Protecting Our People by Managing Risk

At CRL, the health, safety, and wellbeing of our people are our highest priorities. We are committed to creating a working environment where everyone feels safe, supported, and valued—both on site and in the office. This commitment is reflected not only in our industry-leading health and safety practices, but also in the wide-ranging support we provide for mental and physical wellbeing.

We take pride in continually reviewing and improving our health and safety policies and procedures, ensuring they remain robust, relevant, and effective. Protecting our workforce is fundamental to how we operate and central to the way we successfully deliver our projects.

Our long-established No Compromise culture is recognised externally through numerous industry accolades. Most recently, CRL received its 21st RoSPA Gold Award and sixth Order of Distinction, internationally recognised achievements that reflect our sustained commitment to excellence and continual improvement in health and safety performance.

A commitment to the highest safety standards underpins everything we do at CRL. We operate a comprehensive, integrated SHEQ management system that is independently audited and certified Safety, Health, and Environmental management system that is independently audited by NQA and certified to ISO 9001 for Quality, ISO 14001 for Environmental Management, and ISO 45001 for Occupational Health and Safety.

This system is implemented and managed by our highly trained Contracts and Site Management teams, all of whom are qualified to SMSTS level. Our workforce undertakes mandatory safety training, supported by e-learning programmes, regular toolbox talks, and structured site briefings. These activities are further strengthened by the guidance and oversight provided by our in-house Safety Advisors, alongside support from our external safety partners.

In addition, CRL holds certificates for a number of recognised with a number of recognised safety and compliance schemes, including SafeContractor, Achilles UVDB, RISQS, JOSCAR, Avetta, Constructionline, and CHAS Elite (CAS). These accreditations demonstrate our proactive approach to safety, compliance, and risk management, and reinforce our commitment to providing safe, well-managed working environments across all our operations.

"CRL has a clear aim to promote the positive aspects and ideas associated with health and wellbeing at work. The issue of staff health and wellbeing at work is recognised as part of a broader approach to health promotion that involves all stakeholders associated with our organisation."

Centura Group Health & Wellbeing Policy

Case Studies

Mental Health Awareness Week 2021
Mental Health Foundation
Building Mental Health Charter
CRL sign up to the BMH Charter
Supporting The Lighthouse Club
The Construction Industry Charity

Occupational Health and Wellness

CRL recognise the importance of the wellness of our employees and as such offer Health Surveillance for all our Site Teams which is undertaken by our Occupational Health Service provider. This includes Routine Planned 'face to face' consultation with Occupational Health specialists & referrals with specialist Doctors.

CRL also carry out the following;

    • Routine planned surveillance based on the assessments of likely exposure,
    • Offer 24/7 help, support and advise to all employees through our provider Health Assured, and
    • Non-routine biological monitoring (e.g. Isocyanates) for one-off, short duration tasks.

Leading and Sharing Health and Safety Knowledge

Our (Group SHEQ Advisor) Senior Safety Advisor Nigel Roper has researched and shared his knowledge to provide real world, task specific on-site measurement of noise, vibration, EMFs, RCS, Isocyanates, Xylene, MMA using grab sampling and dosimetry techniques.

Nigel has also been involved in the Sharing of information on the recent All Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry named Silica – the next asbestos?.

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Mental Health

It is no secret that construction industry workers are more likely to suffer from poor mental health than in many other sectors. As an employer, we can help to reduce many of the stresses that lead to poor mental health within our workforce.

Our Health and Wellbeing Policy highlights the importance of caring for our colleagues' health and wellbeing and sets out our plans to ensure everyone receives the support they need. Our policy seeks to bring existing staff wellbeing issues to the fore, whilst creating an organisational culture where stigma is eradicated and negative wellbeing issues are identified, minimised and managed before they affect the wellbeing of colleagues.

CRL has a variety of initiatives in place to promote good mental health including;

    • a number of Mental Health First Aiders across the company who are trained to respond to the needs of any colleague experiencing mental health problem,
    • ensuring that all our employees and their families have free access to the Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme. Health Assured is an independent health and wellbeing provider that offers support for a range of health and wellbeing issues, and  
    • signing up and supporting the Building Mental Health Charter.

We support and promote initiatives such as ASK TWICE and TAKE 10 TOGETHER to help our colleagues support each other, as well as The Lighthouse Club, the construction industry wellbeing charity.

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