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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 on gov.uk, or below on this page;

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/health-and-safety-for-major-road-schemes-raising-the-bar-initiative

Raising The Bar Index;
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Raising The Bar Checklist - This will help check compliance with the gudance by highlighting the significant elements.
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Presentation Explaining The Raising The Bar Guidance 
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Updated June 2020
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Raising The Bar Guidance 
​Here is the full collection of raising the bar guidance;
mpi-23-022014_-_health__safety_raising_the_bar.pdf
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b1_plant_equipment_v6_nov_21.pdf
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b2_traffic_management_entry_exit_july_2014.pdf
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b3_plant_person_interface_march_2021.pdf
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b4_temporary_vehicle_restraint_systems_october_2016.pdf
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b5_behavioural_based_safety_october_2015.pdf
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B6 Temporary Accommodation ARCHIVED
b7_overhead_structure_protection_may_2015.pdf
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B8 Manual Handling ARCHIVED
b9_utility_avoidance_feb_2022.pdf
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B10 Communication of Risk ARCHIVED
B11 Influencing Driver Behaviour ARCHIVED
b12_fitness_to_work_sept_2021.pdf
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B13 Excavations Protection Access Egress ARCHIVED
B14 Slips Trips Falls ARCHIVED
B15 Task Lighting ARCHIVED
b16_working_at_height_september_13.pdf
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b17_traffic_marshalls.pdf
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B18 Control of Dust ARCHIVED
B19 Noise ARCHIVED
b20_transport___logistics_management_october_2016.pdf
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B21 Lean Health & Safety ARCHIVED
b22_fatigue_march_2014.pdf
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b23_site_inductions_dec_2020.pdf
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b24_hand_arm_vibration_december_2016.pdf
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B25 Loading Unloading Vehicles ARCHIVED
b26_safety_by_design_oct_2021.pdf
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rtb_docs_with_design_elements_oct_2021.pdf
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b27_-_preventing_and_managing_incursions_v4_jan_22.pdf
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B27 Appendix 1 Sample TM Plans
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b29_appendix_a_supervisor_ratio_decision_tool.xlsx
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b31_safety_helmet_colours_sept_16_v2.pdf
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b33_occupational_cancer_oct_2016.pdf
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rtb34_mental_health_toolbox.pdf
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rtb35_loading_and_unloading_of_mobile_plant.pdf
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rtb36_lost_loads.pdf
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b37_-_vehicle_roadworthiness_v1_dec_2021.pdf
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b38_ipv_inspection_and_testing_oct_2021.pdf
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b40_safety_critical_comms_june_2022.pdf
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b41_suicide_prevention_sept_2022.pdf
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      • WINTER 2022
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      • Health & Wellbeing >
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        • Buried Services 2017
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        • Falls From Vehicles 2016
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        • Plant Person Interface 2015
    • Raising The Bar Guidance
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      • Passport Documents
    • Traffic Management Incursions
    • Principal Designers Working Group >
      • Action Log / Agenda / Minutes
      • Group Presentations / Outputs
      • Whole Life Safety
      • Learning From Incidents
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        • CDM / Wellbeing H&S
        • Highways / Barriers / TTM
        • Earthworks
        • Drainage
        • Structures
        • Technology
        • Environment
        • Utilities
      • DMRB, GG104 & Standards
      • Home Safe & Well PDWG
      • Safe By Design
      • Health By Design
      • Lean
      • Temporary Works
      • Guidance / RTB
      • CDM
      • Eliminating Risk From The Outset
      • Stats Management
    • SLIPS TRIPS & FALLS
  • SCSLG
    • Supply Chain Safety Leadership Group About >
      • SCSLG Monthly Bulletins
      • Mental Health
      • Utility Strike Avoidance Group
      • IPV & Incursions Working Group
      • Lost Loads
      • Safe Working With Plant
      • Roadworks
      • Supervision
      • Ground Investigation
      • Vehicle Roadworthiness
      • Archaeology
      • Suicide Prevention
      • Live Lane Working / Crossing
  • Home Safe & Well
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