Obelisk Group International has been named winner of the Health & Safety Excellence Award in the Telecoms & Communications category at the Health & Safety Excellence Awards 2026, held last 30th April at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry. The win acknowledges the company's sustained effort to build a safety culture that is both structurally rigorous and genuinely people-centred.

Operating across a sector where work is frequently life-critical, Obelisk has developed a risk-led safety programme that addresses the specific hazards of telecoms and communications environments with precision and consistency. The programme is built on a clear hierarchy of priorities, people, planning, and prevention and that order of emphasis is evident across every layer of the organisation's safety operations, from site-level decision-making through to leadership engagement at the top.

Central to Obelisk's approach is the recognition that safety performance in high-risk environments cannot rely on reactive measures alone. The company has invested in proactive systems designed to identify and mitigate risk before incidents occur, supported by innovative training methodologies that equip workers with both the knowledge and the confidence to apply safety principles in real conditions. That commitment to empowering the workforce, rather than simply directing it, has been a defining characteristic of Obelisk's programme.

The judging panel pointed to the measurable results achieved across projects nationwide as a key factor in the decision. Consistent compliance across a diverse project portfolio is a significant operational achievement in telecoms, where teams are frequently dispersed, timelines are demanding, and the consequences of safety failures are severe. Obelisk's ability to maintain high standards across that breadth of activity speaks to the robustness of its systems and the depth of its safety culture.

What emerges from the submission is a portrait of an organisation where health and safety is not a function applied to work, it is embedded within it. That integration, sustained at scale and across every project the company delivers, is what earned Obelisk Group International this recognition.

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