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GUIDANCE FOR SUPERVISORSON BALFOUR BEATTY SITES

December 2006

We are committed to:

� Acknowledge that the staff

on site are the most valuable

assets to the project

� Having a safety conscious

workforce

� Preventing all accidents

� Having excellent site and

welfare facilities

� Using only well trained and

experienced supervisors

� Free and open discussions on

Safety, Environment and

Quality (HSEQ) issues.

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Balfour Beatty Construction

Limited (BBCL) welcomes you,

as a supervisor, to this project.

We believe that without your

input and skills, we as a Company

would not achieve our aims or

objectives, which are being able to

conduct our business without

causing harm to people or the

environment.

We deliver standards well in

excess of the legal minimum on all

of our projects and it is important

that you are aware of them from

the outset.

We understand that as a

supervisor you are an integral part

of the success of this site. You are

someone who is able to control,

organise, direct and set operatives

to work in a safe and efficient

manner.

Our commitment to safety

Our commitment to safety is non-negotiable; it comesat the top of our priority list and should not be

compromised under any circumstances.

� Organise, manage and plan

your work in line with

programme requirements

� Be approachable and

responsive with the ability to

communicate clearly and

effectively

� Be motivated and be able to

motivate others to work

safely

� Have knowledge, experience

and a positive attitude

towards safety

� Understand risk management,

especially in relation to the

tasks being undertaken

� Hold a Supervisor CSCS card

and the CITB 5-Day SMSTS

qualifications or acceptable

equivalent

� Stop work on any activity

which you cannot accomplish

safely.

� Recognise good health and

safety in the workplace as

being integral to the overall

success of the project

� Brief your operatives on safe

systems of work such that

they understand and adhere

to the specified control

measures

� Recognise that health and

safety is everybody’s

responsibility and that you,

and all line managers, lead by

example

� Show a positive attitude to

improving health and safety

� Contribute proactively at

HSEQ co-ordination and

progress meetings

What we expect from you

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Understand that all accidents are preventable.

As an important and valued member of the site team,

we expect you as a supervisor to:

� Allow work to start on

unplanned activities

� Set operatives to work in

unsafe areas

� Allow work to start without a

suitable and sufficient risk

assessment

� Use untrained/unskilled

workers

� Use uncertified, unsafe,

plant/equipment

� Do not inform and instruct on

safe systems and controls

� Condone breaches of site

rules and legal requirements

� Do not react to unsafe acts

and conditions.

Your company has agreed to support us in delivering

our safety standards and will have fully briefed you on

these prior to coming to site. If you have any concerns

in this respect please discuss and resolve them with

your line manager or the Project Manager on site.

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What we expect from you

Anyone appointed as a supervisor has legal duties on behalf of

themselves, those for whom they supervise and anyone else likely to

be affected by their acts or omissions - in the areas for which they

have been made responsible. You as an individual (supervisor) could

be subject to personal legal action if you knowingly:

� Holding Health, Safety,

Environmental and Quality

meetings

� Listen and, where

appropriate, take action on

your concerns

� Operating an “open door”

policy

� We will work with you in

coordinating our activities

on site to create a safer

working environment

� Provide regular feedback to

you on your queries and

concerns

� Involve you in project

briefing and initiatives.

You can rely on BBCL to:

� Support you in safety initiatives

and promotions

� Encourage you to express your

views on safety issues

� Respect you as a competent

person

� Listen to you on all

suggestions - there is no such

thing as a bad idea

� Provide you with the support

you need from the project

management team to help you

deliver these objectives

� Regard you as a highly valued

member of the site team.

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What you can expect from us

We aim to safely deliver a quality product

first time on time every time.

BBCL are committed to a planned and structured approach to ensuring

our sites are well run at all times. To enable you as a supervisor to share

in this success we need your co-operation in working with us to support

these values.

BBCL and your company will support you and are fully committed

to a safe site. We want to help you to achieve this by:

Support

Andy Grove BBCNL 07789397304

Ian Mills BBCS+SL 07899065172

BBCNL 0191 2669011

BBCS+SL 0131 3115334

Dave Finney BBCNL 07795333336

Greg Johnston BBCS+SL 07768898821

Useful information

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Balfour Beatty

Construction Limited

is only as good as the

people working for us.

Notes

Telephone numbers

Company Safety Manager:

Company Environment Manager:

Confidential Helpline:

As a supervisor you have an

important part to play in the

success of the site you work on

with your project.

This handbook has been designed

to explain to you the requirements

of your role as a supervisor whilst

working on any BBCL project.

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