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ASBC Alan Staley Building Contractors Ltd.

CONSTRUCTION PHASE PLAN For the Building of a

Domestic Property at 1a Ashby Road

Melbourne

March 2017

Health and Safety Advisors: ARKSAFE LTD.

5 Bars Hill Costock

Leics. LE12 6XY www.arksafe.co.uk

Ashby Road, Melbourne: Construction Phase Plan

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CONTENTS PAGE

1. INTRODUCTION 3 Brief Scope of Works 3 Client and Principal Designer 3 Designer 3 Principal Contractor 3 Site Address 3 Project Duration 3 Health and Safety Objectives on this Project 4 Construction Phase Plan, Site Rules, Risk Assessments and Method Statements 4 Consultation with Employees and Contractors 4 General Duties of All Employees and Contractors 5 Accident and Incident Reporting Procedures 5

2. EXISTING ENVIRONMENT 6

3. SITE LAYOUT DETAILS 7 Access to Site and Site Parking 7 Storage of Materials 7

Waste Skips 7

4. DESIGN STAGE RISK ASSESSMENTS 8

5. INDUCTION TRAINING AND PPE 8 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) 8

6. FIRE AND FIRST AID PROCEDURES 9 Fire Procedures 9 First Aid 9

7. WELFARE FACILITIES 9

8. MONITORING OF HEALTH AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE 10

9. CONSTRUCTION PHASE PLAN AND STATUTORY NOTICES 10

10. HEALTH AND SAFETY FILE 10

11. WORKING NEAR TO OCCUPIED AREAS AND ACCESS ROUTES 10 Buildings and Any Part of Site Area to Which Third Parties May Gain Access 11 Precautions to be Taken at the End of Each Working Day 11

12. SITE HAZARDS AND GENERAL RISK ASSESSMENTS 11 Contract Employees / Site Visitors / Unauthorised Trespassers 12

Other Persons and Activities 13 Site Tidiness 14 Manual Handling 15 Hazardous Substances Man-Made Mineral Fibres 16 Contaminated Ground / Dust / Waste Removal 17 Working at Height – Management Issues and Practical Precautions 18 Access Scaffolds 19 Tower Scaffolds 20 Ladders and Steps 21 Site Traffic 22 Mechanical Lifting Equipment and Operations 23 Hot Work 24 Plant and Equipment / Noise 25 Portable Power Tools / Hand-Held Breakers and Road Saws / Abrasive Wheels 26 Underground Services / Protection of Excavations / Work on Existing Electrical Systems 27 Leptospirosis (Weil’s Disease) 28

13. OUTLINE METHOD OF WORKING 29-31

Appendices: Health and Safety Provision Required by Contractors and Contractor Questionnaire 32-34


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1. INTRODUCTION

Brief Scope of Works:

The project involves the building of a new residential property, adjacent to an existing property, on a through road on the south-western side of Melbourne.

Work will include levelling the site and creating a driveway, foundations and the service/drainage infrastructure for the plot.

Work will then involve brick and block building, roofwork, joinery, insulation, mechanical and electrical work, plastering, decoration and furnishing, including toilets, bathroom and kitchens.

There will also be some exterior work to form pavements and driveways, and landscaping.

Client and Principal Designer:

Ruth and David Burnley Deer Park View 32 Trent Lane Kings Newton Derbyshire DE73 8BT

Tel: 01332 862356

E-mail: [email protected]

Designer:

Harmer Fitz 4 Penn Lane Melbourne Derbyshire DE73 8EQ

Tel: 07791 575 497

Contact: Amanda Harmer


Principal Contractor:

ASBC (Alan Staley Building Contractors Ltd.) 3 Sweet Leys Way Melbourne Derbyshire DE73 8LE

Tel: 01332 862356

Contacts: Alan Staley (Contract Manager), David Twells (Site Foreman)


Site Address: 1a Ashby Road, Melbourne, Derbyshire DE73 8ES

Duration: 42 weeks

mailto:[email protected]




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Health and Safety Objectives on this Project

Alan Staley Building Contractors Ltd, as Principal Contractor, will undertake their duty to ensure that health and safety is given the highest priority on this contract. To achieve this, the co-operation of all employees and contractors is essential, together with good planning, adopting a risk assessment approach to identify hazards and so eliminate risks. The over-riding health and safety objective will be to minimise the likely occurrence of accidents and damage, by reducing the risks of such occurrences to the minimum practical level.

