Health, Safety and Environment

Wooldridge is committed to health, safety and environmental best practice. We recognise our responsibilities to our employees and all others affected by Wooldridge’s activities and strive to make continuous improvements.

We aim to achieve a healthy and safe working environment in all construction projects, free of all work-related accidents, dangerous occurrences and ill health. There is constant attention to safe working practices and awareness, for example:

Identifying hazards, assessing risks and implementing preventative and protective measures
Providing and maintaining safe plant and work environments
Establishing and enforcing safe work methods
Appointing personnel with the appropriate skills, abilities and competencies
Ensuring that technical competence is maintained through mandatory training programmes
Accrediting all staff with the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS)
Promoting awareness through effective communication

We aim to safeguard, protect and enhance the environment. We minimise any adverse effects of our operations by implementing procedures to prevent pollution to land, air and water, and reduce waste and consumption of natural resources wherever possible. We set operational targets and provide staff training.

Over 70% of all excess materials are reprocessed
At least 85% of demolition arisings are recycled
250,000 tons of recycled aggregate each year