13th June 2022
Managing Construction Traffic Safely – How ISG is Contributing to Community Safety
ISG has achieved an impressive CLOCS score of 26/27 for its Hawkfield Studios project in Bristol demonstrating their commitment to improving road safety for local communities in relation to construction traffic. But the story begins before that…
The Southern Construction Framework team took the decision that all projects tendered and won after January 2020 were to be CLOCS ( Construction Logistics and Community Safety) registered and CLOCS principles applied in a bid to safeguard road users potentially affected by framework projects.
The introduction of this requirement provided ISG with the opportunity to review their traffic management procedures to ensure that the processes complemented and reinforced CLOCS requirements. A decision was made at a senior level in the company that all live Southern Construction Framework projects would register with CLOCS, the first being the North Devon Enterprise Centre EU funded project in Barnstable.
Chris Bartlett, ISG Project Manager was appointed CLOCS champion, and began to work with supply chain partners to influence the use of FORS accredited logistic companies. A comprehensive construction logistics plan was developed which was supported by a thorough driver induction programme and a bespoke database to log and track CLOCS self-certificate forms/deliveries/FORS status and vehicle inspections.
The lessons learned on the NDEC project have been taken, understood and implemented on other projects, with CLOCS audit scores improving with each subsequent framework project, and this concluded with the impressive score of 26 on the Hawkfield Studios project.
North Devon Enterprise Centre
