Effective Construction Safety Management

Agenda

 Safety Management in Roads Service

 A review of the roles within CDM

 What are the construction regulations?

 What's in a H&S plan?

 CDM and procurement

 Discussion

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Set your work objectives to

Analyse include;
the
Operation “...tasks/ activities are to be
completed on time and in a
manner that does not cause
harm to the employees,
customers, other non-
Manage employees, or the company/
the Improve
Operation
organisation.”

Effectiveness
Review

Operational Analysis & Control Model

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Analyse Analyse
the the
Operation Operation

Manage
the Improve
Operation
Three questions

• What can cause harm? Effectiveness

Review

• What are you doing about it

• Is it enough?

Operational Analysis & Control Model

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Manage Analyse
the the
Operation Operation

Manage
the Improve
Operation
Three more questions

• What has to be done? Effectiveness

Review

• What resources do you need?

• When is a review needed?

Operational Analysis & Control Model

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Effectiveness Analyse
the
Review Operation

Manage
Final three questions the
Operation
Improve

• Has the operation progressed as

Effectiveness
planned? Review

• Detail the changes needed.

• List the improvement actions.

Operational Analysis & Control Model

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In Practice you have to...

•
Analyse
Design it, the
Operation

• Build it,
Manage
the

•
Improve
Maintain it, and Operation

• Demolish it Effectiveness
Review

taking full account of the safety of the

construction worker, the end user and
anyone else that may be affected.

Operational Analysis & Control Model

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Roles within CDM

• Client

• Designer

• Planning Supervisor

• Principal Contractor
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Roles within CDM - Client

• Appoint competent;

• planning supervisor
• designer(s)
• principal contractor

• Ensure H&S plan prepared before construction phase starts

• Provide relevant information

• Ensure H&S file is kept available

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Roles within CDM - Designer

• Advise clients on their duties

• Design for safety, i.e.

• Avoid foreseeable risks,

• Combat risks at source,
• Priority to those involved in construction , cleaning or
otherwise affected,
• Design to include adequate information, and
• Co-operate with the planning supervisor.
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Designers must…

• At concept feasibility and design stage,

• make client aware of duties

• identify H&S hazards of any design work,
• give adequate regard to risk control hierarchy,
• provide H&S information to those who need it, and
• co-operate with the planning supervisor and other designers

• At construction phase

• identify hazards in ongoing design work

(e.g. temporary works)
• give adequate regard to risk control hierarchy,
• provide H&S information to those who
need it, and
• co-operate with the planning supervisor
and other designers
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Roles within CDM - Planning Supervisor

• Project is notified to HSE,

• Ensure design includes;

• reference to H&S management, and

• adequate information about structures and material,

• Ensure co-operation between designers,

• Advise client/ contractor regarding;

• competence of personnel, and

• allocation of resources

• Ensure preparation and final delivery

of H&S file and

• Ensure H&S plan is available.

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Roles within CDM - Principal Contractor

• Ensure co-operation between contractors,

• Ensure every contractor and employee complies with H&S plan,

• Ensure only authorised persons enter construction area,

• Ensure notification particulars are displayed,

• Provide information promptly to the planning supervisor,

• Give necessary directions and information to contractors,

• Include construction H&S management

in the H&S plan

• Provide training to employees, and

• Have employee liaison arrangements.

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Planning Supervisors Issues

•Round the table open discussion period

(allow at least 30 minutes)
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What I look for in a Health & Safety Plan?

Pre-tender Phase

• Nature of project
• List of significant hazards and control measures,
• All known information relating to construction site e.g;
• services,
• traffic control, and
• ground conditions.
• Construction materials – precautions required,
• Problems that need specific discussions,
• Site rules; including access and accommodation,
• Liaison arrangements (Client and planning supervisor),
• Procedures for dealing with design changes.
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What I look for in a Health & Safety Plan?

Construction Phase

• List of significant hazards and control measures,

• Identification of responsibilities,
• Management and review arrangements,
• Resources,
• Contractor control procedures,
• Site access arrangements,
• Methods for communicating (on-site and off-site),
• Emergency procedures.
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CDM and Procurement issues…

Client must be satisfied that principal contractor has;

• competence to carry out and manage construction work, and

• adequate resources

•Key areas to probe include;

• General policy
• General organisation
• Planning and performance monitoring,
• Experience, and
• Specialist knowledge and resources.