Vantaa, Finland, 2016-06-27 09:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Ramirent Oyj Press release 27 June 2016 at 10:00
Skanska invited suppliers and subcontractors to participate in occupational safety work with an idea contest titled "How would your company improve safety at worksites?" during Skanska’s occupational safety week in May 2016. The challenge was to brainstorm a means to promote safety at worksites and share the ideas with Skanska. The contest received a large number of suggestions from all over Finland. The topics mentioned in the ideas included unloading, treatment of subcontractors, vests for ground men, online orientation and usage training.
Occupational safety is an important part of supplier cooperation. Skanska is continuously aiming to cooperate with its subcontractors and suppliers to improve safety by, for instance, agreeing on shared procedures.
The jury from Skanska selected Ramirent's idea of having a system for controlling operators’ access to lifts as the winner. The system is based on a key card that only allows certified operators to use the lift. Access control on equipment also prevents misuse of the machinery and prevents rental equipment from being broken. Ramirent’s idea brings a solution to an important matter at Skanska.
"In our opinion, Ramirent's entry in the competition and the idea of lift usage control proves that Ramirent is continuing its work to improve work safety when using lifts. Last year, a change process was launched whereby all boom lifts where equipped with a device preventing to be pressed. Ramirent was the first company to truly understand our requirements and needs and correct the situation. Control of lifts is an excellent continuation of this progress," says Hannu Tomperi, Managing Director of Skanska Infra Oy.
“We are very pleased to receive this award from Skanska. Ramirent wants to be the leader in providing safe rental equipment and solutions to its customers that help improve occupational safety at construction sites. Our RamiSmart system that was the winning idea at Skanska’s occupational safety week competition, is an excellent example of how we through system development can improve site safety. It is a system for controlling and monitoring access to equipment, so that only trained and competent personnel can use the equipment, and it includes also other features such as control of access to the entire construction site”, says Mikael Kämpe, EVP, Ramirent Finland.
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Mikael Kämpe, EVP, Ramirent Finland, tel. +358 20 750 200
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Ramirent is a leading equipment rental group combining the best equipment, services and know-how into rental solutions that simplify customer’s business. Ramirent serves a broad range of customer sectors including construction, industry, services, the public sector and households. Ramirent has operations in the Nordic countries and in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2015, Ramirent Group sales totalled EUR 636 million. The Group has 2,654 employees in 288 customer centres in 10 countries. Ramirent is listed on the NASDAQ Helsinki (RMR1V). Ramirent – More than machines®.
