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Construction Health and Safety Agents
Our Construction Health and Safety Agents will be able to perform standard services under the following stages:
Step 1
Project Initiation and Briefing
Agreeing client requirements and preferences; assessing userneeds and options; appointment of necessary consultants in establishing project brief; objectives, priorities; constraints; assumptions and strategies in consultation with client.
Construction Health And Safety Agent Deliverables
- Construction project health and safety brief;
- Agreed scope of work;
- Agreed services;
- Signed agreement;
- Record of consultant's construction health and safety competency and resource assessments;
- Schedule of required surveys, tests, analyses, site and other investigations;
- Preliminary construction project risk profile; and
- Record of construction project health and safety risk communication.
Step 2
Concept and Feasibility
Finalization of project concepts and feasibility.
Construction Health And Safety Agent Deliverables
- Updated construction project health and safety risk profile;
- Agreed construction project health and safety policy for the project;
- Draft construction project baseline risk assessment;
- Draft construction project health and safety specifications;
- Record of appropriate specialist's health and safety competency and resource assessments;
- Schedule of required surveys, tests and other investigations and related reports;
- Record of construction project health and safety risk communication;
- Design risk management process;
- Preliminary cost estimates/budgets for construction project health and safety;
- Approved specialist's health and safety plans;
- and Specialist's health and safety audit reports and records.
Step 3
Design Development
Manage, coordinate and integrate the detail design development process within the project scope, time, cost and quality parameters.
Construction Health And Safety Agent Deliverables
- Final construction project health and safety risk profile;
- Record of construction project health and safety risk communication;
- Final construction project health and safety Design risk management records;
- Schedule of precautions necessary for construction project health, safety and hygiene control;
- Approved early works health and safety plans;
- Early works audit reports and records;
- Initial schedule of construction project health and safety cost estimates/budget;
- and Template for health and safety file.
Step 4
Tender Documentation and Procurement
The process of establishing and implementing procurement strategies and procedures, including the preparation of necessary documentation for effective and timeous execution of the project.
Construction Health And Safety Agent Deliverables
- Attend design and consultants’ meetings
- Assist in developing clear construction project health and safety procurement process (records)
- Finalise the construction project tender health and safety specification/s and integrate with the procurement documentation
- Provide and record construction project health, safety, hygiene and design risk information to the principal consultant and other consultants (communication)
- Prepare the construction project health and safety documentation for submission to authorities
- Participate in construction project tender clarification meeting/s (communication)
- Assist with evaluation of tenders (records) and verify contractors CH&S competencies, knowledge & resources to carry out the construction works
- Assist the cost consultant in the finalisation of the construction project health and safety cost estimate / budget
- Assist with the preparation of contract documentation for signature
- Prepare construction project health and safety mobilisation and access plan/s for the construction work
- Assess samples, mock-ups and products (evaluation) for construction project, structural maintainability and operability and health and safety compliance
Step 5
Construction Documentation & Management
The management and administration of the construction contracts and processes, including the preparation and co-ordination of the necessary documentation to facilitate effective execution of the works.
Construction Health And Safety Agent Deliverables
- Assess and approve the principal contractor/s construction project health and safety plans at each site
- Submit necessary documentation to authorities and facilitate permit/s that may be required to commence the construction work
- Attend site handover meeting/s and lead the construction project health and safety mobilisation and access plan/s
- Attend regular site, technical and progress meetings (& risk communication)
- Prepare the revised construction project H&S risk profile, specification/s and cost estimates / budgets in response to scope of work change/s
- Monitor implementation (commissioning) of the CPH&S plan i.t.o the CH&S specification & further scope of work changes.
- Recommend stop orders (report) as required.
- Monitor the design risk management process (records)
- Perform incident and accident investigations where necessary (records & corrective actions)
- Audit compliance with the construction project H&S plan/s and brief the project management team and contractor/s following site audits
- Conduct health and safety management system audits
- Facilitate construction health and safety system plan/s review/s for continual improvement
- Monitor the compilation of the (interim) construction project health and safety file by the contractor/s
- Prepare the consolidated Health and Safety File Prepare the 'OHS report of compliance status for occupation' element of the health and safety plan/s for commissioning of the structure/s
Step 6
Project Close-out
The process of managing and administering the project close- out, including preparation and coordination of the necessary documentation to facilitate the effective operation of the project.
Construction Health And Safety Agent Deliverables
- Review, discuss & approve the H&S File with the contractor/s for each site & manage the construction project H&S during the defects & liability period (audits & risk communication)
- Cancel all construction project health and safety legal appointments
- Prepare the health and safety operations and maintenance report (& approved H&S File)
- Prepare the consolidated construction project health and safety close-out report
