Baseline Risk Assessment
Baseline risk assessment and H&S specification
The two documents that set the safety rules for your project before a single contractor is appointed.
In short
A baseline risk assessment identifies the hazards of a construction project before tender, and the health and safety specification turns them into the requirements every contractor must price and meet. The Construction Regulations 2014 make both the client's responsibility. Siyakhatala Safety writes them for projects across the Western Cape.
What's included
- Site visit and review of the drawings and scope
- Hazards rated on likelihood and severity
- Controls the contractor must price and provide
- Requirements for the contractor's health and safety plan
- Review of tender submissions against the specification
A vague specification lets contractors price safety low and argue about it later. Ours lists what each risk needs, from fall protection and excavation support to traffic management, so tenders can be compared like for like and the controls are paid for.
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Baseline risk assessment: common questions
When is the baseline risk assessment done?
Before the tender goes out, so it can be included in the tender documents.
Is it the same as the contractor's risk assessment?
No. The baseline risk assessment is the client's view of the project's hazards. The contractor then prepares its own risk assessments for its methods of work.
Do industrial sites need one?
Industrial and corporate sites need a risk assessment under the OHS Act, and we do those too. The baseline risk assessment and H&S specification are specific to construction work.
Where we work
Baseline risk assessment across the Western Cape
From our office in Brackenfell we cover Cape Town and the Western Cape, and work countrywide by arrangement.