Construction safety
We can act as your safety inspectors, carrying out site inspections on a pre–agreed or random schedule and write you a report detailing our findings
Construction site safety
The building industry continues to have high death and injury rates, and smaller sites such as domestic extensions are among the worst. At the moment there is no legal requirement for these smaller projects to have any external inspections, however they still need to comply with the various regulations.
Smaller projects are not exempt from HSE spot checks – the HSE can and do inspect these sites and can issue fines called Fee For Intervention (FFI) which they charge at the rate of £163 per hour if they find ‘material breaches’ of H&S Law.
Risk assessments and method statements
Many tradesmen come to us when they are asked to provide Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS) for the work they are going to do on a particular site. It may be they have never been asked to provide RAMS before and they have no idea how to start, or they are repeat customers, using us to write their documentation for every job or new client. As with all our documentation the RAMS are written specifically for each client and are tailored specifically to the work you do. Our RAMS construction services are available in London, Kent, and the rest of the southeast of England.
CDM (Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015)
CDM 2015 has 5 duty holders – client principal designer, principal contractor, designer, contractor.
The 3 main duty holders are the client, principal designer, and principal contractor.
The client is the one with the money – he is required to make sure the people he appoints are competent and able to do their job professionally and safely.
The principal contractor is the builder – he is responsible for on site and during the construction process.
The principal designer has to ensure health and safety is put in place before work starts on site. Often the architect is appointed as the principal designer – however, architects are not normally best placed to deal with health and safety which is where we come in. We are able to assume the role of principal designer for you.
We can carry out the pre-start site inspections and write the preconstruction information pack for the client to give to the prospective principal contractor. We can then assess the adequacy of the construction phase health and safety plan as written by your chosen principal contractor.
Our principal contractor clients often have us write their construction phase health and safety plan as well as all of their day-to-day site documentation. We then monitor the safety progress on site by carrying out regular site inspections.
If all you want is risk assessments – we can write those too. Our RAMS construction services are available in London, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex.
So how can we help?
We can act as your safety inspectors, carrying out site inspections on a pre–agreed or random schedule and write you a report detailing our findings. We can then work with you to help rectify any failings we find – before the HSE do! We operate a system of safety notices we can hand out to errant site workers so that any lapses can be followed up. If you have a site you want inspecting, please contact us. We are always happy to help! Our CDMs and RAMS construction services are available in London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
Having dealt with Rob Slater of Clearwater Safety Solution on a domestic new build home project to provide CDM and Health & Safety services I would highly recommend Rob for any Health & Safety requirements.
Rob’s advice was immeasurably valuable to my client as a new property developer
unaware of the CDM and Health & Safety responsibilities put upon them. Rob made these requirements clear and guided the client through the process and provided additional support during the construction phase.
Having experienced the knowledgeable way Rob deals with any given situation I can highly recommend his services. Rob would be a valuable consultant for any potential client.