RoSPA Press Office : Press Release
May 16, 2003
CONSTUCTION INDUSTRY BUILDS UP SAFETY
Organisations from the UK’s construction and construction engineering industries are to be honoured by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents for their outstanding safety records over the past year.
More than 380 construction and construction engineering firms have achieved recognition for good health and safety practice. The industry claimed two Order of Distinction awards, 17 President’s Awards, 50 gold medals, 189 gold, 61 silver, 36 bronze and 17 merit awards.
All branches of business and industry will be represented at RoSPA’s Occupational Health and Safety Awards ceremony, sponsored by RMC, which takes place on May 21 and 22 at the NEC’s Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel.
With so many entries from the construction industry the sector has been split in two - construction and construction engineering.
Trant Engineering Ltd of Southampton will collect two prestigious awards this year, one of which is RoSPA’s highest safety award – the Sir George Earle Trophy. Their other accolade is the construction industry sector award.
Highly commended in the construction industry sector are: Birse Rail Ltd, Birmingham, Crown House, Wolverhampton, Haden Young Ltd, Watford, and McPhillips (Wellington) Ltd, Telford.
The construction engineering sector award for 2003 will be presented to Fluor Ltd of Camberley, Surrey. Two businesses were highly commended – EMCOR Drake and Scull Ltd, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire and Interserve Industrial Services Ltd, of Liverpool.
The Norwich Union Trophy - for small and medium-sized businesses will go to Central (High Rise) Ltd, a steeplejacks firm in Nottingham.
W S Atkins Facilities Management of Sale, Cheshire, and Amec BKW Ltd from Darlington, County Durham, will receive Orders of Distinction for winning a minimum of fifteen consecutive Gold Awards.
Roger Bibbings, RoSPA’s Occupational Safety Adviser, said: “If all construction firms achieved what our award winners have been able to, then we could soon exceed the industy’s existing targets for casualty reduction. These award winners show the rest of the industry that accidents and health damage are by no means inevitable, despite the fact that construction is inherently hazardous.”
