1st July 2016 By Clark Contracts Ltd
Pupils at St Fergus’ and Glencoats Primary Schools in Paisley learned recently about health and safety on a building site, with a competitive edge.
Local contractor, Clark Contracts, is delivering a £4m construction of St Fergus’ Primary School on Blackstoun Road for Renfrewshire Council, scheduled for completion in 2017. The construction site is between the existing St Fergus’ building it will replace and Glencoats Primary School, also on Blackstoun Road.
The contractor’s Health and Safety Team visited both schools to deliver talks and show a DVD highlighting the dangers on a construction site. The children were then asked to design posters to inform others of the dangers they had learned about.
Fourteen class winners across both schools were each presented with a £10 voucher for Smyths Toy Store.
In addition, the overall best design from each school, submitted by Aylie Campbell, P4/5 at St Fergus’ and Rachael Elder, P7b at Glencoats respectively , have been professionally printed for display around the site. Each school also received a cheque for £50.
Michael Scanlan, Director, Clark Contracts, who presented the prizes to pupils said,
“It was important for us to not only deliver this safety message to pupils from St Fergus’ Primary School but also Glencoats Primary School, as children attending both schools will regularly walk past the site. We were extremely impressed with all the posters, especially the two prize-winners as they were able to convey the safety messages we delivered in a very creative manner.”
Clark Contracts Ltd is a privately owned construction, refurbishment and maintenance main contractor with offices in the East and West of Scotland. Delivering contracts up to £10m in value across 5 divisions; Construction, Fit Out, Joinery Workshop, Small Works and Maintenance, Clark Contracts employs over 260 staff. The proportion of business derived from repeat customers each year has averaged 76% over the past ten years and 72% of customers class the main contractor as ‘Impressive’ or ‘First Class’.
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