We place high emphasis on providing safe working facilities and equipment.
	LSOC is committed to promoting health and safety.
	The development of our people is a long term undertaking that is a key to our success.
	The CEO, Mr. Frankie Wong, with some of our 2007 intake of management trainees.

Aside from being a fair and equitable employer, we place particular emphasis on safeguarding the physical well-being of our employees and workers and providing an environment for our people to excel and develop.

Health and Safety
Ensuring the health and safety of our employees and workers is of top priority in our Group. We were accredited with the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS) 18001 certification and innovated in safety management systems and practices. We set improvement targets at our annual HSE Target Seminar where we learn from the authorities and experts, and work in close collaboration with our subcontractors and mobilise their involvement in the annual Subcontractors' Safety Workshop.

While our earlier initiatives were in providing safe working facilities and equipment and implementing a health and safety management system, we have in recent years pioneered research on workers' safety behaviour in order to devise effective measures for building a safety culture at work.

Our cement joint venture partner, Lafarge Group, has the same deep commitment to health and safety. On the strength of its management leadership and the proper safety and reporting procedures in place, its safety policy launched in 2006 has been well implemented to create an accident-free environment.

People Development
We believe that human resources are the most important asset of the Group as well as of the society, and we are committed to providing an environment in which our people can excel and grow and be contributing members of the community.

The Group encourages life-long learning. We provide sponsorships for job-related external courses and seminars and organise inhouse programmes for our staff to gain knowledge and skills to enhance job performance as well as prepare for future development.

To enhance our people's knowledge and skills for excellence at work, we organise inhouse training in construction process and techniques catering for construction works personnel, partnering for the maintenance teams and risk management for senior managers, besides the basic programmes. Management conferences, workshops and retreats also provided intellectual stimulation and team-building opportunity for participating staff.

We have long established structured career development programmes to help young graduates obtain professional / trade qualifications and management knowhow and develop their career with the Group.

For our management and professional staff, we continue to conduct "management development reviews" to identify their individual development needs and potential career moves, so that the Group can plan for succession while the staff can have the maximum opportunity for development.