Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy Holds Workshop on World Cup 2022 Workers' Safety

Doha, May 06 (QNA) - The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) and Qatar Shell have teamed up to deliver a high-level health and safety workshop for senior SC employees and a host of local and international contractors engaged on projects linked to the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. Hosted by SC Secretary General HE Hassan Al Thawadi and delivered by Shells Maarten Wetselaar, Integrated Gas & New Energies Director, the participants analyzed the lessons learnt from the successful health and safety records of the two organizations, both of which are central to Qatars development plans in line with Qatar National Vision 2030, and discussed the importance of an organizational culture and leadership approach that values health and safety. The workshop, titled Safety has no Boundaries and held on Shells Global Safety Awareness Day on 3 May, also discussed how best practice from across industries and markets can be applied on SC projects, and how to harness the collective health and safety culture across 2022 FIFA World Cup construction projects. The workshop was attended by over 60 contractors and SC employees. Contractors who attended the workshop included: HBK; Sixco; Al Balagh; Al Jaber Eng; Midmac; Tekfen; J&P; Larsen & Toubro; China Railway Construction Corporation, Gulf Contracting and Nakheel. The workshop comes at an important time on the SCs 2022 FIFA World Cup preparations, with 2018 being the busiest construction year on the project. Main Contractors are now engaged on every SC project, and it is expected that a record number of workers will be on site. Commenting on the partnership, SC Secretary General Hassan Al Thawadi said: "The Supreme Committee has an industry leading health and safety record and in 2017 alone we conducted over 500 health and safety inspections on site, equating to nearly 2,500 hours of inspections. We have always considered the health and safety of every worker engaged on the 2022 FIFA World Cup project to be of the utmost important, and are always looking for ways to improve, and hope this collaboration with Maarten and his team at Shell will ensure we continue to develop new ways to further embed a health and safety culture at the SC and across all of our projects." HE Sheikh Ali Bin Hamad Al-Thani, who is the President of HBK Contracting Co. W.L.L., Lead Partners of the JV constructing the iconic Lusail Stadium, where the first and final match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will take place, said: "As a Qatari company its essential that we take a leadership approach in such an important area. Lusail is going to be an iconic stadium when its complete and it's my organizations mission to ensure we deliver it with an exceptional health and safety record. Workshops like the one hosted by the SC and Shell are great ways for us all to share knowledge and discuss best practice and I look forward to future sessions and further collaboration between those in attendance." The Supreme Committee currently has over 25,000 workers engaged on eight stadium sites and other 2022 FIFA World Cup related projects. Main contractor works will be completed at another two venues in 2018 (Al Wakrah and Al Bayt Stadiums), with a further two reaching the same milestone in 2019 (Qatar Foundation and Al Rayyan Stadiums). (QNA)