UCC completes 10 million man-hours without major incident

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UCC completes 10 million man-hours without major incident

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Qatar main contractor cites top down strategy for HSE success.

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UrbaCon has achieved 10 million man-hours without major incident, according to a statement from the company. The Qatar based main contractor has just passed two ‘rigorous’ HSE audits on all its current projects and has in turn achieved ISO-certification.

UCC’s deputy managing director, Shem Krey commented; “HSE can only be successful with a top down strategy; with all levels of management supporting HSE as the number one priority. This means adequate funding for training, investment in the correct safety equipment, keeping current with unique challenges at the project and adapting safety criteria for those specific job conditions. Consistently and adequately staffing projects with the correct experts and safety engineers during every hour worked are just a few of our UCC disciplines.”

Ramez Al Khayyat, UCC’s managing director added, “All Qatar contractors need to realize that our collective reputations are at stake for the national reputation. We will and do share in awareness conferences and seek others to implement safe projects as we want this country to have a reputation as the best work environment for our employees.”

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