Case studies

Mayfair Security provides professional home and business security services, CCTV and guarding services throughout the Yorkshire region. As part of their Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS) they are required to have suitable and sufficient health and safety measures in place in order to be part of the scheme; this includes regular audits of its working practices and premises and up to date documentation such as Company Health and Safety Policy, Company Risk Assessments and Fire and Evacuation Plans….

In late May, Jools Bentley found himself at the Old Truman Brewery in London, working on the delivery of a launch event for the new adidas Predator football boot. The launch was based around a game of full size ‘football paintball’ – the winning idea sent in during a competition run by adidas. Because the concept involved putting the players onto a temporary structure during the event there were all kinds of safety considerations over and above the normal kind…

Ben & Jerry’s Summer Sundae was held in Heaton Park, Manchester for the first time this year and built on the successes of the London event, on Clapham Common, which has now ran for the past seven years. MRL Safety Limited were approached by Tim Spears of sevens7 and asked to provide a full safety management service. We began in Heaton Park by attending meetings including the Safety Advisory Group meeting held on site on a chilly March day. MRL…

Following a quiet planning phase Bestival 2008 provided new challenges for Assistant Director,Julian Bentley, as he managed the safe running of Bestival with a rather wet build and an even wetter event and break. Extreme wet weather ensured that our event contingency plans were very much tried and tested as joint operations between the organisers, Loud Sound, MRL Safety, APL site managers, other agencies and the emergency services put in place additional infrastructure for customers whose tents became waterlogged due…