Archdesk and the #ConstructionSafetyWeek

Thanking workers for supporting safety and recognising their efforts to be injury-free.
When people feel appreciated that they have the input, they are doing the right thing and, therefore, they keep doing it. Moreover, when people see positive examples, close team members will feel encouraged to follow the pattern to be recognised as well and so they should when they achieve it. Living examples are priceless, identify and promote them inside your company!

Increasing awareness of the importance of being committed to safety, every day.
It is all about valuing life. Accidents usually happen for the lack of care, lack of proper information and for putting the work first. Workers must be supported to understand that if they do something unsafe to make it faster, and this results in an injury, it compensates neither for the worker nor for the company. It must be made crystal clear that they should not take risks and follow the safety procedures.

Encouraging everyone to share best practices and to work together to strengthen the industry’s safety culture.
Surely you can write your company’s manifesto towards workers safety, and this registers your position on the topic, but more than words, this is expressed in daily actions. Supporting your employees and partners to share the companies best practices is the positive path to go. Maybe you could have an official internal channel for this communication to be clear and accessible inside the business.

Conducting on-site safety awareness activities to support education.
Do not shame people who still lack information and understanding. When people feel shame, they believe they are not good enough, and this will not support your goal. Help them with constructive feedback or even formal notifications if necessary on a personal level. Adapt your message to your audience and promote the topic with smart awareness activities. Think about how you can gain their attention and interest, to avoid the automatic mode when doing training. Check if people not only know but truly understand the process and WHY it needs to be this way. Ask if they agree with the safety procedures and go through their understanding to bring them back to your perspective.

Measuring the safety levels through the project process

Gathering the information in one central point of communication

Following up with the indicators

Keeping this information visible at your dashboard

Generating the needed reports

The broad and detailed project information to be used as a learning point to improve future projects