BSG NEWS Industry health & safety news October 2015

THIS MONTH’S ISSUE INCLUDES:

Health & Safety News

• BSG Annual Awards 2015 - Winners and Judges’ Comments - Summary of Award Winners and Highly Commended Members

Training/Company News

• New courses for November

• 2016 course schedule now available

• New Occupational Health Seminar

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BSG ANNUAL AWARDS 2015October’s newsletter is a special edition devoted to BSG’s Health and Safety Awards ceremony, hosted earlier this month at the Williams F1 Conference Centre in Oxfordshire. The event proved to be a national celebration of our members’ dedicated commitment to Health and Safety in the workplace. Nominations for the awards were submitted by BSG members located throughout the country who competed to see their achievements recognised by the UK’s largest construction safety group. The ceremony was presented by BSG’s Chairman, Michael Setter, Managing Director, Paul Kimpton and Regional Manager, Chris May to construction companies that have demonstrated best practice in Health & Safety across a number of areas including; Planning and Design, Occupational Health and Environmental Welfare. BSG’s best regional Site Managers were also recognised for their good work. The day concluded with BSG’s UK Member of the Year award being presented to the company that was able to exhibit a working Health and Safety culture that pervaded throughout the organisation, and who could provide strong evidence of continuously improving Health and Safety management performance.

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BSG AWARDS 2015 AWARD WINNERS: BSG Project Award for best Health and Safety in Planning and Design Winner - T & B Contractors Ltd

BSG Judges’ Comment

BSG’s Project Award was presented to T & B Contractors whose main works division demonstrated meticulous Health and Safety planning when faced with a challenging environment at the Windmill Children’s centre based in Greenford, London.

Company operatives were required to work in close proximity working inside and adjacent to children and staff at this Special Educational Needs (SEN) centre. This necessitated close liaison with the centre staff by the project team with careful planning to ensure that effective plans were in place before each phase of the works commenced. Particular considerations included:

• Ensuring that the fire arrangements for both the centre and the construction site were in place, taking into account the changed routes and in certain circumstances, changed alarm systems.

• Planning noisy works (as some of the children in the centre were particularly sensitive to noise)

BSG Environmental Award: for the company best able to demonstrate how a recently implemented system has had a positive impact on the environment

Winner - Shaylor Group

BSG Judges’ Comment The BSG Environmental Award Winner was given to Shaylor Group for the significant contribution made in ensuring a high profile, eco-friendly project continues to be run to exemplary Health, Safety and Environmental standards.

Only the third of its kind globally, the project has attracted national and international media attention, involving the implementation of a series of complex monitoring systems designed to measure the impact of CO2 on the climate, chart environmental changes to woodland flora and fauna and measure the resilience of trees to pestilence and disease. The site is unique with many unique challenges, not only to the company but also to visiting BSG advisers, including the installation of towers within the woodland using a helicopter as lifting equipment. Systems implemented will only measure and not contribute to the environmental disturbance, which means access to the site is restricted to authorised personnel only via a biometric recognition system.

There are two projects are taking place simultaneously, one based in the UK with the other located in an Australian rain forest. Protection systems have also been set up to protect endangered species known to inhabit each area.

Paul Kimpton (left) with John Mayne, T&B (Contractors) Limited

Dave Disney, Shaylor Group

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BSG AWARDS 2015 AWARD WINNERS: BSG Small Business of the year Award: for a smaller BSG member able to provide strong evidence of exceptional achievement in Health Safety Winner - Hydra Capsule

BSG Judges’ Comment

The BSG Small Business Award was presented to Hydra Capsule for embarking on a programme of continued improvement in Health and Safety culture, enabling the company to build and sustain a competitive advantage in the specialist market-place of Heavy Duty Jacking Systems. Practical steps taken to achieve this improvement included:

• Gaining the Construction Line Accreditation 118160- allowing Hydra Capsule to identify essential key health and safety procedures and incorporate them into its works operation

• Gaining the SSIP Acclaim Accreditation 24415, ensuring the company achieved the required Health and Safety competence levels.

