Bill Perry Safety Award winners

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A document which summarises each winning Bill Perry Safety Award submission.

Learning from Innovation

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An article published in the August/September 2015 issue of BRANZ Build magazine. It summarises SCIRT's approach to innovation management and suggests some areas for improvement.

SCIRT requirements for utility location and protection

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A document which describes the processes and procedures SCIRT designers and delivery teams had to follow to locate and protect utilities.

Relationship Between Early Contractor Involvement and Financial Performanc…

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A paper written by Paul S Botha and Eric Scheepbouwer for the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2504, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 2015, pp. 66-72.

SCIRT service strikes bowtie diagram

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A bowtie diagram which SCIRT used to evaluate the risks associated with and analyse the causal relationships associated with service strikes.

Early involvement builds successful framework

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A document which discusses the importance of the ECI process at SCIRT.

Examples of SCIRT Safety Alerts - Critical Risk 1 - Service Strikes

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A document which contains several examples of SCIRT Safety Alerts, which were documents sent out to inform and educate all site staff after an incident.

Setting national standards for utilities coordination and protection - SCI…

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A document which describes how SCIRT led the co-ordination of its huge repair programme with those of other utilities.

Driving Innovative Thinking in the New Zealand Construction Industry - pre…

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A pdf copy of a presentation delivered at Building a Better New Zealand (BBNZ 2014) Conference. The presentation examines the relationship between innovation and productivity improvement in the construction industry.

Pipe Lining Specification

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A document which specifies the technical requirements for the rehabilitation and repair of pipes using lining methodologies during the SCIRT programme of work.

CTV News - SCIRT Women

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A video of a CTV News broadcast of a Ministry of Women's Affairs initiative to attract more women into trades and construction related jobs.

SCIRT Health and Safety Policy - February 2016

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The SCIRT Health and Safety Policy, revised in February 2016.

SCIRT, The Construction Industry Health and Safety Leaders - paper

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A final year paper prepared by University of Canterbury students examining the positive effects of SCIRT on the New Zealand construction industry's health and safety performance.

Critical Risk 6 Health and Safety Toolbox - confined spaces

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A document which outlines how to work safely in confined spaces, created to discuss with site staff at on-site "toolbox talks".

SCIRT Safety Alert - SCIRT Critical Risk #3 powered plant and tools - firs…

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An example of a SCIRT safety alert. Safety alerts were sent out to Delivery Team Health and Safety representatives after an incident who then sent or delivered them to subcontractors.

SCIRT safety on a page

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A document which illustrates the impetus for SCIRT's zero harm programme, the parties involved, initiatives undertaken and outcomes achieved.

Critical Risk 5 Health and Safety Toolbox - trenches and excavations

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A document which outlines how to work safely in trenches and excavations, created to discuss with site staff at on-site "toolbox talks".

Critical Risk 4 Health and Safety Toolbox - lifting operations

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A document which outlines how to safely carry out lifting operations, created to discuss with site staff at on-site "toolbox talks".

Critical Risk 8 Health and Safety Toolbox - working at height and depth

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A document which outlines how to work safely at height and depth, created to discuss with site staff at on-site "toolbox talks".

Critical Risk 2 Health and Safety Toolbox - mobile plant and people interf…

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A document which outlines how to keep site staff and public safe around mobile plant, created to discuss with site staff at on-site "toolbox talks".

Critical Risk 3 Health and Safety Toolbox - traffic management and people …

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A document which outlines how to keep site staff and public safe around traffic, created to discuss with site staff at on-site "toolbox talks".

Health and Safety Management Plan

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A plan which aims to ensure an environment of Zero Harm on SCIRT worksites. The first version of this plan was produced on 29 July 2011.

Monthly SCIRT Safety Statistics - December 2016

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An example of a monthly presentation created to communicate with all SCIRT team members about SCIRT's safety performance.

The SCIRT Innovation Project

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A report created by the University of Canterbury Quake Centre and the University of Auckland, funded by the Building Research Levy. It shows how an innovation process was initiated and managed throughout the rebuilding of the horizontal infrastructure after the Canterbury earthquakes.

Earthquake Expectation Data

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A paper which details earthquake expectation data, supplied to SCIRT by GNS Science.

Evaluation of Whole of Life Costs for Rebuild Option Evaluation (Calculati…

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A pdf copy of a spreadsheet tool used by designers to undertake a whole of life evaluation of rebuild options.

Effectiveness and efficiency of arrangements to repair pipes and roads in …

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A report which details the findings of a follow-up performance audit carried out by the Office of the Auditor-General to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of arrangements to repair Christchurch's horizontal infrastructure.

SCIRT and New Zealand Red Cross collaboration workshop summary

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A document created to summarise the initial SCIRT and New Zealand Red Cross collaboration workshop.

SCIRT presentation to Red Cross

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A pdf copy of a presentation which SCIRT presented to Red Cross volunteers, telling them about what SCIRT is and what it does.

'REAL' response to resource roles

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A document which outlines SCIRT's best practice approach to recruitment and training.