Solaglas Windowcare Shortlisted
for Safety Award
Solaglas Windowcare has been shortlisted for the ‘Best
Health and Safety Achievement in Construction’ category in the
prestigious 2010 SHP IOSH Awards.
IOSH is the world’s biggest professional health and safety organisation.
It sets standards, provides health and safety training, support and guidance,
and campaigns on issues that affect millions of working people. The SHP
IOSH Awards are a highlight of the health and safety calendar and the
trophy is one of the most coveted throughout the profession.
The Solaglas Windowcare nomination is for a working and heights initiative
which completely mitigated the risk of engineers falling from height
from their vehicles. It offered a practical solution and eliminated a
serious risk at a sensible cost.
Other contenders for the title include Alliance Construction Materials
for a SMART programme, Ferrovial Agroman (UK) Ltd for the Heathrow T5C
post-transfer baggage tunnel, Mount Anvil plc for a health and well-being
project, Scottish construction trade bodies/IOSH Scotland for a joint
initiative to promote safe behaviour in Scotland’s construction
industry, and Turner Access Ltd for an initiative to removing risks in
aluminium tower assembly.
The awards ceremony will take place at the London Hilton, Park Lane,
on 20 October.
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