Health and safety for major road schemes: 'Raising the bar' initiative
Highways England health and safety initiative to identify best practice, raise standards and improve supply chain engagement within major projects.
Through the 鈥楻ais颅ing the bar鈥� ini颅tia颅tive, Highways England working in collaboration with its supply chain aim to iden颅tify cur颅rent health and safety best prac颅tice and then define that as the min颅i颅mum require颅ment to be implemented on all major projects.
'Raising the bar' health and safety instructions
Information, guidance and expec颅ta颅tions for implementing the 鈥楻aise the bar鈥� health and safety initiative for major projects within Highways England.
'Raising the bar' health and safety guidance documents
鈥楻aising the bar鈥� provides guidance on the cur颅rent best prac颅tice and min颅i颅mum require颅ments for health and safety on major projects within Highways England. Highways England and its supply chain partners are required to review their procedures against these documents then consider and implement standards on site within six months of the document version date.
Where applicable, each major scheme should comply with the 鈥榤inimum requirements鈥� of the standards.
The standards also set out 鈥榙esirable鈥� elements, for consideration and implementation if deemed appropriate.
Not every document specifies minimum and desirable requirements, but these must also be considered and applied where practicable.
Raising the Bar 29 - Supervision
Raising the Bar 33 - Occupational Cancer
Updates to this page
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'Saftey helmet colours' document added
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