As Principal Contractor, Alan Staley Building Contractors Ltd, will also act as co-ordinator for all contractors working on the project. All site employees and contractors must comply with current legal requirements, good working practices, and the site rules, which will be brought to the attention of all working on the site by the Principal Contractor’s Site Foreman or his appointed deputy.

With regards to any accidents, incidents or near miss incidents, the Principal Contractor must be informed and, if the incident is reportable to the Health and Safety Executive, a copy of the report form must be given to the Principal Contractor.

All site personnel must assist in implementing this guidance, and so ensure a safe and healthy site for everyone. As Principal Contractor, Alan Staley Building Contractors Ltd. will ensure that workplace safety inspections are undertaken throughout the project. In addition, if any person sees an unsafe situation or finds themselves in a position of danger, they should report it immediately to the Site Foreman. All personnel on site are encouraged to be proactive in health and safety issues.

Construction Phase Plan, Site Rules, Risk Assessments and Method Statements

This document contains the Construction Phase Plan and site rules that will be applicable on this project. The plan may be updated as the project progresses, if the need arises. Details of site specific hazards will be outlined in the risk assessments relating to each package of work and, as a result, special working practices may be invoked. Any task that is considered to be of high risk will be subject to a detailed method statement, which must be agreed with the Principal Contractor before the work commences. Method statements must be submitted in sufficient time before the proposed commencement of work

Alan Staley Building Contractors Ltd., acting as Principal Contractor, will co-ordinate the activities of the various contractors on site and if anyone has a health and safety question, or there is a co-ordination problem with other contractors, the matter should be referred to the Principal Contractor as soon as possible.

If any employee or contractor becomes aware of a hazard that has not been foreseen, he should bring this to the attention of the Principal Contractor and discuss precautions that can be adopted to minimise any risk.

Consultation with Employees and Contractors

Health and safety issues will be discussed at the first induction of new contractors and raised thereafter at project progress meetings.

Any health and safety issues can be raised and discussed at any time with the Principal Contractor’s Contract Manager, Alan Staley, or Site Foreman, David Twells, who will be in attendance, managing the site, on a daily basis.

If there are any concerns relating to health and safety, or there are co-ordination difficulties between contractors, these must be brought to the attention of one of the above without delay.


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General Duties of All Employees and Contractors

All persons on site are required by law to take reasonable care of themselves and others who may be affected by their acts or omissions. Everyone must co-operate with the Principal Contractor by observing the procedures and site rules described in this plan, so enabling the various parties to comply with their statutory duties. In particular, everyone on site must:

a) Use the appropriate personal protective equipment at all times.

b) Keep personal tools and equipment in good condition and report all defects in plant and equipment, or any unsafe acts, to the Site Foreman.

c) Only undertake tasks authorised within their scope of works.

d) Not perform any task unless they have been authorised, trained and are capable of doing it.

e) Follow the site rules and any relevant method statements at all times.

f) NEVER TAKE ANY CHANCES. If any site employee or contractor has any doubt about the health and safety aspects of the task being undertaken, he should immediately inform the Site Foreman.

Accident and Incident Reporting Procedures

All accidents on this project must be reported to the Principal Contractor’s Site Foreman and details entered in the accident book kept on site.

Any major injuries, seven-day lost time injuries, reportable near miss incidents or injuries to third parties must be reported by the contractor employing the injured party or injuring the third party (or the case of near misses, the contractor affected by the near miss incident) to the Site Foreman, who will arrange for the incident to be reported to the Health and Safety Executive, in accordance with the RIDDOR regulations. If the accident or incident is to a person employed by a sub-contractor, then the Principal Contractor must receive a copy of the report and any subsequent investigation.

