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Quality & HSE
Quality & HSE

Quality Accreditation

In 1994, NPCC certified its Quality Management System to ISO-9001:1994 by Lloyds Register of Quality Assurance (LRQA) and became the first offshore construction company in the Eastern world to receive this certification.

Since then, the company achieved various quality certifications and grabbed many business excellence awards:

NPCC Quality management system is currently certified to ISO 9001:2008 and API Spec. Q1.
NPCC Pressure Vessels facilities hold ASME U, U2, S & R stamps; while our pipe rolling mill is accredited to API 2B.
NPCC received Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Excellence Award (MRM) both in 2007 & 2010.
We also received Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award in the construction sector in the years 2006 & 2009.


HSE-MS

NPCC's Health, Safety & Environment Management System (HSE-MS) is an integrated management system based on the following four standards:

Local HSE rules & regulations
OHSAS 18001(Certification Dec 2009)
ISO 14001(Certification April 2007)
ADNOC Group Code of Practice

In addition to the above it complies with best international regulations and best practices. Our HSEMS defines the principles by which we conduct our operations worldwide with regards to health, safety, and the environment. Consistent with our “Corporate Values” NPCC management provides strong visible leadership which places People, HSE and Customer Satisfaction as its highest priorities. The HSE philosophy is communicated to all employees, customers, subcontractors, and third parties associated with our business, and each member of the organization is mandated to provide positive evidence of conformance to the system

The HSE Management System model comprises seven interrelated components:

Leadership & Commitment
Policy & Strategic Objectives
Organization, Resources and Documentation
Evaluation & Risk Management
Planning, Standards and Procedures
Implementation & Monitoring
Audits & Review

NPCC continues to receive various HSE awards from local & international institutions for its excellent HSE record such as:

British Safety Council Sword of Honor in 1989 for being one of the top 30 safest companies in the world
ADNOC HSE Award 2001, 2002 and 2003
Major Offshore Contractors Safety Award by "International Pipeline and Offshore Contractors Association (IPLOCA)" for 2008, 2002 and 1999
ZADCO HSE Award 2009 & 2006
ADCO 2006 HSE Award for completion of 18 million man-hours without LTI.
ADMA-OPCO HSE Awards for completion of various projects with zero injury
QatarGas II Development Project completion of 5 million man-hours without LTI _2007
ARAMCO – Saudi Qatif & Abu Safah, HSE Award 2003.

HSE Achievements & Awards

NPCC has been awarded several HSE awards since 1983 from well recognised International Institutes such as British Safety Council, International Pipeline & Offshore Contractors Association as well as from its major clients in the region such as Saudi Aramco, ADNOC and ADCO.

Please Click here to view the list of HSE awards and Achievements...
01. Loss Prevention Achievement Award - Aramco - 1984

NPCC was awarded the above award for achieving One Million Man-hours without an accident while executing Project ZTP 3/4 for Aramco.

02. National Safety Award - British Safety Council

This award is given to companies that meet the BSC's Accident/Incident Rate (A.I.R.). NPCC has achieved this award for six (6) consecutive years 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988.

03. Loss Prevention Achievement Certificate 1985 - Aramco

This award is based on audits conducted by Aramco on all Aramco's major contractors in the region under the title of "Offshore Contractor's Fabrication Yard Competition".

04. 1987 and 1988 "Gold Citation" award - British Safety Council

NPCC was awarded in 1987 and 1988 the Gold Citation Award. This award is given to the 20 runners up in the Sword of Honour competition worldwide.

05. Sword of Honour - British Safety Council - 1989

This award is based on an evaluation of five (5) years Accident Statistics and is only given to 30 companies worldwide who are selected from the best 50 companies entered in the competition.

06. 4 Star Health & Safety Management System - British Safety Council - 1987

NPCC was awarded 'Four Stars' from British Safety Council in 1987 which corresponds to an excellent rating of 81-89%. The Four Stars achieved by NPCC for 1987 evaluation was based on two audits carried out by independent Third Parties on NPCC Onshore premises and Offshore spreads.

07. ADNOC Award (GASCO New LPG Tankage Project No. 1209) - 1997

This was awarded by ADNOC Project Directorate to NPCC for achieving 4,000,000 man-hours without a LTA during the total period of project construction - pre-commissioning and commissioning activities from 20 June 1995 to 15 October 1997.

08. ADNOC Project Directorate Award - (Ruwais Refinery Expansion Project No. 1214 Condensate Processing - Package 1) - 1998

This was awarded to NPCC by ADNOC for the successful completion of 3, 000,000 man-hours without a LTA during the period Sept. 1997 to July 1998.

09. Jabel Dhanna Projects - 1999

Safety award presented to NPCC by ADCO for achieving one million man-hours without LTA.

10. International Pipeline and Contractors Association (IPLOCA) - 1999

NPCC was awarded the major offshore contractor Safety Award for outstanding safety performance. This is a coveted worldwide safety award.

11. Total South Pars 2000 - 2001

South Pars Field Development Project Phase 2 & 3 - Achieved 1.5 million manhours with no lost time accident.

12. Soroosh & Nowrooz Integrated Field Development Project (Shell) - 2003

Attained one million LTA free manhours at MFY on 26th February 2003.

13. In addition to the above NPCC has numerous other projects achieving 500,000 man-hours and 1,000,000 man-hours without a lost time accident which is presented by the GM with an in-house safety award on the Annual Safety Day celebrations.
14. Qatif & Abu Safah Projects Department, Saudi Aramco - 2003

For achieving 1 Million construction man-hours without LTI.

15. ADMA-OCPO facilites engineering division – DAS island

Awarded NPCC on 9th June 2004 for NPCC's contribution to achieve three million man-hours without LTI.


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ADNOC HSE Awards - 2001

a) NPCC was the Runners-up for presenting the innovative submission - "Protecting the Onshore & Offshore Natural Environment".

b) NPCC was also the Runners-up, jointly with ADMA-OPCO & ZADCO for the "Development & Implementation of New Marine Standards".

ADNOC HSE Awards - 2002

a) NPCC was the Winner for the Safety category with the submission of – "Innovation of Insulated Rubber Safety Plugs for Welding Quivers".

b) NPCC was also selected as the Runners-up in the HSE Performance category with the submission of – "Hazard Identification Process (HIP) - an effective tool for excellence in HSE performance".

ADNOC HSE Awards - 2003

Winner under the innovation category 'for improving safety of load out operations of 6-8 legged offshore platform on cargo barges'.