Initiation & briefing
- Help develop a clear project brief
- Attend project initiation meetings
- Advise on surveys and site investigations
- Define the OHS scope of work
Construction
Construction health and safety
The OHS Act 85 of 1993 and the Construction Regulations 2014 place a demanding responsibility on clients and designers. We handle the detail so you can focus on the build.
Typical duties
What we do on construction projects
- Site-specific safety file: safety plan, fall protection plan, waste and environmental plans, HIRA
- Site audits and monthly OHS management
- Safety meeting audits
- Incident and accident investigations
- Safety Officer and Safety Manager placements
- Construction work permit applications
- Health and safety specifications and baseline risk assessments
Edge protection, every levelThe project lifecycle
Our role at each project stage
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Concept & feasibility
- Draft baseline risk assessment
- Agree the OHS complexity profile and policy
- Draft OHS specification
- Agree procedures for OHS control
Design development
- Manage the design risk process with the team
- Finalise the baseline risk assessment
- Update the OHS specification
- Agree the format of the OHS file
Documentation & procurement
- OHS tender specification
- Construction work permit application
- Evaluate tenders and contractor competence
- Assist with contract documentation
Contract administration
- Review the principal contractor's H&S plan
- Monthly site and safety-meeting audits
- Corrective actions tracked to close-out
- Incident and accident investigations
Close-out
- Consolidated safety file handed over
- Final close-out audit
- Every finding closed with evidence
- Records handed to the client
After every audit
Corrective actions after each audit
- Day 0Audit issued
Scores, observations and at-risk items to the approved distribution list.
- Day 1Contractor notified
Each finding has an owner, a deadline and the evidence required.
- Day 2Reminder
If no evidence has come in, we remind the contractor before the deadline.
- Day 3Evidence reviewed
A consultant checks the photos and documents that come back.
- ClosedSigned off
Closed by the consultant. Repeat or critical findings go to De Jager.