Health and safety awards

Halcrow has won the commercial and business services sector award at the prestigious Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) occupational health and safety awards 2011. The award was presented to Halcrow’s group safety, health, environment and quality (SHEQ) director Nigel Valvona at a ceremony in Birmingham on 19 May 2011.

The RoSPA awards look not only at accident records, but also entrants’ overarching health and safety management systems, recognising important practices such as strong leadership and workforce involvement.

There were 1800 entrants this year, of which 84 were in Halcrow’s industry sector. The company’s success is as a result of the high quality evidence submitted from employees across all the regions in relation to project delivery, company initiatives and office management.

Halcrow has scooped a gold at the prestigious RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards.

The RoSPA awards scheme focuses on reducing the number of accidents and cases of ill-health at work and encourages organisations to develop robust health and safety management systems.

The majority of RoSPA awards are non-competitive and mark achievement, which is graded at merit, bronze, silver and gold levels. Organisations maintaining high standards can win gold medals, President’s awards and Orders of Distinction.

Competitive awards go to the best entries in 23 individual industry sectors and there are special awards for workforce involvement, training, occupational health, environmental management and the management of occupational road risk.

The awards are sponsored by NEBOSH, the world's leading health and safety professional examining body.

Halcrow scooped a 'highly commended' accolade in the commercial and business services sector category.

RoSPA awards manager Dave Rawlins said “Halcrow has shown a commitment to protecting the health and well-being of its employees and others.”

For an organisation to win this coveted award it must demonstrate that it has in place comprehensive health and safety policies, targeted plans and a clear commitment to health and safety from the shop floor to the boardroom. It must be committed to the promotion of a positive safety culture.

The winning organisation must also have demonstrated the competence of those responsible for the management of health and safety and provide clear evidence about the improvements they have achieved in health and safety during the year.