Safety orientation, training centre for Lusail City workers

Lusail Real Estate Development Company (LREDC) and Samsung C&T recently opened a safety orientation and training centre, which has the potential to empower thousands of workers in the 38sqkm Lusail City. Boasting of eight “experience zones”, the centre is an integral part of LREDC and Samsung C&T’s shared vision of safe construction sites as well as generating safety awareness among workers. “The opening of the safety orientation & training centre is the first drop. We hope the ripples it creates have positive and wide-ranging consequences for the entire construction industry in Qatar and beyond,” said Essa Mohamed Ali Kaldari, CEO of LREDC. Samsung C&T is also constructing an 11.4km road, two underground motorways and three substations as part of the construction package 5B (CP5B). Tae Hwan Cho, project manager of Lusail CP5B, said: “In order to provide safety training and comply with the domestic and international governments’ policies, Samsung C&T must continue to develop awareness and ensure that our contractor’s employees understand their responsibilities as far as safety at the workplace is concerned. The centre will play a pivotal role in this regard and provide essential safety training to employees as well as visitors to our CP5B construction site.” The first two areas of the centre – safety belt experience area and safety hat impact experience area – are dedicated to training individuals on using onsite safety equipment. The next four areas cover onsite facilities, including temporary facilities, fall, B/T scaffolding and rigging experience areas. The centre also imparts key information to trainees on unforeseen construction site accidents. In the electric power experience area, trainees learn about various electrical safety hazards associated with short-circuit protection, overload, welding and earthing, and on ways to prevent electric shock due to misuse of power. The fire extinguisher experience area will provide training in proper equipment usage and the actions workers need to take in the event of a fire. “It is the priority of the health, safety, security, environment, logistics and quality (HSSELQ) department of Lusail to ensure on-the-job safety. Our record reflects relentless promotion of workplace safety and health as well as reduction of workplace fatalities, injuries and illnesses,” said Salem al-Kuwari, director of HSSELQ. Lusail City has been master-planned to accommodate 200,000 residents, 170,000 workers and 80,000 daily visitors.