davidgcant's profile picture. Construction safety + risk management without the nonsense. People over paperwork. Bald by design. Bearded by choice. Will trade advice for coffee.

David Cant

@davidgcant

Construction safety + risk management without the nonsense. People over paperwork. Bald by design. Bearded by choice. Will trade advice for coffee.

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Managers & supervisors: Want a simple script for safety “coaching conversations” that actually works? Making this a habit helps you prevent incidents and build a positive safety culture. Here's a proven structure you might want to Bookmark. A thread (1/7). 👇


Thailand construction safety? Crisis level. Two crane collapses last week, 24 hours apart → dozens of fatalities. Same main contractor involved. Government hits back hard with… a 15-day timeout for "inspections" on the worst offender's projects. Bold. Visionary.…


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Managers & supervisors: Want a simple script for safety “coaching conversations” that actually works? Making this a habit helps you prevent incidents and build a positive safety culture. Here's a proven structure you might want to Bookmark. A thread (1/7). 👇


What you reckon @johnwoodward

This is WHY Unsafe Demolition Near Public Roadway Is A Bad Idea – Demolition Sends Rocks Flying Into Crowd and Traffic🤯 @Safety_fails - Let’s Increase Workplace Safety #accident #accidents #construction #construção #safety #safetyfirst #risk #risky #fails #publicsafety



Just read about two back-to-back crane disasters in Thailand this week - 32 killed when a crane derailed a train, then 2 more dead the next day on a highway collapse. Same contractor on both government mega-projects. Tragic pattern of safety failures, cost-cutting, or corruption?


Spot this… what's the first thing that comes to your mind?

davidgcant's tweet image. Spot this… what's the first thing that comes to your mind?

Want to improve routine safety management tours? Stop trying to tackle every issue in one site inspection. Pick three high-risk topics. Focus on improving them. Decide what needs to change. Review and repeat. Sound more effective to you?

davidgcant's tweet image. Want to improve routine safety management tours?

Stop trying to tackle every issue in one site inspection.

Pick three high-risk topics.

Focus on improving them.

Decide what needs to change. 

Review and repeat.

Sound more effective to you?

It's not often that you land three new clients the same day… but this safety professional did yesterday.


David Cant reposted

Managers & Supers: Turn this into a pocket card or checklist to keep handy for every safety walk you do 🎯

Managers & supervisors: Want a simple script for safety “coaching conversations” that actually works? Making this a habit helps you prevent incidents and build a positive safety culture. Here's a proven structure you might want to Bookmark. A thread (1/7). 👇



Unpopular opinion: 80% of construction "safety paperwork" is pointless bureaucracy, not protection. Prove me wrong. What's the most useless form you've ever filled?

davidgcant's tweet image. Unpopular opinion: 80% of construction "safety paperwork" is pointless bureaucracy, not protection.

Prove me wrong.

What's the most useless form you've ever filled?

David Cant reposted

Real talk: After 20+ years in risk management, I've seen it all. Quick poll: What's the biggest safety headache for construction SMEs? A) Ladders B) Scaffolding C) Paperwork D) Other (reply below!) Let's chat solutions.


Seriously… someone get this bloke a shirt…

Working very hard, without safety equipment, in very dangerous places, for little pay.



Looks proper wonky…. that's entry-level landscaping that any half-decent builder in the UK could knock out before lunchtime.

In Construction, the Germans are so underrated.



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