WSP and DMCC celebrate trio of prestigious international safety award wins for Uptown Tower

WSP and DMCC celebrate trio of prestigious international safety award wins for Uptown Tower

- The iconic supertall tower also scooped the ‘Chief Adjudicator’ and ‘Construction Sector’ Awards

- WSP in the Middle East proud to be helping drive DMCC’s vision to be the world’s fastest-growing Free Zone

Dubai – WSP, one of the world’s leading professional services firms, and Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), the world’s flagship free zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise, today celebrated the Uptown Tower project winning three globally-acclaimed Health & Safety accolades.

These awards are testament to WSP’s relentless drive to embed best-in-class health and safety management systems, culture, standards and risk mitigation measures into all of its programmes to help provide safe working environments for employees and reduce injury and ill health.

This latest success for Uptown Tower follows the project being awarded an International Safety Award with Distinction (ISA 2023) by the British Safety Council earlier in 2023. The project also achieved significant safety milestones over the last twelve months, including reaching over 24-million safe working hours with no Lost Time Injuries (LTIs).

Paul Ashton, Executive Director - Property, DMCC, said: “These awards are a recognition of the tireless efforts our teams have made to ensure the highest health and safety standards for Uptown Tower. As