students and professionals in the built environment sector. Since its inception in 2003, over 14,000 delegates have participated in its programs, developing practical skills and gaining invaluable insights into the complexities of construction projects. As the only CITB-Approved Training Organisation (ATO) of its kind, Constructionarium’s…

CCS Spotlight on… and e-learning Board

A brand new in-house designed board with brief information on the Considerate Constructors Scheme ‘Spotlight on..’ learning toolkits and a QR code to the scheme’s e-learning courses is displayed on this project. This is used to further encourage the workforce to engage with the CCS e-learning courses and further educate themselves on the Scheme and the relevant topics including EDI…

Driving Lessons for Apprentices

During the pandemic it was hard for young people to obtain driving lessons and tests. Therefore there was a huge backlog of young apprentices not able to progress this. In order to help them, this contractor has teamed up with Developing Young Workforce and the Mid Argyll Youth Development Services where funding was available for driving lessons. By helping apprentices…

You Can Save Lives Campaign

The construction industry are very keen to re-use materials, for instance this contractor has re-used plywood from hoarding to build temporary steps or pallets to make seating. However, there are other thing we should be considering to re-use, last year, over 470 people die while waiting for a transplant and the NHS estimates there to be over 6,000 people on…

VR Crane Simulation

Working with a training company, this contractor  conducted the one of the very first VR training sessions in Ireland. The VR training utilises advanced technology to give users a safe but real and immersive user experience. This course was used for upskilling the current crane operators and slingers and also give site management a better understanding of crane operations as…

Self Defence for Women’s Safety

Common Sense Self Defence led an informative and action-packed session for all female staff across the project whether site based, working from home or off-site. This was implemented as the final part of the contractors 3-part plan for women’s wellbeing as their team returns to site, which has included focuses on period dignity and domestic violence prevention. The instructor began…

English Lessons and Other Qualifications for Speakers of Other Languages

This contractor have been working collaboratively with Lambeth College and London South Bank University (LSBU), to pilot a  programme which aims to upskill diverse members of their workforce who are foreign and often struggle with the English language, providing them with the opportunity to learn and feel more comfortable engaging with other people on site. This voluntary course will also…

Prison Leavers Academy

This contractor is working on a the new prison Leicestershire for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) as part of their new prison transformation programme. The MoJ have set Social Value KPI’s focusing on supporting prison leavers into employment. At this project the target is to create 100 jobs through the project with 25% of these to be for prison leavers…

Effective Workforce Development through Mentoring using Cloud Technology

This contractor in partnership with Australian based company Mentorloop, have rolled out an approach to improve mentoring support across the project. The cloud-based system uses specialised algorithms to provide the best possible matches across the team, creating matches which otherwise may not have been obvious. It can be accessed from anywhere and provides updates and alerts to both mentors and…

Virtual Work Experience Supporting Women into Construction

The project team recently delivered a virtual work experience session for three women that have shown interest in Construction Health & Safety. Two women came through Women into Construction and one lady through West London College and their three week Sector Skills Academy programme. After initial support given to both stakeholder and their programmes, they were able to provide work…

Hope for Justice Site Membership

On this project they have undergone four online sessions with external organisation Hope for Justice speaking to their team and contractor supervisors about raising awareness of Modern Slavery with specific reference to the construction industry. They had attendance of  around 80 people from site, and was followed up by multi-lingual posters and hand outs to share across site. Since these…

Rebate Funded Complimentary Training

HSS Training has worked with the contractor and have implemented complementary training across several of this contractors projects in the UK and as such a bespoke commercial agreement was established to support this proposition. Additionally, they had the support from the client, to reserve the rebate funds to enhance onsite training for their operatives improving general training on subjects that…

Workforce Engagement Programme

This contractor has developed a number of internal workforce engagement programmes that have been tailored to match their company health and safety procedures, company values and external input such as the Considerate Constructors Scheme. This initiative has been developed by the company HSE Manager and Managing Director to help engage with the workforce on all aspects of the business, health…

Bowel Cancer Symptoms Awareness Video

This contractor produced an awareness video, featuring their colleague Bob Brimble who had been successfully treated for Bowel Cancer. The video highlighted the possible symptoms of bowel cancer and the importance of early diagnosis. The video was shown through the month of April at weekly SHEQ company-wide meetings and on social media as part of bowel cancer awareness month. Sites…

Virtual Work Placement Programmes

School pupils across Scotland have recently received Silver Level Industrial Cadet certificates as part of the contractors recent virtual work programme with over 70 pupils completing the virtual programmes since November 2020. The pupils successfully completed the full 5 week programmes which provided an insight into careers in construction and as part of the programme pupils submitted a weekly report…

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The Hub features examples of construction industry best practice sourced from across the UK and Ireland. It can be used by anyone in the industry including site managers, contractors, suppliers and clients, who are looking to improve their standards of considerate construction.

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What is the Considerate Constructors Scheme?

The Scheme is a not-for-profit organisation founded by the construction industry to improve its image.

The Scheme monitors construction activity across the UK and Ireland, scoring registered sites, companies and suppliers against a Code of Considerate Practice.

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