Nakheel celebrates health and safety success at Palm's Marina Residences development

The developer's exemplary health and safety record is a result of a number of measures introduced across the development.

Nakheel's dedicated health and safety team worked on a project-specific safety plan with contractors, with safety meetings on the project taking place every week for more than 30 months, and additional meetings held to raise and resolve specific workplace safety and protection issues.

Johann Schumacher, Managing Director, Palm Jumeirah, Nakheel, comments:

"We are very proud to have achieved such a benchmark in health and safety at our Marina Residences development. It is our goal for the entire sector to embrace best practices in health and safety on our projects and to improve all workers' skills to ensure the highest safety standards. This is an approach that not only protects everyone working on a Nakheel project but also leads to improved productivity, increased efficiency and higher standards of build quality."

"The specialist safety plan developed for the project alongside regular meetings with workers and managers ensured that the health and safety culture was widespread and at the forefront of everyone's mind. The results of this focus, enthusiasm and teamwork are highlighted today."

Nakheel places health and safety at the core of its business and champions high standards in the region. The company has an in-house team of health and safety professionals working across the entire organization developments, which monitors and supports project management teams to ensure that these high standards are met across its projects. In January 2009, Nakheel became the first developer in the region to formally endorse the 'Build Safe UAE' programme, the construction sector's own health and safety initiative.

Marina Residences is a stunning residential complex located at the tip of the trunk on Palm Jumeirah, one of the world's largest man-made islands. The high-end, high-rise development consists of six residential towers that rest on landscaped podiums faced with marinas. The handover of more than 900 homes on the development will commence later this year.