Auchinleck pupils build safety knowledge with Clark Contracts
26th January 2017 By Clark Contracts Ltd
Pupils at Auchinleck Primary School and Early Childhood Centre learned about health and safety on live building sites, with a competitive edge.
Construction, Refurbishment and Maintenance contractor, Clark Contracts, is delivering a £720k extension to the existing school for East Ayrshire Council, scheduled for completion in February 2017.
The contractor’s Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Manager visited the school along with the Site Manager to deliver a presentation highlighting the dangers on a construction site. The children were then asked to design posters to alert others of the dangers they had learned about.
Nine class winners from the school were each presented with an Amazon gift voucher. In addition the overall best design from the school, submitted by Conlan McLeod, P3 has been professionally printed for display around the site hoarding. Both the school and the nursery also received a cheque for their participation.
Gordon MacKenzie, Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Manager, Clark Contracts, who presented the prizes to pupils said, “It was important for us to ensure that the children at both the primary school and the nursery are fully aware of the dangers associated with live construction sites as they are passing our site every day. We were impressed with all of the posters, especially the winning design as it showed a clear and creative understanding of the safety messages we delivered during our presentation.”
Founded in 1978, Clark Contracts Ltd is a privately owned construction, refurbishment and maintenance main contractor working across all sectors. Operating across 5 divisions; Construction, Fit Out, Small Works, Maintenance and Bespoke Manufactured Joinery, Clark Contracts employs over 250 staff with offices in the East and West of Scotland. The proportion of business derived from repeat customers each year has averaged 76% over the past ten years and 72% of customers class the contractor as ‘Impressive’ or ‘First Class’.
