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Telesource marks 1 million safe work hours on embassy project
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Posted on Nov 27 2008
Local and overseas workers representing Telesource SHBC (Fiji), Ltd. and their subcontractor Fletcher Construction at the new American Embassy complex site in Tamavua, Suva, are celebrating a truly remarkable achievement: a million work hours without any disabling injury.
Project Director Tracy Thomas for the U.S. Department of States Overseas Buildings Operations stated that this safety milestone is a direct result of the contractor’s commitment to health and safety awareness as well as practices.
Based on statistics from the Fiji Labour Ministry’s Health and Safety at Work Act, this is the first time a project has reached this record on any construction projects in Fiji.
Telesource chief executive officer Nidal Zayed said that safety is Telesource’s most important core value and this team was doing an exemplary job.
“We will focus even more so now and ensure our record is preserved and more importantly that all site personnel remain safe and out of harm’s way,” he said.
Once completed, the more than $30 million project will encompass a 4.3-hectare compound hosting a state-of-the-art embassy facility set in a lush garden with both American and local design elements, providing 4,600 square meters of safe, secure, and functional office space.[B][I] (PR)[/I][/B]
