Occupational Health and Wellbeing
Management of health and wellbeing at work.
Occupational Health 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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Physical testing of noise barriers to validate an airborne noise model for a high speed railway
For any noise prediction model, it is vital that there is confidence that the forecast noise levels, within the calculated confidence limits, are going to be met in reality. This is incredibly important both in terms of contractual risk and liability and maintaining stakeholder trust. This paper discusses the noise barrier testing and airborne sound…
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Managing Occupational Health risks in archaeology
Archaeology is traditionally a challenging, hands on and physical job with the potential to present a number of occupational health challenges. By strategically examining activities and work streams it has been possible to introduce new tools and techniques to reduce harm and improve productivity in both fieldwork and laboratory environments. Provision of small electric plant,…
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Embedding core values through the Exception Performance Awards
Team Old Oak are passionate about embedding the HS2 core values (Integrity, Leadership, Respect and Safety). To reinforce the importance of the values as a primary enabler of success, the Team Old Oak Exceptional Performance Awards were introduced. This peer recognition scheme works because it allows colleagues to recognise and celebrate each other’s successes, while…
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‘Quiet Days’ improve productivity and mental health
The Stations team identified that meeting overload was creating a lack of productivity and detrimental impact upon individuals’ wellbeing. Therefore the concept of a 'Quiet Day' was introduced, to give a day each month to all staff within the Stations Team, free of any meetings, endorsed by the leadership, allowing everyone to catch up on…
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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…
