샌프란시스코 공공시설위원회(SFPUC)가 수도관 향상 프로그램(WSIP)의 한 부분인 프로젝트 시공 팀이 2009년 4월~2014년 10월 사이 어떠한 중상이나 상해 없이 총 700만 시간이 넘는 근무시간을 일해 왔다고 발표했다.

SFPUC에 따르면 이 이정표는 프로그램의 건설 현장이 일하기 안전한 장소가 될 수 있도록 보장하는 “안전을 생각하고 안전하게 일하자”식 업무 접근의 대표적인 사례로 꼽힌다. 이러한 접근은 SFPUC의 시공관리프로그램이 기록에 남는 부상이나 상해시간 등에서 국가 산업 평균과 비교했을 때 눈에 띄게 낮은 수치를 기록할 수 있도록 도왔다.

 

 

 

Last week, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) announced that construction teams working on projects as part of the Water System Improvement Program (WSIP) have performed a total of more than 7 million safe working hours without a single major injury or lost time incident between April 2009 and October 2014.

 

According to SFPUC, the milestone is representative of the "Think Safety, Work Safely" approach, ensuring that the program's construction sites are safe places to work. This approach has enabled SFPUC's construction management program to achieve significantly lower rates of recordable injuries and lost work time compared to the national industry averages.

 

WSIP is one of the largest water infrastructure programs in the nation and the largest infrastructure program ever undertaken by the city of San Francisco, noted SFPUC. It is composed of 83 projects to upgrade, repair and replace the city's aging water infrastructure. Currently 80 percent complete, the program has employed 11,000 workers since 2007 and has repaired or replaced more than 280 miles of pipeline.
 
"Construction on the WSIP really peaked over the last five years, and some of the largest and most complex infrastructure projects have been completed or brought into service," said SFPUC Commissioner Vince Courtney. "This is very demanding work, and this record is remarkable with all of the major work accomplished over the last five years."

 

SFPUC representatives acknowledged the safety milestone with a formal presentation of a certificate to the active construction management and contractor teams in December, 2014. 

 

[출처 = Water World / 2015년 2월 16일]