The contractor was appointed to Asda’s global BIM steering group in 2014 and has been awarded the job following trial BIM projects at the company’s new stores at Barry, south Wales and Leeds. The 35,000 sq ft store will be a steel-frame building with a café, in-store bakery and automated
A Bulgarian company that specialises in building climbing walls has been fined half a million pounds for flouting height safety regulations. Above: Hard hats and hi-viz will keep ’em safe… The Health & Safety Executive stepped in when a member of the public reported unsafe working practices during the construction
The contractor was appointed to Asda’s global BIM steering group in 2014 and has been awarded the job following trial BIM projects at the company’s new stores at Barry, south Wales and Leeds. The 35,000 sq ft store will be a steel-frame building with a café, in-store bakery and automated petrol filling station. It has been designed with all consultants working on software system Autodesk Revit, resulting in the production of seven fully annotated 3D models. Materials can be quantified in real time and 4D programming will connect the 3D models to the build programme to visually show week-by-week progress. ISG is also acting as Asda’s information manager, collating information and coordinating clash detection with consultants. ISG’s western regional managing director Rob Martin said: “The project represents the culmination of a journey by Asda into advanced collaborative working practices, where ISG has played a key role as a trusted project partner and influencer.” Source link
A Bulgarian company that specialises in building climbing walls has been fined half a million pounds for flouting height safety regulations. Above: Hard hats and hi-viz will keep ’em safe… The Health & Safety Executive stepped in when a member of the public reported unsafe working practices during the construction of an adventure course in Markeaton Park, Derby. Derby Magistrates’ Court heard how a passing member of the public noticed work at height being carried out from a pallet on the forks of a telehandler at the site in Markeaton Park, where a high ropes adventure course was being constructed by Bulgarian firm Walltopia. The member of the public first reported this to the company but despite receiving assurances the matter would be dealt with, unsafe work at height continued. They then reported it to the HSE. HSE’s investigation at the site found work was taking place on a section of roof 11 metres off the ground, without the use of any means to prevent two workers falling from the open edges. In addition, these workers were accessing the roof by climbing from the basket of a boom lift. Walltopia of Bulgaria Boulevard, Letnitsa, Bulgaria, was fined £500,000 and ordered to pay costs of £8,013.25 after pleading guilty to breaching Regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005. After the case, HSE inspector Lee Greatorex said: “Using a pallet on a telehandler for planned work at height is an unacceptable means of access. It appears that the company failed to put in place control measures after being alerted about this. “Walltopia failed to follow recognised industry standards during work at height and did not make effective changes to the control of their working methods following the matter being brought to its attention. Work at height should always be sufficiently planned and managed to protect workers from being exposed to extreme risks from falls from height. In this case someone could have suffered significant injuries or death.” Further Images This article was published on 22 Aug 2016 (last updated on 22 Aug 2016). Source link
