SPECIALISED safety management company Osho Centre is currently working on one of Bahrain’s most prestigious projects, the $620 million Villamar @ the Harbour development, an exclusive world-class residential complex at the Bahrain Financial Harbour in central Manama.

Osho is implementing a full-scale safety management system for 1,500 construction workers on the project that incorporates three towers of 50, 48 and 45 floors.
“Safety management is considered the key element in any project, allowing contractor, client and investors to communicate together, improve and implement practical techniques and provide measures of control,” says Osho Centre development manager Mohamed Alawi.
“Moreover, it also takes into consideration individual planning at each stage of work and creates a safe environment, facilitating practical planning procedures leading to safety, efficiency, cost control and environmental protection.”
Elaborating on Osho Centre’s scope of works on the Villamar project, Alawi says: “We’re currently working alongside clients and the contractor to ensure that the installation of passenger and goods hoists is conducted in accordance with our safety procedures. This relates to delivery of the hoists to site, conformity of the equipment, erection, testing and certification as well as training for hoist operators.
“One of the main challenges is entwining safety with daily operations among technical staff during construction. We have to make sure that the proper procedures are implemented effectively and efficiently.”
While the work is in various stages of progress, Gulf Holding Company which is developing Villamar, commended Osho Centre for its continuous efforts and contribution to safety at Villamar. “Your safety manager John, your scaffolding manager Hussam and their teams contributed to the safety and prevented any fatal accidents since they started working at our project,” it said.
Osho has also been contracted to provide safety management to two other major multi-storey developments – Marina West and Pearl Towers – and has completed similar work for Marriott Executive Suites in Juffair, Pearl Towers and other components of Bahrain Financial Harbour.
The company provides health, safety and environment (HSE) consultancy and management services and has lent its expertise to construction and industrial projects including those in the oil and gas and petrochemicals sectors in Bahrain and other Gulf states. It was contracted to provide HSE consultancy to Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco). The work included risk assessment for Bapco’s refinery activities. It is engaged in developing an HSE programme for Gulf Business Machines’ offices in Bahrain and other Gulf states.
Osho also conducted ergonomic and industrial hygiene studies for General Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) and
A safety audit is also being conducting at the Bahrain campus of the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland. The full-scale walkthrough safety audit is aimed at developing compliance with the regulations of the Ministry of Labour for places of health and education.
Discussing the safety culture, Alawi stresses that prevention of accidents is a matter to be taken up at the stage before project planning and followed up by monitoring, auditing and reviewing work methods on a daily basis.
“Osho, with its diverse experience, has worked on many projects around the world and provided customised solutions that have resulted in great safety achievements. Many organisations have recorded millions of hours without lost time accidents or incidents.
“We’ve worked around the Gulf region and extended our reach all the way to Russia.
“We continue to promote a safety culture within organisations and enhance safety importance and awareness,” he concludes.