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Raising The Bar Guidance

Highways England 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, Highways England 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 Highways England. Highways England 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 - June 2020
​Here is the full collection of raising the bar guidance;
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b1_plant_and_equipment_apr_19.pdf
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b2_traffic_management_entry_exit_july_2014.pdf
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b3_plant_person_interface_january_2015.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_september_2014.pdf
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b7_overhead_structure_protection_may_2015.pdf
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b8_manual_handling_nov_2016.pdf
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b9_utility_avoidance_october_2020.pdf
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b10_communication_of_risk.pdf
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b11_influencing_driver_behaviour.pdf
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b12_occupational_health_feb_2017_b.pdf
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b13_excavations_protection_access_egress_jun_2013.pdf
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b14_slips_trips_falls_nov_2015.pdf
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b15_task_lighting_august_2013.pdf
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b16_working_at_height_september_13.pdf
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b17_traffic_marshalls.pdf
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b18_control_of_dust_oct_2016.pdf
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b19_noise_april_2017.pdf
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b20_transport___logistics_management_october_2016.pdf
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b21_lean_health___safety_november_2013.pdf
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b22_fatigue_march_2014.pdf
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b23_h_s_induction_mar_2016.pdf
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b24_hand_arm_vibration_december_2016.pdf
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b25_loading_unloading_vehicles_july_2014.pdf
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b26_design_for_safety_july_2014.pdf
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b27_managing_temporary_traffic_management_incursions_oct_2020.pdf
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b29_supervision_feb_2016.pdf
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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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      • WINTER 2020
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        • ROADWORKS VEHICLE INCURSIONS 2018
        • Road Vehicle Person Interface 2015
      • Health & Wellbeing >
        • Health & Wellbeing 2017
        • Occupational Health & Wellbeing 2015
      • Services >
        • Buried Services 2017
        • Buried Services 2015
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        • Falls From Vehicles 2016
        • Plant Person Segregation 2017
        • Plant Person Interface 2015
    • Raising The Bar Guidance
    • Passport Scheme
    • Night Worker Training DRAFT
    • Traffic Management Incursions
    • Principal Designers Working Group >
      • Action Log / Agenda / Minutes
      • Group Presentations / Outputs
      • Whole Life Safety
      • Learning From Incidents
      • DMRB, GG104 & Standards
      • Home Safe & Well PDWG
      • Safe By Design
      • Health By Design
      • Lean
      • Temporary Works
      • Guidance
      • CDM
      • Eliminating Risk From The Outset
      • Stats Management
  • 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
  • Home Safe & Well
    • Home Safe & Well
    • Highways England Awards 2020
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