Press Releases
23 Jul 2018
RTA unveils 8th Safety Awards and introduces Safety Star category
Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has launched the 8th Safety Awards 2018 for recognising partners, consultants, contractors and employees adopting the best safety practices. The Awards seek to encourage RTA’s partners to play proactive & constructive roles sustain safety and maintain the highest standards in all RTA’s services including public transport.
The underlying objective of RTA’s Safety Awards is to diffuse sustainable safety practices in RTA across the board and invoke the sense of accountability in all matters relating 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 RTA’s agencies and sectors are designed and built to the safety standards. All operations are subjected to comprehensive assessment to ensure their compatibility with the all project-related needs.
Categories of the 8th Safety Awards 2018 were designed to encourage, reward and sustain good safety practices in all operations. The eight key categories of the Awards up for grabs this year comprise The Best Safety Consultant, Best Safety Contractor, Best Safety Employee/Worker in RTA Projects, Best Partner, and the Best Safety Consultant. The awards also include the Best Safety Contractor Category; which comprises two categories:
Small and Medium Contractor (with less than 500 employees in RTA projects), and Large Contractor (with more than 500 employees in RTA projects).
The awards also include the Best Safety Worker (working in Contractor Companies in the field of handicrafts), and the Best Safety Partner (from those supporting the strategic objectives of RTA in regards to safety). There is also the Best Public Transport Driver in the Field of Safety (taxi driver, bus driver, marine transport unit operator, and tram operator), and the Best Safety Initiative (best safety initiative proposed and implemented in RTA) and the Best Maintenance Team (best team, section or department of RTA in matters regarding best maintenance works in safety).
This edition of the Safety Awards features the introduction of a new internal category (RTA Safety Star). This award is dedicated to an RTA employee with an excellent safety record in such a way that surpasses expectations.
As directed by HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, RTA shall be committed to ‘No Compromise on Safety Policy’. The Safety Awards will cement the leading role of the RTA in boosting the safety performance and the value of teamwork in all processes, projects and activities.
Results of the 8th Safety Awards will be announced during a ceremony hosted by RTA where winners will be felicitated by HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the RTA.
It is noteworthy that RTA kicked off the Safety Awards in 2009 to honour the safe performance of road contractors and consultants. Since then, the awards were run annually and started to grow to cover all partners complying with the highest safety practices and contributing to the strategic objectives of RTA.
They have even gone further beyond expectations in achieving RTA’s vision of Safe and Smooth Transport for All.