Safe, skilled and productive construction sites

Programme 2014 - 2020 South-East Finland - Russia ENI CBC

Date of latest update: 2025-06-17

Description

Description (EN): SAFECON project aims to improve work safety competence of the construction industry in the cross-border area, in order to increase the productivity of the industry as well as reduce social costs and human harms.

Description (FI): SAFECON hanke pyrkii parantamaan rakennusalan työturvallisuutta raja-alueella niin, että sen avulla lisätään alan kannattavuutta ja vähennetään sosiaaliturvan kustannuksia sekä ihmisille aiheutuvia haittoja.

Description (RU):

Проект SAFECON направлен на развитие системы обеспечения безопасности труда в строительной отрасли для увеличения производительности труда, снижения социальных издержек и минимизации травматизма.

Achievements (EN):

The specific objective was to increase organizational commitment and efficiency to improve employees’ well-being and work safety. It was aimed to reach the objective by supporting top management’s understanding of work safety’s relations on company’s productivity by creating a set of guidelines with supporting material and webinars, and by providing tools for systematic development such as Lean Construction. Achievements were a set of guidelines and a video production in cooperation with higher education students. It was also decided to build up interaction skills of construction on-site managers and work safety experts because the interaction skills are essential in cultural-sensitive and influential work management and in encouragement of safe working practices. As a result of analyzing interviews, guidelines which also consider cultural and social perspectives, were created for on-site managers. Videos and podcasts related to occupational safety were also produced to support the guidelines as well as an occupational safety glossary. Working community simulations for the construction sector was utilized to recognize one’s strengths and development targets as a promoter of occupational safety, to recognize the different attitudes of employees towards occupational safety and to be able to act in a solution-oriented manner and motivate different employees to follow occupational safety instructions. The working community simulation can be utilized as a cultural-sensitive monitoring methodology for work safety competence evaluation on the construction sector. The objective of the project is to implement innovative training programs on labor protection developed within the framework of the SAFECON project for people employed in the construction industry in Russia and Finland. These programs aim at creating a safe behavioral model of trainees’ work activities, culture of safe work as well as ensure safety, high professionalism, and efficiency of work on construction sites. The main result of the project is the construction of a safety park – the Polygon “Smart Labor” – on the training base of Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (SPbGASU) in Krasnoye Selo. The Polygon represents an innovative educational site with a unique interactive learning environment, provided with both physical educational installations and virtual means using virtual reality computer technologies as well as content for the implementation of standard and distance learning at all levels of education and professional training of specialists.

Website: http://www.sefrcbc.fi

Delivered Outputs (EN):

target value: Number of top-managers attending the project 29/8 Number of companies implementing the work safety quidelines (curriculum 1) 4/8 Number of on-site managers involved in the coaching programme and workshops 42/20 A strategy and operational plan for the new work safety training environment 1/1 Number of new work safety training models, including physical installations 9/9 Number of construction workers completed the pilot training (curriculum 3) 49/30 Number of students (vocational and higher education) completed the pilot training (curriculum 3) 69/30 Number of organizations of different type reached for distribution of the infomation 6430/50

Thematic information

Construction and renovation

Thematic Objective: Support to education, research, technological development and innovation

Partners (4)

Lead Partner: LAB University of Applied Sciences

Address: Skinnarilankatu 36, 53850 Lappeenranta, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.saimia.fi

Total budget: EUR 254 259.77

St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Name: St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Address: 2nd Krasnoarmeiskaya street 4, 190005 Saint Petersburg, Russia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.spbgasu.ru

Total budget: EUR 379 958.27

Kaakkois-Suomen ammattikorkeakoulu

Name: Kaakkois-Suomen ammattikorkeakoulu

Address: Patteristonkatu 3 D , 50100 Mikkeli, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.xamk.fi

Total budget: EUR 159 713.45

Pushkin Leningrad State University

Name: Pushkin Leningrad State University

Address: Peterburgskoe Shosse 10, 196605 Pushkin, Russia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.lengu.ru

Total budget: EUR 68 011.36

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St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

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South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences

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Pushkin Leningrad State University

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LAB University of Applied Sciences

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Summary

Project name (EN): Safe, skilled and productive construction sites

Project acronym: SAFECON

Project start date: 2018-11-01

Project end date: 2021-10-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 861 942.85

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 376 715.90

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 48.00%

Co-financing sources:

Third-country contribution: Russia: EUR 143 792.00

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Videos / films

Safecon - FIN

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://safecon.fi/#gallery

Publication date: 2022-08-06

Document date: 2021-12-15

Languages: fi

SAFECON - Ohjenuorat ylimmälle johdolle Löydä motivaatiosi

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://safecon.fi/materials/

Publication date: 2022-08-06

Document date: 2021-09-08

Languages: fi

SAFECON - Guidelines for Top Management Find Your Motivation

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://safecon.fi/materials/

Publication date: 2022-08-06

Document date: 2021-09-08

Languages: en

SAFECON: Läheltä piti -tilanteet rakennustyömaalla

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://safecon.fi/materials/

Publication date: 2022-08-06

Document date: 2021-10-27

Languages: fi

SAFECON: Rakennustyömaan onnistunut perehdytys

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://safecon.fi/materials/

Publication date: 2022-08-06

Document date: 2021-10-27

Languages: fi

SAFECON:Rakennustyömaan työturvallisuushavainnot

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://safecon.fi/materials/

Publication date: 2022-08-06

Document date: 2021-10-27

Languages: fi

Презентация контента х

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://safecon.fi/materials/

Publication date: 2022-08-06

Document date: 2021-09-29

Languages: ru

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2014 - 2020 South-East Finland - Russia ENI CBC

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2024-01-29

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320 / 320 (100%)

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