28th July 2017 By Clark Contracts Ltd
Pupils at Davidson’s Mains Primary School learned about health and safety on live building sites, with a competitive edge.
Construction, refurbishment and maintenance contractor, Clark Contracts, is currently constructing a new nursery within the school’s grounds to provide additional early years accommodation.
The contractor’s Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Manager visited Davidson’s Mains Primary School along with the Site Manager to deliver a presentation, to 500 children, 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.
A class winner was selected from each of the seventeen classes who were each presented with a £10 book voucher.
In addition, the overall best design from the school submitted by Oliver Johnstone, P1, has been professionally printed for display around the site hoarding and the school received a cheque for their participation.
The contractor also delivered the presentation at nearby Ferryhill Primary School where they are completing similar works.
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 the primary school 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’.
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