• Implementing a training programme that resulted in all supervisors and managers gaining SSSTS or SMSTS qualifications and some undergoing TWC (temporary works coordinator) training.

• Annual Health and Safety awareness training for all employees which has resulted in raising the standard of compliance throughout the entire company and ensuring that everyone has a clear understanding of what is required of them.

• Requiring that employees attend PTS (pass track safety) courses – which helps to ensure personnel are medically / physically fit to work on high risk operations / areas.

The benefits of these achievements have been:

• A business cost reduction by lessening the company’s accident frequency rate, reducing incidents of absenteeism and lessening the threat of litigation.

• Enhancing the company’s reputation for corporate responsibility among its peers, clients, investors and the business community in general.

BSG Subcontractor of the year Winner - LMH Civil Engineering Ltd

BSG Judges’ Comment The BSG Subcontractor of the Year award was presented to LMH Civil Engineering for its introduction of a ‘best in class’ ‘Health, Safety and Environmental Management System’, proving its commitment to embrace new safety systems and equipment procedures.

LMH’s drive for ‘best practice innovation’ was aptly demonstrated in the fitting of “boxing ring” fall protection to the rear of all the company’s 360 excavators, to protect drivers when servicing machines.

By working closely with The Building Safety Group, active monitoring systems were introduced utilising the BSG inspections to target certification, dust and noise control and manual handling issues.

This BSG member also adopted a practical approach, making positive changes to the internal culture of the organisation that will ensure a safer and healthier working environment for all its employees.

Meghan McHugh-Harvey with Hywel Tidley (centre) and Geoff Walsh (right) from LMH Civil Engineering Ltd

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Occupational Health and well-being initiative Award Winner - City & Country

During the awards presentation City & Country presented a case study which illustrated why they were the worthy winners of the BSG Occupa-tional Health and Well-Being initiative award.

Andy McGoldrick, Regional Construction Manager for City and Country de-livered an insightful presentation about the restoration project of the Bristol General Hospital timber window refurbishment that was undertaken.

The restoration of the Grade II listed external elevations involved 500 timber windows being restored. Each window, some dating back to the 1850s, was covered in significant layers of lead paint. The outcome needed to be cost effective, time efficient and have low occupation health risks.

The options of heating and scraping or sanding to remove the paint were both rejected due to respiratory concerns. So City & Country created a steam cabinet system on site which removed lead paint without having to abrade the surface of the existing windows, significantly reducing the health risks normally associated with this procedure.

Removing the windows and taking them to a workshop to strip off the paint, also significantly reduced the amount of time workers were exposed to working at height risks. Additionally, the new steaming procedure made the job more efficient and ensured a higher quality finish.

Well done to City & Country for delivering such a high level of service, it was a great pleasure to present the company with this award.

BSG Training Award

Winner - Demelza Tucker, Skinner Construction Ltd

Demelza Tucker from Skinner Construction was awarded the BSG’s Training Award for her notable achievements. Throughout BSG’s training courses Demelza’s showed a willingness and enthusiasm to learn, demonstrated excellent team working skills, achieved above average test scores and importantly has since displayed an exceptional ability to apply the knowledge she has learned.

BSG Member of the Year: North of England

Winner - McCarthy & Stone

BSG Judges’ Comment

The BSG Award for regional Member of the Year in the North was awarded to McCarthy & Stone for its exemplary Health and Safety management of projects based in Guisborough and Harrogate. The company has been highly proactive in its Health and Safety management and planning for its UK Northern based operations, particularly in:

• The recognition and control of Risks and Hazards on their sites

• Excellent Traffic Management within high profile areas

• Sensitivity to the local environment, their neighbours and the public alike

• A proactive approach to inductions, consultation with the workforce and on-site training

