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.

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 include;

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

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Three questions

• What can cause harm?

• What are you doing about it

• Is it enough?

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Three more questions

• What has to be done?

• What resources do you need?

• When is a review needed?

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Final three questions

• Has the operation progressed as

planned?

• Detail the changes needed.

• List the improvement actions.

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In Practice you have to...

• Design it,

• Build it,

• Maintain it, and

• Demolish it

taking full account of the safety of the construction worker, the end user and anyone else that may be affected.

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.

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.

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