We believe that people are our most valuable resource. Accordingly, we strive to give the health and safety of our employees and anyone and those affected by our business the highest of priorities. Health and safety is a core business value within ParkCity.
Our commitment to Health & Safety is supported by continual improvement to our approach, and fresh targets and objectives for health and safety performance are set annually. We are certified under CHAS (Construction Health & Safety Assessment Scheme), and are Constructionline registered.
We recognise that our supply chain is a key part of the overall picture and all our contractors undergo rigorous evaluation to ensure they satisfy our competency requirements. Clearly, the competency of individuals is also crucial, and all persons working on our projects require a skills card issued under the Construction Skills Certification Scheme.

While all construction activities have some impact on the environment, we are committed to keeping this to a minimum. We strive to ensure that our construction activities and the projects we deliver are not at the expense of future generations.
We seek to control the short term impacts of our sites by undertaking detailed environmental assessments prior to the start of every project. We also work closely with our clients both before and during projects, and endeavour to achieve sustainability in our buildings through thoughtful design and the use of materials from sustainable sources. Wherever possible we will make our clients aware of 'greener' design options.
An environmental management system is included within our health and safety management system and we are currently developing to improve environmental performance and reduce our environmental footprint.
All of our site managers have received environmental awareness training and all persons working on our projects receive relevant and appropriate environmental instruction during site induction.
In line with the Government's Strategy for sustainable Construction we are fully committed to reducing the amount of waste generated by our activities and in particular the amount of waste going to landfill. Site Waste Management Plans are prepared for every project. We work closely with our waste management contractors to divert as much waste as possible away from landfill. We work with our designers and project teams to ensure that less waste is produced.
Our approach to sustainability and the environment is driven by the firm belief that we must consider the future today.
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Welcome to the August 2010 podcast. In this episode: We visit the Royal Welsh Show to find out what HSE is doing to reduce death and injury in agriculture.
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