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What's happening at Vanguard in December

In this month's video you’ll learn:

• Gareth, our Managing Director, explains the challenges New Zealanders are facing with global shipping delays.
• Brendan, our Lead Safety Consultant, gives an interesting insight into treating the core safety issue, versus symptoms.
  

As the year draws to a close, it’s a good time to reflect on what a ride it has been! 2021 threw some challenges at everyone but as we come to the end of it, we are pleased to see that everyone is keeping a positive outlook on the future! 

Here are our team’s Favourite Projects and their comments from the year to inspire you ahead of your next project!

Vanguard is giving everyone in the business an additional day off this Friday 22 Oct so they can enjoy an extra-long Labour Day weekend.

What's happening at Vanguard in October

In this month’s video you’ll hear the following updates from Brendan:

• Tim reflects on a recently completed project at a national car dealership
• Louis breaks down the benefits of our innovative flexible warehouse barriers
• A thank you from Gareth and an insight in to our Customer Reviews

A positive safety culture is an organisational mindset that places a level of importance on safety beliefs, values and attitudes. As these are shared by the majority of people within the company or workplace, it can often be characterised as ‘the way we do things around here’. A positive safety culture is key to the successful implementation of safe working practices and policies which not only improves the well-being of employees, but it can also minimise risk, promote productivity and improve organisational performance. In this blog we explore ways a leader can champion health and safety attitudes and behaviours within an organisation to improve safety culture and showcase the many benefits this can have as a result.

In workplaces such as warehouses, factories, and construction sites, safety barriers provide an effective way to mitigate risk. They work to separate pedestrians and vehicles and protect users of an area from harm. However, with many different types of barriers available on the market, you may be wondering which option would be most appropriate for the needs of your project. In this blog, we compare the benefits of both steel barriers and flexible barriers and break down the applications they are best suited for to help you decide.

What's happening at Vanguard in September

In this month’s video you’ll hear the following updates from Brendan:

• Some valuable resources on our blog for Adults and Kids!
• Overview of physical distancing solutions to help your workplace get up and running safely again
• Case study with Higgins – major slip on SH4
• Workplace Safety project in progress

To help keep everyone sane during these times of restriction, we’ve pulled together a few resources which we trust will help you and those in your bubble through what we hope is not too much longer!

WorkSafe have recently put together a guide to encourage safe reversing and spotting practices. This guide offers practical advice on how you can manage the risks of reversing vehicles and mobile plants.

Reversing should always be eliminated where possible through good site design. Where reversing cannot be avoided, solutions such as mirrors, pedestrian walk-way barriers, reversing cameras, sensors, corner protection and high-visibility bollards can be used to ensure care is taken by drivers, pedestrians and visitors to site.

Dear Valued Clients and Suppliers,

At level 3, Vanguard are dispatching all orders across New Zealand.