Health, Safety and Wellbeing
This theme covers the effective management, removal and control of health and safety risks from the work environment, and the management of the wellbeing of people.
Health, Safety and Wellbeing Resources
Resources include papers, videos, research summaries and good practice documents produced by authors from across the HS2 Family to capture learning, good practice and innovation from the HS2 programme
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Innovative use of drone technology for Enabling Works surveys
Engineering surveys for the Area South enabling works on High Speed Two (HS2) were required to capture 3D data of sites for use in design and as-built surveys. There are inherent safety risks in traditional survey approaches such as working as height, works in confined spaces and hazardous environments. The latest engineering survey technology was…
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Ethical Construction
Ethical concerns are traditionally managed by parent companies. In a joint venture, a lack of a common approach in capturing, investigating and analysing trends can lead to a fractured process. Costain Skanska joint venture (CSjv) and HS2 have worked together to deliver an ethics system to drive values and behaviours throughout the JV and suppliers.…
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Redesigning the management of hazardous noise – enhancing worker hearing health
High Speed Two (HS2) aims to reduce occupational ill-health throughout the life of the project which includes the protection of hearing health. Passive hearing protection aids are traditionally used on construction sites to reduce the impact of noise on the workforce however these have been found to offer low protection. As part of its innovation…
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Remote working employee ‘buddy’ scheme
The COVID pandemic meant that most staff were required to work from home. To address the potential for isolation whilst working remotely on the High Speed Two (HS2) Euston Station construction project and ensure that all project staff had an opportunity to engage with another colleague, a ‘buddy scheme’ was developed randomly matching one employee…
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HS2 Interchange Station: An exemplar project for integrating safe by design principles
HS2 has set strategic goals in health and safety to create a railway designed, built and operated to world class standards creating a legacy of new and better standards in health and safety[1]. This paper details how the design of HS2 Interchange Station is a prime example of how Safe by Design principles[2] can be…
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