Glenn Kmecz explains how Dupont has developed an approach to contractor safety management
which helped to ensure that a $200 million construction project was completed under budget, on time,
and without any recordable injur
One of the North’s leading privately
owned building and civil engineering
contractors, Clugston Construction,
is celebrating winning a prestigious
Royal Society for the Prevention of
Accidents (RoSPA) President’s
Award,
Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions has
made a new industry safety charter a
required part of its subcontractor
agreements. The ‘Safe Digging
Charter’, which is endorsed by the
HSE, was officially launched at the
SBGI Util
Going beyond Gold, held at the CBI in June brought together contractors, managers and workers
involved in the Olympic construction project so they could share their experiences and help
disseminate best practice. Event orga
Thanks to the emphasis that
the Olympic Delivery
Authority put on health and
safety, the build for the
London 2012 Olympic
Games has been the safest
in history, with not a single
death compared with six
people constru
Austrian company FAF –
Fürst and Fürst GesbR – has
introduced an innovative new
security technology which is
said to dramatically reduce
explosion risks at filling
stations. The ExploZero
system consists of non
flamma
In an aim to decrease disruption
from delivery noise, Toyota Material
Handling has designed its new BT
Lifter Silent hand pallet truck to be
as quiet as possible.
With high quality rubber steering,
Powerthane bogie wh
As part of its year of
safety ‘Taking Care with
Toyota’, Toyota Material
Handling UK has
added to its range of
free safety resources
available online with
the Toyota Forklift
Safety Guide.
The new Forklift Safety G
A purpose-designed BOP handling
system comprising twin airoperated
monorail hoists, with a
joint lifting capacity of 200t has
been supplied by J D Neuhaus. The
hoists are a special compact design
which has been develope
Specialist in the design and build of
bespoke goods lifts, scissor lifts and
more recently disabled access lifts,
Chase Equipment has recently
supplied a Mezzanine Floor/Goods
lift to a West Midlands factory.
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