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A year ago, the CLC was spurred into action as the pandemic caused confusion and closures across the sector.
Ian Weinfass speaks to co-chair Andy Mitchell about its initial response and how the industry has fared in the past year
When Construction Leadership Council (CLC) co-chair Andy Mitchell reflects on the early days of lockdown and the need to draw up new procedures for sites to follow during the COVID-19 crisis, it is clear that the responsibility to get things right weighed heavy.
“We were doing a lot of soul searching, saying: ‘Is this the right thing to say?’; ‘Why do we know anything more about social distancing, or the rights and wrongs of masks, than anyone else?’”
More than 150 suspected outbreaks of acute respiratory infection have been recorded on construction sites since Public Health England (PHE) started collecting data last year,
Construction News can reveal.
Under the Freedom of Information Act,
CN obtained the figures for all such reports to England’s health monitor from July 2020 until late February 2021. The data shows that construction sites have reported 152 cases of acute respiratory infection to health protection teams. A further six building contractor offices were subject to suspected outbreaks during the period, it can also be revealed.
In November, Professor Calum Semple, a member of the UK Government’s SAGE advisory group, told Sky News that he had been “surprised” at the level of coronavirus transmission in construction, with more work occurring indoors than some had supposed. Construction was labelled as an “outdoor activity” in UK Government guidance released in May. Prof Semple declined to elaborate on
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Milaha’s President and CEO, Mr. Abdulrahman Essa Al-Mannai said: “Operating on the highest International standards while effectively managing health, safety, environment and employees’ well-being, has always been our top priority objective at Milaha”.
“These prestigious awards won by Milaha demonstrates the Company’s unwavering commitment to maintaining sustainable assets, manpower, operations, resources and work environment, along with the continuous improvement of our health, safety and environmental management systems to reach a higher level than the benchmark industry average”, Al-Mannai added.
Lawrence Waterman, Chairman of the British Safety Council, said: “On behalf of the Board of Trustees and staff of the British Safety Council I would like to congratulate Milaha on achieving the topmost standards of health, safety and environmental management. Accomplishing such distinction takes real commitment and professionalism. We are del