Winning site safety posters unveiled

Edited by the Buildingtalk editorial team Jul 17, 2008

Three budding artists from Scout Road Primary School in Halifax are celebrating after scooping top honours in ISG's site safety competition.

Alexandra Ogden, Jessica Murphy and Natasha Chambers are now the envy of their classmates after dreaming up the winning designs for the poster competition, which the contractor organised as part of its GBP1.1 million project to extend and modernise facilities at the popular school.

ISG, which has an office in Bradford, set the pupils the challenge of designing a site safety poster highlighting the very real dangers posed by construction sites, with the winning entries displayed across the school and on the site itself.

ISG's health and safety advisor, Mick Quealy led the judging panel and found it impossible to select just one winner.

"The standard of entries was exceptionally high and as a result we took the decision to select three overall winners.

Each of the winning designs features an excellent combination of bright and bold colours, with a catchy slogan that gives a strong message about safety.

"We find that pupils enjoy the creative process of designing a poster and this really makes them think about the dangers that they can encounter on construction sites.

The competition works well alongside more formal heath and safety talks that we give in assembly, and as a result this important health and safety message can really hit home.

All three posters will now take pride of place around the site and within the school to reinforce our commitment to safety".

The three pupils were presented with a framed copy of their winning entries and GBP50 worth of vouchers at a ceremony in front of the entire school.

Mick Quealy added: "With summer holidays just around the corner, it is essential that children understand that playing around construction sites can be incredibly dangerous.

We hope that through our work with schools across the region, children have a happy, fun filled, and above all, safe summer holiday, and that pupils at Scout Road Primary School look forward to returning to fantastic new facilities in September.".