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 āRaisĀing the barā� iniĀtiaĀtive, Highways England working in collaboration with its supply chain aim to idenĀtify curĀrent health and safety best pracĀtice and then define that as the minĀiĀmum requireĀment to be implemented on all major projects.
'Raising the bar' health and safety instructions
Information, guidance and expecĀtaĀtions for implementing the āRaise the barā� health and safety initiative for major projects within Highways England.
'Raising the bar' health and safety guidance documents
āRaising the barā� provides guidance on the curĀrent best pracĀtice and minĀiĀmum requireĀments 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 āminimum requirementsā� of the standards.
»Ź¹ŚĢåÓżapp standards also set out ādesirableā� 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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