• Sharing of Health & Safety knowledge and experience across the company

• Zero tolerance to breaches of health and safety controls

Andy McGoldrick, Regional Construction Manager, City & Country

Paul Kimpton with Andy Sargeant, City and Country

Robin Connell, McCarthy & Stone

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BSG AWARDS 2015 AWARD WINNERS:

BSG Member of the Year: South West Winner - Greendale Construction Ltd BSG Judges’ Comment

This award was presented to a BSG member who overcame a series of strategic and logistical Health and Safety challenges posed during the ‘Hall & Woodhouse Brewery’ project in Blandford, which required a tactical approach to Health and Safety planning. Challenges faced during the project included:

• Carrying out tandem lifts (using two cranes) for the placement of sixteen 8.5 tonne 50 ft. high stainless steel vessels

• Ensuring safe site access by installing precision cut steel floors within very fine tolerances of 125mm clearance

• Pouring 600 cubic metres of concrete to create a 2500 square metre concrete slab

• Successfully managing all the Health and Safety risks associated with the demolition and rebuilding of the main packaging hall

All of these complicated operations were undertaken within the precincts of a fully operational working brewery with over two hundred client staff and tenants carrying out their normal business around the site. Importantly, the company overcame these obstacles and completed the project successfully without serious incident and remaining in compliance with all relevant health and safety regulations. BSG was delighted to present the Member of the Year: South West to this worthy winner, which was Greendale Construction.

BSG Member of the Year: Midlands Winner - Barrie Beard Ltd

BSG Judges’ Comment The BSG Award for regional Member of the Year in the Midlands was awarded to a company who put the management of Health and Safety at the top of the agenda when planning the installation of a complex, 220 floodlights system at Aston Villa Football Club.

Particular attention was given to mitigating the working at height risks inherent when working on an existing structure through the use of specialist ‘fall prevention systems’ which involved everyone involved including the workforce, managers and company directors as well as our own local BSG Advisor undertaking comprehensive

harness training prior to the project commencing. This enabled the risk of ‘falls from height’ to be controlled and managed safely throughout the project.

The entire system had to be installed, tested and commissioned before the start of the 2015/16 football season, an extremely short time frame of 6 weeks. This was successfully achieved without any compromise to health and safety due to the level of planning undertaken in the pre-construction phase. Congratulations and well done Barrie Beard.

Andy Musselwhite, Greendale Construction

Richard Wedgbrow (left), Warren Beard (centre) and Dave Griffin from Barrie Beard

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BSG AWARDS 2015 AWARD WINNERS:

BSG Member of the Year: South East Winner - Borras Construction

BSG Judges’ Comment

The BSG Award for regional Member of the Year in the South East was awarded to Borras Construction for its development and implementation of a company-wide dust management plan to improve awareness and prevention of the hazards presented by construction dust.

The company’s initiatives included:

• The development of trade specific dust management procedures to highlight the typical dust control measures that should be undertaken on sites

• The provision of a construction dust awareness toolbox talk delivered on site to the operatives

• The provision of face fit test training to all construction site managers to enable them to carry out face fit testing on site

• Making face fit testing kits available to all site managers

BSG Member of the Year: Wales Winner - Jones Bros Ruthin Co Ltd BSG Judges’ Comment Awarded to Jones Bros Ruthin Co Ltd for the company’s constant and continuing commitment to Health and Safety, demonstrated by the procedures put in place to ensure that over 300 items of plant in its fleet remain in compliance with the PUWER regulations and more importantly are safe to operate.

The instigation of these procedures resulted in a significant and measurable reduction in the company’s accident rate and damage to plant. The key health and safety initiatives implemented by Jones Bros included:

• The introduction of a daily vehicle and equipment and vehicle check sheet

• The introduction of SMART books for articulated low loaders and concrete batching plant

• Regular Toolbox talks sessions which include consultation forums

• Consulting BSG to ensure proposed procedures constitute best practice as well as complying with industry regulations

Kane Blatchford, Borras Construction

Mike Mowbray, Jones Bros Ruthin (Civil Engineering) Co. Ltd

BSG UK MEMBER OF THE YEAR Winner - McCarthy & Stone BSG Judges’ Comment

BSG’s UK Member of the Year award was carefully selected by BSG and awarded to a company that has been able to demonstrate a working Health and Safety culture which pervades throughout the organisation.

