Enable continuous health & safety improvement

Worker at Aotea Station's Mayoral Drive site

As the largest ever transport infrastructure project in New Zealand, CRL has an opportunity to set the bar as a leader in H&S performance. The project continues to identify and adopt safety improvements and to share its learnings with the wider construction industry.

Case Study

Mahia te Mahi Health & Safety engagement week

Great H&S performance in the construction industry comes from doing simple things right every day. The project works hard to eliminate everyday pressures and distractions that can sometimes result in mistakes.

To reenergise the team's commitment to our H&S vision, CRL Ltd and the Link Alliance ran a series of events during its first Mahia te Mahi H&S Engagement Week in October.

Mahia te Mahi week included quizzes and toolbox talks, visits and tours by management, as well as a photo competition to capture workers following 'Golden Actions'. A review of selected high-risk activities was completed to identify any differences between work as planned against work as done.

During the week, workers were filmed talking about why safety is important to them and their whänau and describing the simple things they do each day to keep themselves and their workmates safe.

The week ended with a project-wide stand down to show the film, share kai and celebrate the best photos taken on-site.

Health & Safety Week

5–9 OCTOBER 2020

‘I am aware of major risks for keeping safe and getting home to my family’

Do you know your Golden Actions?

Look out for a programme of events on your site during the week.

Prizes and giveaways up for grabs!

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Keep clear of the gear

Planning

Plan the work

Operations

Work the plan

Fit for Work

We’ve got this Health & Safety Week

5–9 OCTOBER 2020

Photo Competition

Look out for individuals or teams displaying the golden actions

Please email your photos to safety@linkalliance.co.nz and include your name, the individual or work group involved, the work location & the golden action observed. You can also send pictures by text message to: 021 942 604

Entries close 5pm Thursday 8 October Prizes will be given out on Friday 9 October

Mates in Construction 'Fly the Flag' week held in September

Case Study

Mates in Construction

Mates in Construction is a charitable organisation that partners with industry to address and reduce the disproportionately high rates of suicide in construction workers. CRL Ltd partnered with Mates in Construction to ensure that resources are in place to support anyone with mental health issues. CRL also works towards building and strengthening workplace communities, helping workers be more supportive of their mates and developing a wellbeing environment.

CRL Ltd became a foundation partner of the New Zealand chapter of Mates in Construction in early 2020. This year over 600 CRL workers were inducted into the Mates programme which encouraged more openness about mental health so that they could support themselves and others.

Link Alliance construction sites have a number of 'Connectors' - individuals who have received additional training and can help access specialist help for their workmates. CRL Mates in Construction Field Officer 'B' Peleti is a regular at toolbox talks and pre-start meetings across the project's construction sites.

In line with trends across the wider construction industry, increased positive education has seen an increase in the number of workers seeking support.

Environment

The CRL project is committed to meeting its compliance obligations and taking responsibility for preventing and managing risks to the environment and communities.

CRL Ltd and its construction partners work to comply with more than 500 separate conditions relating to eight designations and numerous resource consents from Auckland Council. It must also comply with archaeological authorities obtained from Heritage New Zealand.

The conditions provide the parameters and limits of effects that CRL construction and operation can have on the project's surrounding environment and communities.

A number of Management Plans are then developed which set out the actions that the project will take to meet requirements and achieve environmental compliance.

These plans provide detail on the practices and procedures to be followed, and provide a comprehensive framework to manage adverse effects on the environment including:

• noise and vibration • traffic access and parking • social impacts and business disruption, and • discharges to air, land and water.

Monitoring is a massive part of the team's work on environmental compliance. If the project exceeds limits, changes to practices and procedures are made as quickly as possible. There are a large number of fixed monitors in place around construction sites. They measure air and water quality, noise, vibration, ground settlement and groundwater levels in real time 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The monitoring network is complemented with targeted site or activity-based inspections that occur daily, weekly and monthly.