MBA Free State Safety awards
By Nico de Bruyn, Safety Advisor, MBA Free State
Safety Person of the year. Left to right: Stefan Marais (Safety Person Of the year), Stephan Claassen (Jnr Health & Safety Advisor), Ian Harris (Director of Amokoro & Trophy Sponsor), Nico de Bruyn (Health & Safety Advisor), Tienie Venter (Health & Safety Advisor)
Once again we had a fantastic annual Regional Safety Competition and Awards Ceremony held in August where we awarded the winners in the various categories. This year we had two National Safety Competition entries namely Peri Formwork and Scaffolding Engineering (Pty) Ltd and Aveng Steeledale Bloemfontein.
National Entry, Peri Formwork & Scaffolding Engineering (Pty) Ltd. Left to right: Stephan Claassen (Jnr Health & Safety Advisor), Nico de Bruyn (Health & Safety Advisor), Phillip Barnard (Peri Formwork and Engineering (Pty) Ltd), Tienie Venter (Health & Safety Advisor), Ortega Lombard (Peri Formwork and Engineering (Pty) Ltd)
Peri Formwork and Scaffolding Engineering (Pty) Ltd received a 5th place in the National Safety Awards in the category: Allied trades; whereas Aveng Steeledale Bloemfontein received a 3rd place in the category: Manufacturers on National Level.
National Entry: Aveng Steeledale Bloemfontein. Left to Right: Stephan Claassen (Jnr. Health & Safety Advisor), Nico de Bruyn (Health & Safety Advisor) Henk Spangenberg (Aveng Steeledale), Tienie Venter (Health & Safety Advisor)
Aveng Steeledale Bloemfontein also received the All Round Award of Excellence in our Regional Safety Competition.
The winners of the Regional Safety Competition per category are as follows:
Allied Trades: Peri Formwork and Scaffolding Engineering (Pty) Ltd
Manufactures: Aveng Steeledale Bloemfontein
Projects less than R10 Million: Karpah Construction (Macsteel)
Projects R10 Million to R25 Million: Karpah Construction (Thabong Sports Stadium)
Projects R25 Million to R75 Million: Karpah Construction (Hani Park Primary School)
Sub-contractor: Pro-Care Contracting (Upgrading of waste water treatment plant, Rosendal)
Civils: Mofomo Construction (Brentpark Sport Stadium)
Best Housekeeping Allied Trades: Peri Formwork and Engineering (Pty) Ltd
Best Housekeeping Construction site: Karpah Construction (Hani Park Primary School)
Safety Person of the year: Stefan Marais, Director of Pro-Care Contracting (Pty) Ltd
All the winners.
Front: Ortega Lombaard, Lourius Erasmus, Stephan Claassen, Nico de Bruyn, Solomon Maboe, Lawrence Letsosa, Tebhoho Sefadi, Raymond Seboko
Middle: Tienie Venter, Louis Steenkamp, Francois du Plessis (Snr), Henk Spangenberg, Francois du Plessis (Jnr), Anthony Harvey, Stefan Marais, Irene Kok, Edgar Malakoane
Back: Jean-Pierre Hefer, Martin Westraat, Bernard Haasbroek, Christo Barnard, Connie Christiane, Willem Janse van Rensburg, Phillip Barnard, Arno van Zyl, Ruan Hallatt, Aaron Merahe, Christopher Thessner