Property & Development Magazine Issue 427 | Page 13

Education: USHA

ideas. Recently, architect Philip Watson

and Management) Regulations given

of Atkins Global spoke about how

the wide-ranging projects falling under

building design can and should look

CDM’s scope that take place on cam-

beyond safety to overall wellbeing

puses, often in live buildings, but not at

since the workforce spends eight to ten

the expense of sensible approaches to

hours per day in the built environment.

risk management.”

With new builds and refurbishment

USHA’s work is also laying the foun-

regularly taking place across the UK’s

dations for health and safety best prac-

universities, Watson’s input shed light

tice in the future. “The students them-

on how such institutions should consid-

selves will be going into industries where

er their future estate development.

health and safety is integral to critical

“We like to consider what challenges

working practices,” adds Wood. “From

universities are facing and find the

event management, architecture, con-

speakers who can help inspire the solu-

struction and engineering through to the

tions

Wood.

pharmaceutical and chemical sectors,

“Collaboration is so important, be that

having a knowledge of risk management

with industry professionals who are

and safety leadership during their aca-

breaking new ground on safety and

demic years will give them the grounding

wellbeing or working with organisations

to flourish in their chosen careers.”

needed,”

remarks

with greater influence such as the
employer’s

association

UCEA,

Universities UK or the HSE.

Part of the challenge is breaking down
the misnomers regarding health and
safety, for example, that it is time con-

“Leadership has become our focal

suming, overly bureaucratic and expen-

point recently. Everyone is a leader

sive to manage. That’s why Wood

when it comes to health and safety,

believes it’s vital that USHA’s work with

whether that’s students or staff. We

major industry bodies is a two-way

produced guidance last year in conjunc-

street. Indeed, while the organisation

tion with leading bodies to look at

continues to have greater influence, the

enabling institutions to lead on health

HSE, UUK, the Construction Clients’

and safety throughout every tier of

Group,

their organisational structure.

Federation and others are now looking to

“Elsewhere, our estates group is

The

with the revised Construction (Design

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Safety

it for its specialist sector knowledge. n

currently looking at the challenges the
sector is facing to secure compliance

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