• The event also recognizes best practices and a commitment to excellence in this area.
• The event took place at the Madrid College of Architects and featured leading experts in the field.

April 17, 2024 – Culmia, Spain’s leading residential real estate project management platform, held the third edition of its Health and Safety Awards. These awards have become a staple in the field of health and safety within the residential development sectorand reflect the importance the company places on this area.

This year’s event, held at the Madrid College of Architects, was dedicated to promoting the importance of attitude and leadership in safety through people management policies. At the same time, the event highlighted the importance of driving improvements in construction safety through industrialization and integration into project design.

The event was attended by leading experts in this field, such as Martha Pulido, Secretary of the Regional Institute for Safety and Health of the Community of Madrid, who presided over the official opening of the event; Joaquín Cabrera, John Deere’s HSE Manager, who shared his experience with “eProject,” a people-focused leadership initiative from the Safety department; Miguel París, Director of Occupational Health and Safety at Sacyr, who, together with Juan Manuel Borrás, Director of Operations at Culmia, highlighted the The Importance of Identifying Best Practices in Occupational Safety and Health drawing on experience with major international projects, integration during the design phase, and the importance of industrialization. For his part, Francisco Pérez, CEO of Culmia, also participated in the event, where he shared “the CEO’s vision” on occupational safety and health.

All of this took place with the collaboration of mentalist Javier Luxor, who hosted the event and linked the themes of the mind and magic to leadership and people’s attitudes.

In addition, the event recognized best practices and a commitment to excellence in health and safety. Juan Manuel Borrás presided over the awards ceremony for this third edition. The awards were granted following the evaluation of the various nominations by a jury composed of Jaime Fernández, Manager of ASPRIMA; Martha Pulido, Secretary of the Regional Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the Community of Madrid; Diego García Páramo, Senior Occupational Risk Prevention Specialist at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; and Cristina Gómez, Head of Occupational Risk Prevention at Culmia.

In the “Construction Team” category, the awards were presented by Francisco Pérez and went to the construction company Avintia, as the first runner-up for the CULMIA Aresta Badalona development. The second runner-up was the construction company Añil for CULMIA Santa Catalina II Jaén.

Pérez was also responsible for presenting the awards in the Health and Safety Coordinator category, which went to Alberto Monge of Bureau Veritas as the first runner-up. The second runner-up was Nuria Plaza of QSafety.

And in the category of Culmia’s Marketing Manager / Urban Development Specialist, Mario Armero, Culmia’s non-executive vice president, presented the awards to Juan Rubio, from the Central-North Regional Office, as the first runner-up. The second runner-up was Carles López, from the Catalonia Regional Office.

In the words of Juan Manuel Borrás, Culmia’s director of operations, “I’d like to highlight some of the conclusions from the conference, such as the importance of workforce development in promoting safety as a competitive advantage for companies, as well as the importance of industrialization in fostering the integration of safety into construction. And to take advantage of the opportunity to learn about other best practices in safety applied at construction sites outside our borders in order to incorporate those lessons into the domestic real estate sector.”

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