Kier Construction

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Positive Psychology in the Workplace

Published 17 January 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesAccess to health practitioners and counselling services Health risk assessments and monitoring Mental health Positive leadership and risk ownership Positive reinforcement for good safety practices
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As a leadership team this contractor work on a principle of a dominance of positive communications. This has a number of base rules that they have set themselves: – Share good energy and a supportive attitude when at work. When making site safety observations ensure at least 2/3 of these are positive/good practice observations. Give out twice as many green...
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Hydraulic Telehandler Fork Positioner

Published 17 January 2024 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesControls Positive reinforcement for good safety practices
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This project has sourced a hydraulic telehandler attachment for adjusting the forks on the telehandler. This eliminated the need for the operative to exit the cab and manually move the forks to the positions required. It not only removes the operator from interface with other vehicles but it reduces manual handling and also increases productivity by reducing time spent manually...
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Long Reach Piling Rig

Published 6 November 2023 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesCorrective actions Identify potential impacted communities Response to compliments and concerns
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This contractor is utilising an 11.5m piling auger attached to a 50 ton excavator to carry out piling works adjacent to the highway (from inside the building footprint). This method of piling is usually used in civils and this piling contractor have never used it to Continuous Flight Auger (CFA) pile a building’s foundations. By using the long reach, we...
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Supporting Adults with Learning Difficulties into the industry

Published 10 October 2023 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesCommunity engagement Engage with community facilities Local employment
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This contractor is working with a supported employment agency to welcome two new members of the team with learning disabilities. They have a work coach to support them with their daily activities on the work placement. There is significant evidence that there is an untapped market of unemployed people with additional learning needs or learning disability that want to enter...
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Tower Crane Privacy

Published 21 October 2022 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesIdentify potential impacted communities Positioning of equipment, lighting and CCTV Preventing unauthorised access
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This contractor considered the proximity of their neighbours through the selection of a self-erecting pedestrian tower crane. This crane keeps the operator grounded thereby eliminating the risk of them overlooking neighbours. Use of this crane also benefits site logistics and reduces the amount of standard telehandler work on site.
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Use of Wysebase Crates

Published 12 September 2022 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesConserve of resources
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This contractor has used Wysebase crates on the project as a carbon-neutral alternative to concrete cabin bases. These are made from 100% recycled plastic and is 100% reusable and there is no waste as the scaffolding tubes can be used again and again. Using these crates also negates the need to excavate and therefore eradicates the need for a digger (use...
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Use of GPR Technology for Surveying 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 13 January 2022 | No comments
Written by Darren Ruane
CategoriesInspection and assurance Risk assessments
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Service drawings can be unreliable with the CAT or RD8001 type scanners only locating services with a metallic or an electromagnetic signature. This leaves the contractor vulnerable to services such as water pipe, domestic services, fibre and BT. Therefore a new technology was needed to be used on this project to find plastic underground services without excavating. The Leica DSX...
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Solar Panel and Lithium-ion Powered Noise Monitoring Stations 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 13 January 2022 | No comments
Written by Darren Ruane
CategoriesGreen/renewable energy Noise
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On this project they are building a new offline bypass and are required to continuously monitor the noise of operations across the duration of the scheme, therefore seven Solar Li-ion powered Noise Monitoring stations have been installed during 2021. The monitoring equipment provides real-time data capture and trigger alerts via a customised web platform, enabling the construction team to be...
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Smart Gate 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 13 January 2022 | No comments
Written by Darren Ruane
CategoriesControlled access Green/renewable energy
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The team on this project wanted to address the potential risk of vehicles leaving works entrances and pulling onto the Strategic Road Network in an unsafe condition. Following previous collaborations between Kier Highways and Solar Gates UK, the organisations have developed a safety gate which addresses the hazards caused by load security, weight amd overhead services and obstructions. The solution...
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Remote Control Grass Cutting in Difficult Terrain 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 13 January 2022 | No comments
Written by Darren Ruane
CategoriesLandscaping
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On this project the new road cuts through areas of peat which is waterlogged and operations in this area are carefully managed to ensure zero impact on people, plant or the environment. As part of their Great Crested Newt license issued by Natural England, there is a requirement for habitat manipulation within 250m of Great Crested Newt inhabited ponds, in...
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Dump Truck with Ejection Blade 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 2 June 2021 | No comments
Written by Darren Ruane
CategoriesModern methods of construction
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This contractor and the construction industry as a whole have identified overhead power line or overhead structure strikes and over-turning vehicles as potential hazards on construction projects. With overhead power lines running across an area of the initial archaeological works, the project team looked at ways of eliminating and reducing the hazard. Working with their plant supplier, the CAT-730C2-EJ was...
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Fire Door Gap Measuring Tool

Published 8 March 2021 | No comments
Written by Steven Bromfield
CategoriesInspection and assurance
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This project have identified the need to accurately measure the gap around fire doors. It is common practice to use a 3mm packer, however a packer is not calibrated and will not measure the door gap behind the front face of the door or frame. Often door frames are installed with packers to ‘twist’ the legs of the frame that...
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Use of a Flywheel to Reduce Power Needed to Start a Crane

Published 11 January 2021 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesConserve of energy
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It is recognised that when a tower crane is first started up it requires a ‘surge’ in electricity, and that the surge falls away once the crane is operational. To start the tower crane on this project would require the reinforcement or upgrading of the local electricity network, and a 300kVA generator is currently being used although this is an...
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Contact Tracing Sensor

Published 14 December 2020 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesHealth risk assessments and monitoring
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This site has around 1000 operatives onsite with the majority of them involved in fit out work. Whilst ‘large bubble’ working has been introduced for the separate buildings the site is vulnerable to a positive test causing a substantial proportion of the workforce to have to self-isolate on what is a government deemed key project. Therefore the site has purchased...
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Self Sanitising Door Handle Covers

Published 7 September 2020 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesCleaning and maintenance regime
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The project team sourced self-sanitising door handle covers from ‘Purehold’. These were developed for health and care settings and are coated with an anti-bacterial coating that kills germs and reduces risk of infections spreading. The silver ion coating combats against pathogens deposited onto the surface of the handles. This cost effective solution contributes to infection control. An indicator on the...
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