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GINEERING
A successful transition
The world of HSEQ accreditations is changing. W M Donald has recently successfully transitioned from ISO 9001:2008 to ISO 9001:2015 for its quality management systems.
The transition programme was led by Eilidh Cameron, W M Donald’s HR & HSEQ Compliance Manager:
‘The introduction of ISO 9001:2015 brings with it a significant change in emphasis. The ethos of the standard is now more risk-based with an emphasis on leadership and management. In particular, it is critical that the senior management team is actively involved in the development, implementation and monitoring of processes and procedures.
Alongside this emphasis on engagement, the management focus encouraged by the revised standard is very much one of ‘external looking in’ as opposed to ‘internal looking out’. There is a recognition that the company is not a solitary agent, it is much more a collective of stakeholders.
Outwardly it may appear that little has changed. However, there are significant performance improvements ‘under the bonnet’!
W M Donald has also successfully transitioned to IS0 14001:2015 (environmental management) and will be migrating to ISO 45001 (occupational health and safety) in 2019. This new standard was introduced in April this year and is designed to provide a framework to improve employee safety, reduce workplace risks and create better, safer working conditions for all.
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Given the short time window available, I simply took a wireframe model of our new Headquarters and imported it into the SiteVision. I then walked through the ‘virtual’ model’ with one of my colleagues. I can’t print his reaction in full, but it was along the lines of ‘That was quite amazing!’, with several other words added for ‘emphasis’.
Hillhead 2018 is the largest construction and quarrying plant exhibition in the UK. It is held in a quarry near to Buxton in Derbyshire and features live demonstrations of the latest plant and equipment.
W M Donald visited the show to look at the latest plant innovations and also upgrading the Trimble GPS systems currently used in its excavators to the latest Trimble Earthworks.
‘Trimble Earthworks will enable excavators to work semi- automatically. The automatic function that has been in dozers and graders for many years is now coming to excavators even allowing for full 3-D rotation when used with a tilt rotator such as a steelwrist. The operator controls the sticks and Trimble Earthworks prevents overcut meaning final grade is achieved consistently and accurately. This system will be fitted to some of our current excavators and to new ones delivered in the future.’
There is a lot of exciting new technology coming to market and W M Donald as ever is keeping itself at the cutting edge.
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