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Vertical Farm

This contractor has installed 3 hydroponic farm walls (189 plants) into the site office. They are using this as a benchmark on what will be in the final scheme by incorporating this into the site set up, by having access to what they are creating for the client. During this time, they have held fortnightly harvests of the produce which…

Outdoor Heaters with Sensor Activation

When sites in Ireland returned to work after the lockdown, there was a need to create eating and breakout areas where the site operatives could be socially distant from each other. This site created an outdoor space within the site compound to facilitate this. The site also installed heaters within the shelter to keep operatives warm during the colder months….

Basement Welfare Facilities

The contractor is working on a project consisting of a 14 storey office accommodation with a 2 storey basement. They excavated the 2 storey basement in spring 2019 and have since completed the steel frame work which the envelope and fit-out work are currently taking place. The basement consists of concrete floor slab and reinforced concrete walls with the LGF…

Digital Safe Counters for Successful Social Distancing

With coronavirus protection at the forefront of everyone’s mind and ensuring the project remains both safe, and compliant with government guidelines, the project team have worked with the security team to install an automated head counter into the drying/changing rooms. A large project subsequently means a large workforce and keeping everyone on site safe is a priority. A sensor is…

Hands Free Water Bottle Refill Stations

Traditionally we have used cold water dispensers or drinking fountains to provide drinking water across our projects but both of these options require levers to be operated to control water flow and drinking fountains require the user to drink water directly from a water flow. With coronavirus neither of these are suitable solutions for providing drinking water. We have obtained…

Site Allotment

With the recent problems we have faced with coronavirus, including access to resources and products, including certain food types, members of our North Bristol project, led by a green fingered supervisor, set up an allotment next to site. The site had to fully prepare the ground from scratch and planted a wide variety of vegetables including runner beans, lettuce, carrots,…

Screens for Canteen and Locker Room to Aid Coronavirus Prevention

The Site Management Team has developed a range of partition screens to enable social distancing in the project. The most used welfare areas on site are the canteen and the locker room. The partitioning screens allow us to follow official government guidance on social distancing, offering protection for workers who would otherwise be working within two metres of each other….

Worker Learning Corner

As a site team we know the importance of supporting our workforce with their learning and personal development. To encourage this on site, we have implemented a learning corner within the canteen for operatives to relax, read and learn about how to progress in their career. The learning corner was made by our own graduate site manager and work placement…

Permit for Breaks

To ensure our workforce can start work safely and undertake their breaks safely, we have implemented a permit system whereby when everyone is re-inducted back on to site they are given an allocated start time and allocated break times, along with which canteen they should use. This allows us to control the numbers and ensure that everyone can take a…

Building Better Health Initiative

Our site team on our Bedford Square Belfast project recently implemented a site Health & Wellbeing initiative, ‘Bedford Building Better Health’. This was a 10 week site fitness programme. The key aim of this initiative was to encourage our workforce to make healthier lifestyle choices, not only on site but at home with their families. Each week different recipes and…

Upcycling Materials

Wanting to enhance the appearance of our site and provide pleasant outdoor rest areas for our workforce and our sub-contractors, we contacted local suppliers and advertised within the local community to collect any redundant pallets or unwanted timber (whilst maintaining social distancing). The response was fantastic, with a number of pallets being donated to our team, who then up cycled…

Anti-Bacterial Cleaning Regime

On the Westvale Park Primary Academy project, which is currently in week seven (the enabling stage), with the intention of protecting our workforce, we have prepared and introduced a site specific anti-bacterial cleaning regime which we have prepared in line with the recently published Site Operating Procedures from the Construction Leadership Council. The site has remained open, and whilst it…

Eco Welfare

Typically, mobile welfare facilities on site are powered by diesel generators and generate carbon emissions when in use. The mobile eco welfare cabin used on one of the projects at Ferrovial Agroman’s Heathrow site uses a hybrid diesel and solar system resulting in much lower carbon emissions. Roughly, 88% of the time the welfare cabin is in use, it runs…

Use of Colour and Space in Welfare to Improve Wellbeing

At Mace’s 78 St James’s Street project, the welfare facilities were completed considering the use of colour and space to improve wellbeing. Psychological research suggests that colour can have a significant effect on mood and has links with the wellbeing of people using the area. Bright colours were used to stimulate the mind and improve the mood onsite, making the…

Operatives Foodbank

On our current project we have taken it upon ourselves to supply our workforce with an ’emergency food bank’ type facility. We have purchased a number of items from a local supermarket such as pasta, rice, soup etc. which are stored in the site offices. We have placed posters around the welfare facilities which inform the workforce should they have…

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