Health and Safety is one of the ArchSD prime concerns. We have not only taken account of the fact that health and safety is a shared responsibility within our Department and our staff but also that it is of concern to our contractors and the community at large. Site Safety Our experience in site safety is conveyed to our project staff, contractors and consultants through site safety and environmental talks and timely dissemination of information such as directives of Environment, Transport and Works Bureau, advisory notes and reference of Lands Department, ovitrap indices of Food, Environment and Health Department, our lessons learnt, and our keynotes etc.. Our aim is to allow all project team members participating in our building sites to be kept abreast of the latest site safety information so that they can introduce this information to other site personnel to enhance their safety awareness and continuously improve the overall working environment on site. Furthermore, we post up the site safety information on our website acting as a convenient channel for easy reference and information retrieval by our project team members. In September 2005, we organised a joint workshop with an institute on ¡¥Working-at-height¡¦. The objective of the workshop was to present the findings of a study conducted by the institute and to promote site safety to our consultants and contractors.
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| A ¡§Construction Design and Management¡¨ (CDM) system for building construction has been introduced to further enhance our site safety management. The CDM system encourages the identification of hazards and impacts during the design stage, particularly safety, environmental protection, buildability and maintainability that may be encountered during the construction, and subsequent maintenance and eventual demolition of the project. To promote this new concept, we take the initiative to prepare common hazards registers for structural works and building services works. This information is shared with our project team members, consultants and contractors, and their valuable comments have contributed to the continual enhancement of the common hazards registers.
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| Accident Prevention Over the past 10 years, our accident rate has dropped from 1.88 reportable accidents per 100,000 man-hours worked in 1996 to 0.61 in 2005. It has decreased by about 67% and the trend remains downwards. We are still not complacent with this result. We will continue our effort to formulate effective strategic measures and coordinate with our consultants and contractors for continual improvement. |
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For major incident, we arrange an independent assessment review to find out the causes and to provide recommendations on effective precautionary measures for the purpose of preventing recurrence of a similar incident. We prepare our lessons learnt with reader-friendly illustrative diagram for simple and effective comprehension by the reader. We also share our findings with our consultants and contractors as well as other works departments. To formulate effective site safety measures, we review the relevant lessons learnt periodically and discuss with the concerned project team members and contractors, as and when appropriate.
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| Mosquito Control Since 2003, we have prepared a sample tool-box talk on mosquito control to facilitate our contractors to arranging appropriate site safety training regarding anti-mosquito breeding for site personnel. We review and update the sample tool-box talk annually to keep abreast of the latest mosquito-borne diseases prevailing in Hong Kong . More information on our works to control mosquito is presented in Social Performance ¡V Mosquito Control Section.
Considerate Contractors Site Award Scheme 2005 To enhance the site safety and environmental performance of our contractors, we encourage them to join the Considerate Contractors Site Award Scheme organised by the Environment, Transport and Works Bureau. The scheme is aimed at motivating the contractors to take initiatives in formulating new measures on site safety and environmental protection to address their current site conditions. The Environment, Transport and Works Bureau panel of judges not only assess the participants on their site management, environmental consciousness, safety, but also give due consideration of specific measures adopted to minimise the impact of construction work on the public. In 2005, four ArchSD contractors won the Considerate Contractors Site Awards with one getting the Bronze Award. Also, three ArchSD contractors won the Outstanding Waste Management Performance Grand Awards with one getting the Gold Award. This category emphasised innovativeness and effectiveness of the waste management strategies.
Occupational Health and Safety In addition to site safety, we also pay attention to occupational health and safety issues at our workplaces. In 2005, our Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) was developed to systematically manage our OHS issues. Detailed information is discussed under Social Performance ¡V Occupational Health and Safety. We see, we act and we care. We will continuously join hands with our staff, partners and various stakeholders to promote health and safety, and provide a better working environment and due consideration for the public in the vicinity of our construction sites. |
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