SITE SAFE AWARDS ARROW TIER 3. THE HIGHEST ACCREDITATION FOR SAFE SITES IN NZ

Arrow was officially awarded Site Safe’s Tier 3 status in March 2012. Tier 3 is the final and highest accreditation in the Construction Safety Charter Accreditation programme. Launched in 2008, Arrow is only the second construction company in New Zealand to achieve this status.

The Construction Safety Charter Accreditation Programme was designed to measure and recognise construction contractors performing at a high level of site safety - planning, communication, monitoring and accountability. To achieve 'best value', many construction clients are looking beyond low price when selecting contractors by looking at actual on-site performance. The programme gives clients information they can use to pre-qualify and select contractors based in part on safety performance.

“It is one thing to have systems and processes but real Health and Safety is achieved when you make a shift in culture. Tier 3 was about engaging leadership so we can change culture, both in our team and on our sites”.
Hugh Morrison
CEO, Arrow Group

“We always had a good Health and Safety record and good sound policies and culture but we had no way of benchmarking them against others in the industry. Site Safe’s accreditation process was a way of proving to ourselves, as much as anybody, that we were performing to our best abilities. Tier 2 provides a compliance benchmarking level while Tier 3 is designed to monitor the management structure that drives the culture to achieve that compliance.”
Dirk Tuinman
National H&S Team Leader

“We wanted to be a Health and Safety leader within the industry, proving that we walk the talk by setting a high standard for contractors to follow. We also believe that a safe, tidy site increases productivity and improves attitudes so it made sense to get involved with the programme.”
Clynton Lereculey
Health & Safety Manager

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: www.sitesafe.org.nz