Quality, Safety, Health & Environment

Our Expertise

From holistic and sustainable townships to innovative public infrastructure solutions, our expertise grows along with the needs of the industry.

Explore one of our three competency pillars below.

Advocating safe work environment

Quality, Safety, Health and Environment (QSHE) are top priorities in our operations. Safeguarding our employees, contractors, customers, suppliers, local communities, and other stakeholders is a part of who we are and what we do every day.

We are steered by a robust Integrated Management System (IMS), which includes our OSH Management System. Through continuous management, monitoring and improvement of the Group’s performance where we strive to achieve zero fatalities.

We have achieved ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018, and for 14 years in a row 0 NCR in SIRIM Recertification Audit 2023.

Constant innovation and upskilling of our workforce won us the Malaysian Construction Industry Excellence Awards, Builder of the Year 2016. We won the National Occupational Safety and Health Award, Construction Category 2022.

Our robust business continuity and crisis management plan also ensures that we maintain our operations and business resilience over the long-term, while providing the highest level of protection to our workforce. This was reflected in our COVID-19 pandemic preparedness. Meanwhile, Gamuda Clinic continues to offer employees and the public affordable outpatient medical services, including vaccination. The introduction of centralised labour quarters (CLQ) for the foreign workers employed by our contractors for our projects sets a new industry standard. The CLQ are complete with facilities for their welfare, medical, recreational and religious needs to lead a healthy and balanced lifestyle.

Everyone at Gamuda is responsible for our KPI-Linked Safety Performance and Risk Assessment, with a dedicated team that monitors our OSH management system’s ISO certification. These KPIs include annual zero lost time incidents, minimising non-compliance reports, achieving more than 85% of internally set QSHE objectives and targets, and compliance with regulatory requirements.
Excellence in International Safety Standards

Gamuda also benchmarks its OSH performance against best practices in our countries of operation: 

  • Malaysia: Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (OSHA 1994)
  • Vietnam: Law on Occupational Safety and Health (Law No: 84/2015/QH13)
  • Australia: Work Health and Safety Act 2011
Our consistent excellence beyond international safety standards has resulted in an impressive track record of achieving industry-leading safety performance for underground tunnelling works.

Since 2018, Gamuda has been recognised by the prestigious British Safety Council and has received the following awards:

  • Sword of Honour for MRT Putrajaya Line - 2022, 2020 and 2019
  • Five Star Occupational Health and Safety Audit for MRT Putrajaya Line (Underground) - 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018
  • International Safety Award (with distinction) - 2015 and 2019
Our rigorous engineering and safety measures for the ongoing construction and completion of the Guantang Marine Bridge in Taoyuan, Taiwan earned us the Excellent Honour in Construction Golden Safety Award in 2022. We became the first Malaysian company to win this safety award from Taiwan’s Ministry of Labour.

Adopting the Australian Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Standard, Gamuda became the first Malaysian-based company to achieve accreditation from the Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner, as well as being accredited as a Technically Assured Organisation by Transport for NSW. Gamuda Australia’s Critical Risk Standards outline the mandatory critical controls that must be placed throughout a project lifecycle, including the Sydney Metro West – Western Tunnelling Package.

We have rolled out the Enabling Work programme, placing people at the centre of how we work and giving everyone a voice in how we tackle challenges. Teamwork actively breaks down silos and enables great work, providing everyone with a level of autonomy, as well as the discretion to be safe in everything they do. Safe, responsible, and effective work is more than just than ‘ticking boxes’ and ‘following legislation’; it’s an ethical responsibility shared by everyone at Gamuda.

Gamuda Singapore is accredited bizSAFE Star and is certified as a Green and Gracious Builder.

Process 4,000 Samples a Day

Two state-of-the-art PCR machines with a combined capacity of processing nearly 4,000 samples a day.

Remodelled Centralised Labour Quarters

The Centralised Labour Quarters are remodelled to ensure greater separation and quarantine facilities were built to separate Patients Under Investigation (PUIs) while they wait for confirmation on the COVID-19 status.

Fortnightly RT-PCR Tests

To prevent the possible spread of Covid-19, RT-PCR tests are conducted fortnightly among all employees across the Group.

Adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

To protect our workforce, strict Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of COVID-19 preventive measure are implemented at all project sites and offices.