Raising The Bar Guidance
National Highways health and safety initiative to identify best practice, raise standards and improve supply chain engagement within construction and maintenance activities.
Through the ‘Raising the bar’ initiative, National Highways working in collaboration with its supply chain aim to identify current health and safety best practice and then define that as the minimum requirement to be implemented on all construction and maintenance activities.
‘Raising the bar’ provides guidance on the current best practice and minimum requirements for health and safety on construction and maintenance sites within National Highways. National Highways and its supply chain partners are required to review their procedures against these documents then consider and implement standards on site within six months of the document version date.
Where applicable, each major scheme should comply with the ‘minimum requirements’ of the standards.The standards also set out ‘desirable’ elements, for consideration and implementation if deemed appropriate.
The current published series of documents can be found here:
Through the ‘Raising the bar’ initiative, National Highways working in collaboration with its supply chain aim to identify current health and safety best practice and then define that as the minimum requirement to be implemented on all construction and maintenance activities.
‘Raising the bar’ provides guidance on the current best practice and minimum requirements for health and safety on construction and maintenance sites within National Highways. National Highways and its supply chain partners are required to review their procedures against these documents then consider and implement standards on site within six months of the document version date.
Where applicable, each major scheme should comply with the ‘minimum requirements’ of the standards.The standards also set out ‘desirable’ elements, for consideration and implementation if deemed appropriate.
The current published series of documents can be found here:
Raising The Bar Index;
| rtb_index_nov_2023.xlsx |
Raising The Bar Checklist - This will help check compliance with the gudance by highlighting the significant elements.
| rtb_minimum_requirements__nh__action_tracker_template_may_2023.xlsx |
Presentation Explaining The Raising The Bar Guidance
| raising_the_bar_l_l_march_2017-2.pptx |
Updated June 2020
| raising_the_bar_info_share_june_2020.pptx |
Raising The Bar Guidance
Here is the full collection of raising the bar guidance;
Here is the full collection of raising the bar guidance;
| mpi-23-022014_-_health__safety_raising_the_bar.pdf |
| b1_plant_equipment_v6_nov_21.pdf |
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| b3_plant_person_interface_march_2021.pdf |
| b4_temporary_vehicle_restraint_systems_october_2016.pdf |
| b5_behavioural_based_safety_october_2015.pdf |
B6 Temporary Accommodation ARCHIVED
| b7_overhead_structure_protection_may_2015.pdf |
B8 Manual Handling ARCHIVED
| b9_utility_avoidance_mar_23.pdf |
B10 Communication of Risk ARCHIVED
B11 Influencing Driver Behaviour ARCHIVED
| b12_fitness_to_work_sept_2021.pdf |
B13 Excavations Protection Access Egress ARCHIVED
B14 Slips Trips Falls ARCHIVED
B15 Task Lighting ARCHIVED
| b16_work_at_height_feb_23.pdf |
| b17_traffic_marshalls.pdf |
B18 Control of Dust ARCHIVED
B19 Noise ARCHIVED
| b20_transport___logistics_management_october_2016.pdf |
B21 Lean Health & Safety ARCHIVED
| b22_fatigue_management_september_23.pdf |
| b23_site_inductions_dec_2020.pdf |
| b24_hand_arm_vibration_december_2016.pdf |
| b25_legal_loads_october__2023.pdf |
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| b31_safety_helmet_colours_sept_16_v2.pdf |
| b33_occupational_cancer_oct_2016.pdf |
| rtb34_mental_health_toolbox.pdf |
| rtb35_loading_and_unloading_of_mobile_plant.pdf |
B36 Lost Loads ARCHIVED
| b37_-_vehicle_roadworthiness_v1_dec_2021.pdf |
| b38_ipv_inspection_and_testing_oct_2021.pdf |
| b39__traffic_safety_and_control_at_roadworks_october_2023.pdf |
| b40_safety_critical_comms_june_2022.pdf |
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| b42_-_working_on_hardshoulders_and_roadside_verges_october_2023_v1_with_info_sheets.pdf |