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We delivered our latest CLOCS Safety Forum last Thursday where we were joined by Jason McComb CAE AMIMI ACIPD FAVI, CEO of CLOCS Strategic Partner The Association Of Vehicle Installers. Jason discussed the importance of using a competent qualified installer for your vehicle safety systems and how to make sure that your system complies with all the Standards including CLOCS, the new FORS Silver V7 standard, and the new Progressive Safe System issued by Transport for London. Further details of the forum can be accessed here: https://lnkd.in/eyqsdaFq If you have anything you would like to talk about and share with the rest of the CLOCS community through one of these forums, please get in touch with Andy Brooke

We are delighted to have our CLOCS Ambassador and CLP trainer, Kate Cairns, speaking about road safety at the Cycling Scotland Conference on the 8th October 2024 in Glasgow.   With Kate’s passion and knowledge, this will be a surely be a thought-provoking session.   Book your place:

Geraint Davies from FORS - Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme, a CLOCS Strategic Partner and SSBG member talks about the importance of the FORS and CLOCS partnership and initiatives they have for work-related road safety. “FORS has a long-standing relationship with CLOCS, it is a partnership that is very important to FORS as it fosters a united front in the messaging to key stakeholders and brings together the expertise of FORS and the CLOCS community for the greater good." Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e9X8URjw

We invite you to join us for the next CLOCS Safety Forum on 22nd August 2024. In this session, we will be joined by Jason McComb CAE AMIMI ACIPD FAVI, CEO of The Association Of Vehicle Installers, to discuss the importance of using a competent qualified installer for your vehicle safety systems and how to make sure that your system complies with all the Standards including CLOCS, the new FORS Silver V7 standard, and the new Progressive Safe System issued by Transport for London. Jason will also take a look at some of the consequences of poor installation and the impacts this can have. Open to CLOCS Members only, so if you're a CLOCS member and haven't yet accepted but would like to attend, please check your emails or contact Andy Brooke to receive an invitation.

We are glad to see our members proudly displaying CLOCS branded products on their vehicles. These products are available for CLOCS Champions to help members meet fleet accreditation standards for safety signage and also promote their association with CLOCS and their commitment to protecting vulnerable road users. If you have images of your vehicles with our products, please tag us or send images to [email protected] For more information: https://lnkd.in/eZGF2dXJ Together we are stronger. Balfour Beatty plc CEMEX UK The Erith Group

We also welcome Mark Thirkell, FRSA, CMILT from London Borough of Haringey. Mark brings a wealth of experience in construction logistics and provides representation for our regulator members. We look forward to seeing all members of our SSGB at our next meeting in October. 

CLOCS is proud to announce its support for RoadPeace National Road Victim Month 2024 – an annual campaign highlighting the staggering number of people needlessly killed and injured in crashes on the UK’s roads. National Road Victim Month, which was established in 1998 by RoadPeace, the national charity for road crash victims, also recognises the work of the emergency services, who respond to road crashes every day, and highlights the mental and physical impact that road crashes have on them. Nick Simmons, CEO of RoadPeace and member of the CLOCS Strategy Standards and Governance Board, said: “A shocking five people are killed and 80 are seriously injured, on average, on the UK’s roads each day. These crashes are especially heartbreaking because most of them can be prevented.” CLOCS and RoadPeace recognise that every number is a real person with real injuries – traumatising the casualty, their family, the driver, and witnesses. Road collisions shatter lives and families, leaving behind a trail of devastation. For more than 30 years, RoadPeace has supported countless families through unimaginable trauma and grief following a road crash. They didn’t ever think that they would be a crash victim, but tragically, the reality is that it can happen to anyone. Is your organisation doing everything it can to remove or mitigate the risk to vulnerable road users from your construction activities?

“The training was wonderful and insightful, especially regarding the knowledge a Traffic Marshall should have. Ruth Trant's casual and engaging way of sharing the information was fantastic—I thoroughly enjoyed it. Nova Neverson, I Am Training Ltd. Great feedback from our Site Access Traffic Marshal Train the Trainer course last week where we equipped more people to deliver SATM training across their operations. Our one-day training teaches you to train your operatives through classroom-based exercises, group discussion and practical experience. This training helps ensure that your SATMs will be equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes, as well as the confidence to effectively implement CLOCS at the site gate. Our next training session runs on the 3rd October 2024 in London. We’re always keen to deliver this training away from London so if you are interested, please get in touch and we’ll do our best to come to you! Note that the CLOCS SATM training is only available to CLOCS members so if you are interested but not yet signed up, just get in touch and the team will talk you through the process. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eFZtCETx Andy Brooke Aaron Large Messiah Farman Lawrence Tate Tom Welch

The CLOCS Strategy, Standards and Governance Board (SSGB) is made up of representatives from CLOCS members covering all of our stakeholder groups and partners, ensuring a breadth of knowledge, expertise and experience to drive CLOCS forward. Membership is refreshed each year with the longest standing members stepping down and new members invited to take their places. We are now delighted to welcome four new members to the group – Geraint Davies from FORS - Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme, Jon Holder from Laing O'Rourke, Brian McBrearty from MCG Construction and Nigel Ponton from CEMEX UK – and look forward to working with them alongside the existing members to drive CLOCS forward through 2024 and beyond. We also pass on our thanks and appreciation to four members who will step down shortly after concluding their terms on the SSGB – Richard Banks from TfGM, Garry Lewis from GL Consulting, Nick Simmons from RoadPeace and current CLOCS Chair Gordon Sutherland FCILT from Thames Tideway. All have played a vital role in supporting the CLOCS team and the wider community during their term on the SSGB. With Gordon stepping down, we are delighted to confirm that Adrian Boughtflower FCILT, current Vice-Chair of the SSGB, has agreed to step up as Chair, and that Ruth Trant has agreed to step up as Vice-Chair. They both bring a huge amount of drive and passion for safer construction logistics and CLOCS.   If any members has any query about the SSGB or is interested in getting involved at our next refresh in 2025, please contact Andy Brooke Emily H. Gareth Jones Rachel Gale

CLOCS Site Access Traffic Marshal training is delivered throughout the year on live construction sites with real vehicles. Wherever you are, if you are interested, get in touch and we'll see what we can do to deliver a session near you. #togetherwearestronger