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Rescue Day STEM Activity

Published 24 July 2017 | No comments
Written by Andrew Sharp
CategoriesCommunity engagement Engage with community facilities Plan to positively promote construction
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We attended a local event called Rescue Day to share with visitors the work we do and why we do it. The purpose of Rescue Day is to bring together as many rescue services as possible in one place to demonstrate what they do and how they do it. Raising public awareness of safety issues such as the dangers of...
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Inspiring Women in our Industry

Published 11 July 2017 | No comments
Written by Andrew Sharp
CategoriesDisadvantaged and minority groups support Plan to positively promote construction
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To celebrate International Women in Engineering Day, we developed a series of short bios of women in our business. Drawing from a broad cross section of disciplines and experience from within the project, our leadership team worked with women to capture and celebrate their own journey in engineering and construction. As well as capturing their stories, we encouraged our women...
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Inventions Week: Water Travel

Published 16 June 2017 | No comments
Written by Andrew Sharp
CategoriesCommunity engagement Schools and nurseries
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During Inventions Week in March, we teamed up our STEM Ambassadors with a local school to explore the theme of ‘Water Travel’ with Year 5 and 6 students. The students were challenged to plan, design and construct a pair of shoes which had the capacity to walk on water. Prior to our visit, the students designed their shoes and were...
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Minimising Customer Disruption Through Pavement Design

Published 8 June 2017 | No comments
Written by Andrew Sharp
CategoriesReasonable working hours
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We recently had to undertake overnight resurfacing work on the westbound slip roads of the A64 trunk road and the A1237 York outer ring road. This key junction has a heavy commuter and leisure traffic flow, so works had to be planned overnight under full slip road closures to minimise disruption. The overnight traffic management included diversions for the road...
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LED Lighting installed on a motorway

Published 8 June 2017 | No comments
Written by Andrew Sharp
CategoriesAdequate lighting Conserve of energy Positioning of equipment, lighting and CCTV
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We completed £1.1m of lighting improvement work on the M62 over a 19km length between J22 Saddleworth Moor and Kirklees Viaduct, west of Junction 25. We replaced over 1,000 high pressure sodium lanterns with new LED lighting units; this solution was devised by the contractor to suit the client specification. These require no routine maintenance, eliminating the need for cyclic...
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Apprentices Learning about Construction

Published 4 April 2017 | No comments
Written by Andrew Sharp
CategoriesCareer planning and progression for employed staff Learning plans and training available
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A visit to a major construction site on the A160 was arranged for our Civil Engineer Apprentices and developing Technicians and Engineers. This was a good opportunity to see the development of major works within the local area. This visit was arranged as part of the ongoing development of staff within the organisation. It was a good opportunity to gain...
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Published 31 January 2017 | No comments
Written by Andrew Sharp
CategoriesCommunity engagement
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A local memorial garden had become overgrown encouraging anti-social behaviour, and preventing people using the public space as an area of reflection. Overgrown vegetation was hiding most of the paths and paved areas, benches had become overgrown preventing use, and there was significant volumes of litter and debris. Two of our maintenance operatives spent time clearing the area of empty...
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Enhanced STEM event at a primary school

Published 19 December 2016 | No comments
Written by Andrew Sharp
CategoriesSchools and nurseries
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At A-one+ we believe that by increasing the understanding of what we do on the motorways and trunk roads, we promote a common goal of safer roads for our roadworkers, for our communities, including students, staff, parents/carers, and for road users. In partnership with Highways England we spent a day with 462 children at Seven Hills Primary School in Morley...
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