The high standards that our customers have come to expect is achieved by employing teams of skilled tradesmen and professionals, under our direct control, most of whom have been with us for many years.
As a caring employer, we value a highly motivated workforce. We encourage innovation and provide the training and incentives necessary to reward effort and excellence.
Our operating certificates range from the basic on site CSCS and CPCS to the Supervisory and Management level CSCS.
All the employed staff hold the relevant Health & Safety Certificates to fully comply with all site operations. All work is professionally managed and is carried out to the highest standard from start to finish.
Health and Safety is of utmost importance to Alex Murray Construction and continuous training of operatives is part of the Company Policy. It is this Company’s Policy to perform and comply with any duty or requirement under the Health and Safety at Work Act and other relevant legislation and Codes of Practice.
These measures are aimed at providing safe and healthy working conditions for our employees and to ensure that work done by our employee does not adversely affect the Health and Safety of our clients, their employees, other contractors or members of the public. We will consult with and inform our employees fully on all Health and Safety matters, provide all relevant information to improve safety standards and provide necessary training or ‘update’ training in respect of risks to their Health and Safety which may arise out of their work or at their workplace.
It is our Policy to fully determine the hazards to Health and Safety in undertaking the work of this Company and to develop risk assessments, in order to take the necessary precautions to ensure a safe and healthy working environment. We will consult with individual employees before giving them particular Health and Safety responsibilities as we require the full support of all persons within the Company in order for this Safety Policy to be implemented.
Neglect or breach of statutory Health and Safety legislation is considered a serious disciplinary matter and may result in criminal prosecution. There is a clear legal duty on each and every employee to take reasonable care for their personal Health and Safety and that of all other persons who may be affected by his or her acts or omissions while at work. This policy will be reviewed annually, or whenever necessary to comply with changes in legislation or Company Policy.
This Company is a member of Construction Safety (South East) Limited, a company which provides safety advisory and monitoring services; they will act as our Safety Adviser.
The Company has a good Health and Safety record but we ask for every employee to cooperate fully with us and our safety advisers so that wherever possible our standards may be improved.
Alex Murray – Director Responsible for Health & Safety
Environmental Policy & Action Statement
The Company wholeheartedly supports the principle of environmental improvement and sustainable development. We believe that it is in the Company’s best interests, and those of all who work in it, to ensure that the environment is protected and improved. To this end, within the framework of the law, we are committed, wherever practicable, to achieving and maintaining an environmental improvement policy. Every possible step will be taken to ensure that the environment is protected and improved wherever possible.
Examples
Through a ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ strategy we are looking to minimize our environmental footprint. The first step in this direction is to cut down on waste; taking care to make material take-offs more precise. The next step is to re-use materials which have not been used and are still fit for purpose. The third step is to recycle materials which can no longer be used: we recycle all paper from our head-office and in the future we plan to move into the recycling of plastics, metals, timber, rubble and all sorts of materials. Our end-goal is to be sending zero waste to landfill!
In our drive to reduce fuel consumption we have fitted 15 of our vehicles with vehicle tracking devices. This is intended to make operatives answerable to their fuel use and to cut down on excessive vehicle use and speeding. As well as this we have a transport management system in place which aims to ensure that there are no more vans on site than are completely necessary.
Being a locally run business, we recognise the importance of putting back into the community what the community has helped us to achieve. In doing this we give continued support in the form of money, free labour, materials and plant to local and national charities as well as events run across the Island. Those who have benefited from this include the Stornoway Running Club, The Moldova Fund, Blytheswood, Bethesda Nursing Home, the Ness Charity Shop, Ness Football Club, and numerous cattle shows and carnivals.
As well as supporting local charities we also opt to support local businesses – sub-contractors and material suppliers – where possible and practical to do so. We see the value and importance of employing people who live on the island, therefore contributing to the local economy and culture.
