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PEOPLE: DEVELOPING SAFETY IS A LONG-TERM PROCESS The annual employee well-being survey shows good results regarding sustainability issues, confirming that the overall trend is positive. This encourages us to continue the good work and take further actions and co-operate even more closely with our staff on these matters. POSITIVE CO-OPERATION
2021 was still, to a high degree, characterised by Covid-19 restrictions. Our top priority was to maintain our production capability and to protect our employees’ health. As a result of this, educational sessions and inspections were postponed or conducted virtually. Despite the difficulties regarding travel, we managed to complete more than one hundred safety-related inspections and internal safety audits, as well as fourteen training sessions related to rescue operations in catastrophic accidents. Forcit leadership team members participated in and organised some of the internal safety audits, showing their commitment to safety issues.
Overall, the coronavirus pandemic put a lot of constraint on our staff and operations. While implementation of remote work for large groups of employees was easier than assumed, it also caused new challenges, such as ergonomic aspects related to home offices, audio digital meetings practices, etc. A lot of effort was put into developing efficient communication and interaction tools and local restrictions helping the staff to stay safe. FORCIT Group has had a strong period of growth during recent years. In 2021, three big construction projects were completed in a successful way without accidents. Those projects were realised in Trondheim (Norway), Rya (Sweden) and Kevitsa Mine (Finland), increasing our volumes and enabling further business growth. In the beginning of the year, the acquisition of the Portuguese software company O-Pitblast gave us a valuable possibility to develop our safety routines and instructions in a totally different work environment and culture.
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