Hong Kong’s expertise in timely construction of residential and commercial buildings and infrastructure projects is internationally renowned, especially in China where demand for Hong Kong’s exported services including project management, contracting and engineering consulting remains.

At a breakfast briefing on Thursday, 30 April 2009, Dr. Robert Allen, MD, MACP, Regional Medical Director - North Asia, International SOS will provide insight into how companies involved in infrastructure face and overcome medical and occupational health challenges that are specific to their industry. Areas covered include:

• How to identify the occupational / environmental hazards and assess the risks to the health and safety of staff?
• What effective strategy should be implemented to minimize health impacts?
• Are planned and existing projects in compliance with international and local health regulations?
• How to ensure business continuity day-to-day, and in the event of crisis?
• Are existing emergency response plans robust?

China’s eleventh five-year plan highlighted some transportation infrastructure to be built, including 14 expressways across the country, six railways for passenger transportation, upgrading of five existing railways, port dredging projects, port transit systems, and the expansion of at least three airports.

Many of these projects will require work to be conducted in remote or developing areas where existing support services are limited exposing employees to risk. International SOS specializes in managing both medical and security risks in challenging locations. Case Study.

Working with the world’s leading energy, mining and construction groups, International SOS’ team of medical, security and health & safety professionals currently operate on over 250 project sites in locations as geographically diverse as jungles, deserts, frozen tundra, high-altitude stations and oil rigs.

Who should attend?

This seminar is exclusively for senior executives, resource planners, HSE, HR, and operational managers of:

1) Construction companies – main and sub-contractors
2) Developers and property owners
3) Professional services to the infrastructure sector – law firms, insurance adjustors (for civil engineering projects), architects, engineers, and more

Registration

To register for the free ‘Risk Management for Infrastructure Projects in Developing Markets - Medical and Occupational Health’ seminar, just click here.