IADC Safety Award 2021 winner - supply chain organisations: Keppel FELS, Safety Plus Programme ...

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Safety, people-focus, agility, accountability, and Can Do are Keppel’s core values. Safety is a key priority in its operations and Keppel FELS is committed to ensuring everyone goes home safe at the end of each work day.
Keppel FELS has robust HSE management systems in place and invests in building HSE competency and capabilities through training, outreach activities and empowering every individual in its workforce to intervene and stop any unsafe acts. The shipyard adopts a set of 10 lifesaving rules and performs an assessment of high impact risk activities (HIRA) prior to the execution of work.
Anchored by its Safety Plus Programme and Singapore’s National WSH Vision 2028, Keppel FELS also puts its stakeholders, including customers and contractors, at the centre of all its initiatives. It employs a strong ‘right mind-set, right processes and right tools’ approach to complete its work right the first time, thus reducing rework, enhancing its product offerings to customers, and more importantly, reducing the risk exposure to its workforce.
Technology and innovation are ingrained in the culture of Keppel FELS. It is essential in building a strong safety culture and constantly enhancing safety standards for work processes. Keppel FELS invests in its design, engineering, planning and construction processes by adopting digitalisation and smart asset technology to further value-add to its products by simplifying processes, tracking operations, improving safety considerations and supporting its customers. These new implementations are further reviewed and evaluated on a periodic basis, and the lessons learnt are captured and systematically incorporated into its operating procedure.
Customised safety innovation was implemented in Keppel FELS’ construction of dredgers. While working with Jan De Nul and Van Oord, iDiver - a remotely operated robotic diver - was deployed to check the underwater conditions of the dredgers following undocking. This replaced the need for physical divers, thus eliminating the exposure to risks underwater.
After undocking, the Smart Robot, which automates inspections for bus-bar systems located in trenches, was deployed to ensure smooth operations of luffing cranes, which are used to bring construction materials like spools, hull outfitting and equipment on board the dredger for installation. The Smart Robot reduces the manpower required for each inspection, and eliminates the risk of personnel having to work in confined spaces.
Keppel FELS works closely with its customers, partners and vendors to address project concerns, exchanging important lessons learnt and organising collaborative HSE initiatives. Its holistic approach in HSE management ensures the safety and well-being of every individual working in the shipyard. For its efforts in achieving Zero Loss Time Incidents for the construction of the Sanderus dredger, Keppel FELS was also awarded a safety bonus by Jan De Nul.
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