Enhancement of Workers' Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare in Ashghal Projects
Abstract
One of Ashghal's core values and top priority is the occupational health and safety of customers, employees and contractors. Ashghal prioritizes and is concerned about developing the welfare of workers on the site and in the camp. Ashghal develops welfare specifications for the projects to protect workers and be sure the specifications align with international and national requirements. The specification covers the facilities within the site, such as: number of toilets, handwashing basins, rest area/mess hall, shelter, drinking water, first aid room, transportation, clinic, etc. Ashghal develops an implementation and monitoring system to be sure welfare specifications are provided to all workers, referring to welfare specifications as contractual requirements, then linking workers' welfare as one of the monthly KPIs for the project, implementing it by the contractor, and monitoring it by the consultant. Ashghal is also working on developing specifications and requirements for workers' welfare, for example, developing and updating the specifications and requirements for their welfare on Ashghal construction sites, which will be issued soon as the ACS.
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Keywords
Ashghal - Public Works Authority of QatarOHS - Occupational Health and SafetyKPI - Key performance indicatorsQCS - Qatar Construction SpecificationsACS - Ashghal Construction SpecificationsSCH - Supreme Council of HealthHACCP - Hazard Analysis Critical Control PointNCC - National Command CentreMoPH - Ministry of Public HealthHMC - Hamad Medical Corporation
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How to Cite
Al-Faridi, N. M., Berzan, Y., & Al-Hajri, H. S. R. K. (2023). Enhancement of Workers’ Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare in Ashghal Projects. Proceedings of the International Conference on Civil Infrastructure and Construction (CIC), 2023(1), 148–150. https://doi.org/10.29117/cic.2023.0023
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Section
Theme 1: Contemporary issues in Construction Engineering and Management