Looking at the enthusiastic response and
involvement of the participants, the Construction Safety Forum was started and
held 4 programs in the last 2 years to continue and enhance the learning and
sharing of information by the participants.
Considering the industry wide interest,
PCERF decided to make this award a biennial effort to coincide with the Constro
Exhibition and the 2nd Construction Safety Awards were announced on 10th July
2013. The response this time was even greater and the number of companies
participating in it has doubled to 12.
The learning from the last time was
incorporated and it was decided by the Jury to enhance the parameters of the
audit to incorporate additional environmental issues such as water management
and debris management.
A meeting to explain the audit system to
the participants was arranged on 16th September 2013, a copy of the assessment
system was shared with them and all their queries answered. The assessment
system is based on two broad parameters:
1. Safety
systems, documents and records.
2. Actual
implementation of safety at site.
The first visit by the Jury was an
announced visit where both the parameters were assessed. These visits were in
the first and third week of October 2013. The Jury noted that the heartening
feature of the first visit was that most teams had a much enhanced awareness of
safety as compared to 2011-12 and the enthusiasm was high. New and innovative
approaches were observed.
The second visit by the Jury will be
unannounced and the results will be declared during Constro 2014. May the Best
team win!
Prof. Mujtaba Lokhandwala
Convener
Construction Safety Committee
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