RTA launches 8th Safety Awards

dubai — The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has launched the 8th Safety Awards to recognise partners, consultants, contractors and employees adopting the best safety practices.

The awards seek to encourage the RTA’s partners to play proactive and constructive roles, sustain safety and maintain the highest standards in all the authority’s services including public transport.

The underlying objective of the RTA’s Safety Awards is to spread sustainable safety practices in the authority across the board and invoke a sense of accountability in all matters related to safety. The awards also seek to raise the safety awareness of partners and encourage them to adopt the highest safety, health and environmental practices and comply with the applicable statutory requirements.

The compliance with the safety and environment management system during the construction of projects is a key objective of the RTA. All projects undertaken by the RTA’s agencies and sectors are designed and built to safety standards. All operations are subjected to comprehensive assessment to ensure their compatibility with the all project-related needs.

The eight key categories of the awards up for grabs this year include The Best Safety Consultant, Best Safety Contractor, Best Safety Employee/Worker in RTA Projects, Best Partner and the Best Safety Consultant.

The Best Safety Contractor Category comprises two subcategories: Small and Medium Contractor (with less than 500 employees in the RTA projects), and Large Contractor (with more than 500 employees in the RTA projects). —