The six pillars of Target Zero are:
• Leadership and behaviour
• Design for health and safety
• Communication
• Workplace health
• Workplace safety
• Performance improvement
“Contractors are measured on leading indicators in each
of these pillars and that performance creates their HSPI
score. The HSPI has increased month-on-month, yearon-year, and we see a correlation between the strongest
performing contracts, with strong HSPI, and low accident
frequency rate (AFR). So, by investing in leading indicators
the outputs take care of themselves.”
On 11 August 2014, Jessica (one of the tunnelling
machines) completed her 900m journey at Victoria Dock,
rendering the Crossrail tunnels 83 per cent complete. Like
all Crossrail’s TBMs, Jessica is over seven feet in diameter
and 150 meters long. She is essentially an underground
factory or processing plant, operated by a team of 10-15
people, each one with a very specific job. It is essential that
each team member is highly trained so they know exactly
what they are doing.
“Before they were accepted into the UK, the TBMs were
subjected to factory acceptance tests at the manufacturing
site in Germany. When they arrived in the UK, we applied
the strictest rules to ensure that the machines were
operating in accordance with design criteria and safe
operation of the plant. That includes people being in the
right place at the right time and making sure that they
are out of harm’s way so the machine can work safely and
efficiently.”
“Because we are the largest infrastructure project in
Europe, we have attracted a lot of engineering talent. We
particularly rely on our underground engineering and
tunnelling talent, as you can imagine. We monitor our
works on a minute-by-minute basis. When you are building
such structures underground, there is always the potential
for something above ground to move. We have tens of
thousands of sensors across London, delivering millions of
data points to our underground construction information
management system, or UCIMS, which monitors this
information for movement or settlement in real time. Our
One Team, One Spirit
A long established Joint
Venture bringing experience,
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Working with you to leave a
for future
Murphy Group
www.murphygroup.co.uk
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