Tag Archive for: Work At Height

Working Well Together with the HSE and Carillion.

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As one of the principle organisers of the Working Well Together Event at the RICOH Stadium in Coventry on 11th July 2017, Carillion invited SafeStand® Ltd to demonstrate and give presentations to all the attendees about SafeStand® Access Equipment.

Working Well Together (WWT) was setup by the Construction Industry Advisory Committee (CONIAC) in 1998. The CONIAC committee together with the WWT committee advise the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) on the protection of people at work and others from hazards to their health and safety within the construction industry.  The key purpose of WWT Events is to get the message of health and safety across to the workforce thus making the workforce more aware of health and safety and promoting safe working practices.

The main focus of the event was on Work at Height and SafeStand® Access Systems were well received and got positive feedback from the attendees including HSE Inspectors.

Neil Boon, Senior IMS Manager for Carillion Construction Services said, “I would like to thank you for your support of our event today, without your support we can’t put on events like this. The presentations followed by the practical demonstrations really went down very well and we had a good variety to key people interested. Various people whom I spoke to thought the time they spent was of real value and benefit, which gives a nice feeling of doing something right.”

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Safestand Redeveloping Wardour Street

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17.12.2013 Safestand continues it’s repeat business work with Grangewood Brickwork Services and is being used on a mixed-use development at the Ampersand Scheme at 180 Wardour Street, headed by McLaren Construction.

The Ampersand project is a refurbishment of an existing mixed-use office block and will include four storeys of office space, aimed at occupiers from London’s creative sector, with an additional two floors of high-specification residential space, including a combination of duplex and single-storey apartments, each with terraces providing views over Oxford Street.

Finishes to the apartments will include natural stone, bronze detailing, bespoke kitchen installations and state-of-the-art fixtures and fittings.

Construction will include the demolition of the top floor, with alterations to the existing building structure.
Major modifications will include the installation of a new three-story structural steel frame and the reorientation of the main entrance, relocated to the corner of Wardour Street and Hollen Street. The remainder of the ground floor will continue as live retail throughout the construction period with one occupier being relocated as part of the redesign of the office entrance.

Conservation work will also be carried out on the Oxford Street façade, which dates back to 1885, to clean and retain the original features of the building. The project is due for completion in September 2014.

Safestand Ltd Supplies Thameslink Rolling Stock Project

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10.12.2013 VolkerFitzpatrick is designing, constructing and commissioning two depots over the next three years at Hornsey in north London and Three Bridges near Crawley in West Sussex. The depots are being built simultaneously by two in-house specialist project teams.  KLF Construction Ltd is currently using Safestand Access Systems as it’s preferred low level access system at the Hornsey depot, which is expected to be completed in 2016.

The Hornsey depot is being constructed within a live operational rail environment adjacent to the East Coast mainline and the existing Hornsey depot. The project comprises the co-ordinated redevelopment of two separate areas of existing infrastructure, including the existing operational depot and the derelict sidings immediately to the north of the existing depot. The work involves the widening of two existing bridges, a new three road, 12-car, maintenance shed, two carriage washing machines, offices and all associated depot infrastructure. Alterations to the existing depot are being undertaken in close consultation with the train operating

“The depots are being built with close regard to all stakeholders and communities, in a sustainable, safe and responsible manner. The sites are both registered with the Considerate Constructors Scheme.”

Safety Health Awareness Day – Ipswich

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16.10.2013 SafeStand were invited by the HSE (Health & Safety Executive) to exhibit our Access Systems at a Safety, Health & Awareness Day (SHAD) they had organised for the 16th October 2013.

The aim of the event is to give practical, hands on advice to construction companies on key topics such as Work at Height.

The event was well attended with much interest being shown in the SafeStand Access Systems and in particular the capabilities of the SafeStand 1200 System.

Feedback on the day was that the attendees found it very informative and with regards to SafeStand, it was “good to see a system out there that ticks all the boxes”. The event was such a success that the HSE’s Nikkie Childs (Event Organiser) has asked if SafeStand would attend the event again next year.

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SafeStand® at One St Peter’s Square

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07/05/2013 Irvine Whitlock have once again chosen to use SafeStand® Access Systems on their latest construction project at Manchester city centres premier office scheme; One St Peter’s Square, . Construction commenced in May 2012 and is due to be completed by main contractor Carillion by March 2014 to coincide with completion of the Central Library and Town Hall redevelopment.

The building has been designed to achieve a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating and will incorporate office floorplates of up to 22,500 sq ft. Argent project director James Heather added: “While we are delighted to have a 63,000 sq ft pre-let to KPMG, we still have almost 210,000 sq ft of Grade A office space available.