Construction workers across Heathrow are being commended for having worked more than 4 million hours without a reportable injury – breaking the airport’s previous safety record by 1 million hours.
The airport's 2,500-strong construction workforce is employed across 35 projects building a host of new facilities to improve passengers' travelling experience. Their achievement is significantly better than the industry norm and is all the more impressive given the fact that construction work is being carried out without any impact on the operations at the airport’s terminals.
Mike Evans, Heathrow’s head of health and safety said: "The key to our safety record is ongoing engagement with our suppliers and workforce to constantly improve safety performance. While I am delighted with this achievement, I am mindful that it's not about our statistics; it's about everyone going home safely at the end of every shift, while ensuring we keep all our passengers and staff safe"
Around £100 million is being spent each month on upgrading and improving facilities at Heathrow in the UK's biggest privately funded regeneration project. Central to this is a £2.2 billion replacement for Terminal 2 which is set to open in 2014. Large enough to accommodate 20-million passengers annually, the new Terminal 2 will be home to Star Alliance airlines.
A new safety campaign called: ‘We're Heathrow Safe. And proud of it’ was recently launched at the airport. This is a high-profile campaign that uses workers' stories to illustrate why health and safety is so important.
