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First Aid Identifying Labels

Published 25 November 2024 | No comments
Written by Simon Taylor
CategoriesFirst aid PPE
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For all the health and safety plans in place on the construction site, the rapidity with which immediate help can be found can make a real difference to the severity of an onsite injury. However site operatives can be wearing fairly generic PPE, and those that are first aid trained can be hard to quickly identify. Furthermore, although first aiders...
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Falling Objects – Quick Wrap Self Fusing Tape 1 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 5

Published 25 November 2024 | No comments
Written by Simon Taylor
CategoriesFalling objects
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Dropped objects are a leading cause of death and injury in the workplace. C360 have been looking into ways to make the work environments safer and more productive by reducing incidents that result in personal injury, equipment damage and tool loss. CSJV and their subcontractors have been trialing the quick wrap self-fusing tape. This tape makes it possible to tether...
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Biodegradable Glove

Published 16 November 2024 | No comments
Written by Simon Taylor
CategoriesWaste management
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Construction sites procure vast amounts of work gloves. This can lead to large amounts of landfill waste. Until very recently, all work gloves in the industry were non-biodegradable; taking hundreds or thousands of years to decompose when sent to landfill. The lack of a biodegradable glove on the market gave C360 procurement and environment teams no opportunity to further improve...
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British Heart Foundation CPR training

Published 16 November 2024 | No comments
Written by Simon Taylor
CategoriesEmergency preparedness First aid
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First aid training is an important and highly applicable skill to working in the construction industry. There is increasing recognition of it’s applicability for anyone involved in the industry, be it site operatives through to those in site offices or even infrequent site visitors. Where traditionally, people might shy away from first aid training, the C360 team have fronted up...
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Women’s Network and LGBT+ Support Group

Published 13 September 2018 | No comments
Written by Jack Lawrence
CategoriesDisadvantaged and minority groups support
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Costain Skanska JV  have established a Women’s Network and LGBT+ Support Group for all members of staff on the project, including supply chain. Both groups are chaired by Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champions. The groups now have a combined membership of 45 people. The Women’s Network specifically supports women in the industry and those returning to work. The LGBT+ Network...
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Active Bystander Training

Published 13 September 2018 | No comments
Written by Jack Lawrence
CategoriesConsultation on health and safety Positive reinforcement for good safety practices
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In conjunction with the Faculty of Engineering at Imperial College, London, 40 members of staff have been given ‘Active Bystander’ training, which aims to empower people to challenge poor behaviours and bring about cultural change. The training equips attendees with the 4 D’s Toolkit, which are strategies for intervention based around Direct action (directly intervene), Delay (wait for the situation...
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Mental Health: Measuring the effectiveness of interventions

Published 13 September 2018 | No comments
Written by Jack Lawrence
CategoriesMental health
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In May 2018 as part of mental health awareness week we undertook a cross sectional survey amongst staff and supply chain operatives using a self-completing questionnaire to explore the effectiveness of our approach, and interventions, events, campaigns and training around mental health offered to date. Our work is intended to eliminate stigma and discrimination through positive action, understanding and behaviours...
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Flexible Working

Published 13 September 2018 | No comments
Written by Jack Lawrence
CategoriesFlexible working Rest
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At CSJV (Costain Skanska Joint Venture), all office staff are offered flexible working, with working from home to take place up to one day a week but with staff also enabled to work compressed hours and part time. We are aware that an ability to work flexible hours makes an employer attractive and this is vital to attract talent into...
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Sighted Guides for the Vision Impaired

Published 13 September 2018 | No comments
Written by Jack Lawrence
CategoriesCommunity engagement Support for local charities Visitor access and facilities
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45 members of staff have been trained by Guide Dogs (the organisation formerly known as Guide Dogs for the Blind) as Sighted Guides for Vision Impaired people. These staff have been trained how to approach a member of the public with sight support needs, how best to offer support and how to guide them through our works, which are in...
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Virtual Reality Training MEWP Simulator

Published 30 April 2018 | No comments
Written by Fiona Power
CategoriesCoaching for unsafe actions Health risk assessments and monitoring Induction and training
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NationWide Platform’s new virtual reality simulator was used on the Paddington Crossrail C405 Project. This comprised a MEWP Basket set up, VR Headset and the use of a TV Screen. The MEWP allows the user to operate the MEWP in different construction set ups with over 16 boom and scissor scenarios. The set up allow operators a true-to-life look and...
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Rocketbook Wave Reusable Notepad

Published 27 February 2018 | No comments
Written by Simon Taylor
CategoriesConserve of resources
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As part of C360 paper reduction campaign, we have trialled the use of the Rocketbook Wave Smart Reusable Notebook. The notes are erased by putting the notebook in the microwave which clears the ink from the pages. The notepad looks like, and is used in the same way as traditional pen and paper notebook. However, images can be captured using...
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Hydration Campaign and Custom Water Bottles

Published 12 February 2018 | No comments
Written by Fiona Power
CategoriesReduced use of single use plastics
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Costain Skanska JV Paddington C405 held a Winter Hydration Campaign led by the Project Director. Not many people consider hydration to be an issue during the winter months but in fact because of being outside in the cold weather our blood vessels constrict to prevent blood from flowing freely to the extremities allowing the body to preserve the heat in...
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Touch Screen Compatible Gloves

Published 16 January 2018 | No comments
Written by Simon Taylor
CategoriesPPE
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Touchscreen devices are being used more and more on construction sites. The safety gloves worn on C360 sites cannot be used with touchscreen devices. As a result, engineers used fingerless gloves to overcome this issue. However, the foreman at the Mile End site came across safety gloves which are designed to be compatible with touchscreen devices. The touchscreen glove is...
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Mental Health Awareness Project Pamphlet 1 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 5

Published 24 July 2017 | No comments
Written by Kelly Le'Dvon
CategoriesAccess to health practitioners and counselling services Mental health
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Costain Skanska JV has developed a Mental Health Awareness Pamphlet which will be distributed to all site personnel explaining the importance of mental health. The pamphlet contains advice on how to identify mental health issues, identifies the designated champions and trained Mental Health first aiders, and also provides support information should any wish to seek help or advice. Mental Health...
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Beating the Mental Health Stigma

Published 12 May 2017 | No comments
Written by Fiona Power
CategoriesMental health
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The project has identified mental health as a key focus for 2017. To kick off the year in a positive light, presentations on mental health awareness were delivered to the workforce as part of our safe start following the Christmas period. The presentation reiterated how to identify the symptoms of stress and fatigue and how to foster positive mental health. Following...
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