He took responsibility for leading the business’s health and safety team two years ago, and has since been instrumental in improving BAM’s commitment and performance.

Doug Keillor, BAM’s Executive Director, said: “Mark has particularly improved our strategic focus on reducing the key causes of injury, improved our safety culture and led the ‘Your Safety is My Safety’ campaign.

“We are renewing our effort across all our businesses to improve our safety culture and reduce accidents.

“Behavioural safety workshops are being revitalised, the frequency of toolbox talks increased and management visibility enhanced.