Equans CEO visits site to help launch UK-wide safety campaign

In October, Equans held an International Safety Week throughout across it's UK sites to highlight the importance of safety.

International Safety Week focussed on one of the fundamentals for Equans' Safety First initiative; the Shift Pre-Start Meeting. These meetings require all site-based management to ensure that at the start of each shift, they organise production and safety briefings with all workers including topics such as people, method statements, risks of the day, and give everyone the opportunity to speak up about safety.

Between 17-21 October, senior managers and Directors also attended these meetings on site to show their support for the safety campaign.

CEO for Equans' UK & Ireland business, Jean-Philippe Loiseau and UK SHEQ Director, Keith Murphy, paid a very special visit to the Glengall Road scheme to kick off the week and demonstrate the importance of getting senior management involved in the campaign. Whilst on site, Jean-Philippe was given a site specific induction by Site Manager, Josh Peach, and was also provided with PPE before joining the Shift Pre-Start Meeting, where Josh, along with Project Manager, Alex Emirali, spoke to the operatives working on the scheme.

Following the meeting, Jean-Philippe was personally escorted around the site where he was shown our current progress with a particular emphasis on how risks are managed and controlled during the works.

With the launch of International Safety Week being a huge success, Equans plan to implement Shift Pre-Start Meetings as a daily occurrence for all sites across the UK.