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[Louise Howard] The Sydney Metro is an
operating agency within Transport For NSW
for the NSW Government
We build
operate and deliver autonomous railways.
Our value around health and safety is really
around no fatalities and no life-changing injuries across our
program of works. We have multiple work fronts – we have a
multitude of different types of workers
it’s around keeping all of those people safe because all of them have
an impact across the project. Central Station is one that comes to mind
so we’re trying to construct a new station box
Inside an existing station.
There are a lot of challenges associated with that.
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So a couple of things
is under the health and safety space for us that are really pivotal
number one is public interface really here to keep our customers safe
while we’re building this incredible piece of infrastructure.
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Number two is heavy vehicle movements a lot of activity on a small parcel of land.
The delivery management system, which Laing O’Rourke uses, schedules all the activities and deliveries to come in.
There’s seven trucks on rotation constantly
There’s about 30 truck movements a day
so it’s really important that the workforce here on the ground
are looked after. They’re separated and delineated
from the work that’s going on with the trucks.
And that’s really key to ensure
people can go home safely.
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[Sallie Oxborough] If I’ve got something big coming in and I know, I can ring and say ‘look, how far away are you?’ I can just check on the app or whatever – that pre-planning, you know. [Louise Howard] That’s key really as the central management of plan. [Sallie Oxborough] Exactly.
[Sallie Oxborough] Copy – truck and dog coming out from the north.
Thanks Ranji, see you on the next one.
[Louise Howard] Number three is really around big lifts.
The new canopy for Central Station, which will
transform the way it looks
So getting access to this site,
safely lifting large scale pieces of pit
and plants and pieces of equipment into this site
are fundamental challenges of a brownfield rail site.
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We’ve got a couple of what we call greenfield sites, which are our new stations
so Martin Place is one of those and they come with their own set of challenges.
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[Louise Howard] Hey Tim, we’re at the incredible landmark site of Martin Place station, a lot of challenges here in the health and safety space, can you just outline a couple for us?
[Tim Fleming] For us public safety is an absolute critical focus.
In particular, the buildings that come up
We’re going to see work at height risks emerging
And the use of the tower cranes
So looking at netting systems and really very detailed planning around
how we protect both the public and the construction team from the work at height risk.
We’re seeing the transport of all the materials coming and going.
A huge number of trucks going in and out of the construction project
So heavy vehicle and haulage is a big focus.
See the detailed planning that needs to go in to managing things like the pedestrian overpass.
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[Tim Fleming] It was really good work done by the contractor there to deliver a safe outcome for everyone which continues on.
[Louise Howard] The industry of construction over the last 20 years has evolved a lot.
Other major infrastructure projects Around the world look to us in the health and safety space as leading.
Sydney Metro has an incredible opportunity to really drive innovation
Particularly in the construction industry and that’s what we’re looking to do.
I’m just constantly filled with pride and joy around the job that I do here and the team I’m surrounded by.
We have a huge future ahead of us
Constantly pushing the envelope, constantly leading industry, it’s going to set a positive future for health and safety at Sydney Metro.
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