This particular member was also able to provide strong quantitative and qualitative supporting evidence of continuously improving Health & Safety management performance.

The member, which BSG felt, was most deserving of BSG’s UK Member of the Year for 2015 was McCarthy & Stone.

BSG AWARDS 2015 SUMMARY: WINNERS & HIGHLY COMMENDED MEMBERSWinners and Highly Commended Members:

BSG Project Award Winner - T & B Contractors Ltd Highly Commended - Shepperton Builders Ltd

BSG Environmental Award Winner - Shaylor Group Highly Commended - Oakbourne Construction

BSG Small Business of the year Winner - Hydra-Capsule Highly Commended - Regal Heritage Ltd

BSG Subcontractor of the year Winner - LMH Civil Engineering Ltd Highly Commended - Lowe & Oliver

Occupational Health and well-being initiative Award Winner - City & Country Highly Commended - T & B Contractors

BSG Training Award Winner - Demelza Tucker Skinner Construction Ltd Highly Commended - Mark Dix (E. G Carter)

BSG Member of the Year: North of England Winner - McCarthy & Stone

BSG Member of the Year: South West Winner - Greendale Construction Ltd Highly Commended - Barnwood Construction

BSG Member of the Year: Midlands Winner - Barrie Beard Ltd Highly Commended - E. G. Carter

BSG Member of the Year: South East Winner - Borras Construction Highly Commended - City and Country

BSG Member of the Year: Wales Winner - Jones Bros Ruthin Co Ltd Highly Commended - Knox and Wells

BSG UK Member of the Year Winner - McCarthy & Stone

Site Manager of the Year

Ashford Homes (South Western) Ltd: Paul Saveall, Central & South

Cavanna Group: - Ian Rankin, South West

E G Carter & Co Ltd - Dean Lambert, Midlands

George Birchall Ltd: Calvin Booth, North of England

McCarthy & Stone - Keith Julier, London & South East

McCarthy & Stone - Lee Fraser, Scotland

Read Construction Holdings Ltd - Steve Day, Wales

Shepperton Builders Ltd - Hywel Knight, Bristol

“We would like to thank all of our members who participated in this year’s BSG Awards. The standard of nominations submitted was exceptionally high, which made the judging process a difficult but welcome challenge, reflecting our members’ dedicated commitment to achieving ‘best practice’ in health, safety and environmental welfare.”

Paul Kimpton, Managing Director

McCarthy & Stone: BSG UK Member of the Year 2015

*Further details about all BSG Award Winners and Highly Commended Members, including Judges’ comments, will be uploaded to the BSG Website shortly.

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TRAINING NEWS

New training courses starting soon...

• Site Management Safety Training Scheme - 2nd November

• Site Managers Safety Training Scheme Refresher - 2nd November

• Site Superviser Safety Training Scheme- 5th November

• Emergency First Aid - 10th November

• CITB Health and Safety Awareness- 10th November (EXETER)

• Site Superviser Safety Training Scheme- 11th November

• Scaffold Inspection and Appreciation - 11th November

FREE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SEMINARS

BSG will be running free Occupational Health Breakfast Seminars on Wednesday 11th November in Bristol and Tuesday 24th November in Exeter. Additional dates will be announced shortly for seminars that will take place in London, the Midlands, the North of England, Scotland and Wales.

The seminars will examine the actions which must be taken to ensure the successful management of Occupational Health in the workplace. We will also use the time as an opportunity to canvas our members about their requirements for Occupational Health support. This will help us to develop a service best suited for our members’ respective companies.

If you would like to attend the Bristol or Exeter seminars, please send your request to marketing@bsgltd.co.uk. As spaces will be limited, we would encourage you to register as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Coming up in next month’s issue

• BSG Occupational Health seminars

• Training updates

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