Macau, China. 2009.6.1 - The landmark City of Dreams, has launched with a spectacular opening ceremony. Leighton Asia, in a joint venture with John Holland and China State Construction Engineering (CSCE), was contracted to manage the construction.
 

 
Leighton Asia Limited is one of Asia's leading construction and mining contractors, with current projects with a value of billions of US dollars. The company is focused on the specific market segments of civil engineering and infrastructure, mining, industrial and building. Leighton Asia has a presence in 14 countries: Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, China, Korea, Mongolia, Philippines, Guam, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia and Kazakhstan.
 
Commenced in September 2006, City of Dreams is a luxurious leisure and entertainment destination, developed by Melco Crown Entertainment Limited (NASDAQ: MPEL). Comprised of a 420,0002' casino, 175,0002' retail arcade, and more than 20 international food and beverage outlets and special entertainment venues. The four deluxe 28-35 storey towers provide both hotel and apartment-style accommodations.
 
One of Leighton Asia's core values is to provide a safe and healthy workplace. This is reflected in the safety slogan: Strive for L.I.F.E. (Leighton Incident Free Environment). This core value defines the corporate culture and directs how eveyone in the company behaves. The behaviours associated with value are: to reward safe practices, be tough on policy, provide continuous safety training, implement safety management plans and promote employee health.
 
Safety planning commenced during the tender period when a detailed project health and safety plan was developed. During the contract period, the importance of a safe and healthy workplace was continually reinforced to the project workforce by induction training and weekly toolbox talks. The senior site management also empowered and supported the site safety officers to enforce safe work practices.
 
On-site initiatives included an in-house training programme involving all workers, supervisor monthly safety awards, workers monthly safety awards, sub-contractors bi-monthly safety awards and the chairman's safety awards. "At the peak of the project, 8,000 staff and workers were involved in the construction of City of Dreams." stated project director, Mark Moran.
 
"Safety and control of illegal immigrants entering the site was critical to the project team, so handprint security governing entry into the site was introduced. Around 200,000 workers, or 6,250 workers per month, also attended safety toolbox talks and safety inductions. Workers were not allowed onsite until they had attended the safety course and had all the correct personal protective equipment (PPE)." said Mark.
 
The joint venture partners are extremely pleased with the 3.2 million work hours without lost time injury (LTI), accomplished on the project, on which approximately 30 million man-hours were recorded. Upon reaching targets (of 500,000 man-hours without LTI, 1 million man-hours without LTI, etc.), celebrations were held and awards presented to outstanding performers.
 
Many contemporary Leighton Asia projects have also achieved impressive work records: Leighton Asia's other core values are to: Digital Tsunami has been responsible for the online presence of Leighton Asia since 2000, developing contiually more sophisticated and interactive solutions. In addition, Digital Tsunami has delivered solutions to Leighton International and recently launched a site for subsidiary brandThiess Services Middle East.
 
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