Costain picked up a trio of titles at the 2013 Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Occupational Health & Safety Awards.

In the awards ceremony, held at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea, the Costain Welsh Water team won the 'Most Improved' performance category. It also took the Highly Commended slot in the Excellence Award, while Works Superintendent, Tony Kopec, was commended in the Outstanding Contribution category.

"The team won the Most Improved award for its work on the Coed Dolwyd Service Reservoir scheme. The award was won not through recovering from a previous dip in performance but by a series of initiatives that led to continuous improvement on already high standards," said Public Relations Manager for the Welsh Water AMP 5 framework, Sara Brady.

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In its submission in the 'Most Improved' category, the team noted that a safety, health and environment (SHE) training programme had been offered to all operatives to ensure the creation of a culture that encourages and looks closely at changing behaviours. There was a significant increase, for example, in the number of Safety observations.

The Highly Commended position was won for overall performance on the Framework, while Tony Kopec's commendation was for rolling out the various SHE measures.

The 'Most Improved' and Excellence awards brought with them prizes of £1,000 and £500 respectively. This money will be donated to local charities, selected from suggestions by Costain Welsh Water staff.

(CD/JP)