CLICK HERE to read the Crane Association of NZ May 2020 external newsletter.

Another month, another newsletter, and yet another few weeks in lockdown – albeit this time at Alert level 3.

This newsletter, Scott McLeod has prepared some advice about how best to prepare your businesses and employees ahead of the eventual return to life without lockdown.

And the NZ Transport Agency shares with us how best our industry can help them in future projects, once they begin to ramp up work throughout the country again.

Regretfully, with recent Government guidelines on mass gatherings and travel restrictions, we’ve made the decision to postpone the 2020 CANZ Conference until next 14-16 July 2021.

Given the pandemic’s ongoing uncertainty, and with the health and safety of our delegates, exhibitors, guest speakers, and staff our primary concern, we thought it best to decide early.

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Work is set to get back underway on state highway projects around the country after New Zealand moved to COVID-19 Alert Level 3 on Tuesday 28 April.

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency General Manager Transport Services Brett Gliddon says Waka Kotahi has been working closely with its contractors and with Construction Health and Safety NZ (CHASNZ) to plan for a safe return to work following the end of the Level 4 lockdown period.

While some essential state highway maintenance work has continued during the lockdown in order to keep the network safe for the movement of essential goods and to support lifeline functions, all non-essential maintenance work and capital project work was stopped with the move to Alert Level 4 on March 26.

Mr Gliddon says work on Waka Kotahi projects and non-essential state highway maintenance work will be able to resume under Level 3, but with strict health and safety protocols.

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As the country begins its new normal under COVID-19 Alert level 3 restrictions, the right policies and procedures are vitally important when gearing up for work.

Crane Association of New Zealand Past-President, Scott McLeod, says a good place to start is the Construction Health and Safety NZ website.

They’ve undertaken a significant piece of work – the New Zealand COVID-19 Construction Protocols – to provide a ‘how to’ guide that supports businesses preparation under the new alert level.

These protocols are a living document which will be kept updated by a working party of health and safety practitioners from across industry and can be adapted on a site by site basis.

Scott was quick to download the guide to develop policies and procedures for his business.

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