The Principal Contractor will assess each individual accident and near miss incident, and investigate further where appropriate. A full report will be required, from the relevant contractor, on any reportable accident or incident.


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2. EXISTING ENVIRONMENT

The project site lies within the grounds of an existing property. The new house will be built on the left-hand side (facing) of the existing property, with other houses behind it and also on the other side. Some work to re-render the existing property and to demolish the single-storey garage will take place, but this will be outwith the scope of this contract and the interface with this project will be minimal, as this project will be fully segregated by a Heras fence to minimise risks to people working on that property or residing in it, prior to completion of the new house at 1a.

There is ample room for parking and storage on the roadside and some space for a compound next to the working site

Signs will be displayed at the entrance gateway, to instruct workers as to PPE requirements and site risks and to direct third parties away from the construction project.

Because of the proximity of other houses, debris, dust and litter must be controlled at all times and contained within the work site. Noisy and dust-creating operations must be minimised and conducted away from public areas wherever possible. Dust suppression at source will be used wherever practical. All such operations must be conducted at times when they minimise disturbance to third parties, and certainly should not be undertaken when the grounds are open or early / late in the day.

The Site Foreman will be responsible for maintaining a secure site throughout the working day, and for ensuring that the site is left safe and secure outside of working hours.

Site Rules

• No smoking will be allowed within the buildings.

• No fires will be allowed on site.

• No radios or music systems will be allowed where they are audible outside the boundaries of the site.

• Permitted Working Hours will be 8am-6pm Monday – Friday.


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3. SITE LAYOUT DETAILS

Access to Site and Site Parking

The project site lies on the left-hand side of a private drive, off a through road connecting Melbourne to Ashby-de-la-Zouch and several North Leicestershire / South Derbyshire villages. The access into the site will be shared with people accessing the adjacent property, but because of the limited scope of work, access risk conflicts should be avoided or easily managed.

The site will be fenced with lockable Heras fencing and signs posted to deter trespass. The gate into the site will be locked to prevent unauthorised access.

Parking will largely be on the roadside, as only limited space is available within the site area. However, volumes of traffic requiring access to the project will be small.

Storage of Materials

Storage of materials will be within the designated compound area at the side of the site. Rain-affected materials and tools will be stored in a lock-up container, which will be kept locked out of hours or otherwise materials will be removed in contractors’ vans.

No flammable or combustible materials will be stored inside any buildings, or where they can be accessed by trespassers, but must be removed at the end of each working day to a secure storage area, or taken off site.

Waste Skips

A waste skip will be situated adjacent to the working plot and will be used for all building waste that cannot be re-cycled on site.


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4. DESIGN STAGE RISK ASSESSMENTS

The main design risks that are exceptional to this project concern the following issues:

Protection of Third Parties

The site is in a populated neighbourhood, with a school relatively close by. It will be fenced with Heras fencing and fully signed to deter trespass.

Protection of Neighbouring Properties from Excessive Noise and Dust

Cutting tools will have water-based dust-suppression. All noisy operations will be conducted well away from site boundaries with neighbouring properties.

Materials Handling from the Compound

A telehandler will be used for the majority of heavy items. Barrows and trolleys may be used for lighter loads.

A hoist on the scaffold will be also be used to lift materials and to lower waste.

Changes in Design or Scope of Work Creating Additional Risks

Should any alterations to the specification occur, these will only be acted upon if agreed with the Client and Designer and a written instruction issued.

Any alteration creating a significant change to the health, safety or environmental risks of the project will require the risks to be re-assessed and a safe working method agreed to minimise any additional risks.

Any changes in design will only be accommodated if notified in sufficient time.

5. INDUCTION TRAINING AND PPE

The Contract Manager, or in his absence, the Site Foreman, will give an induction to all new arrivals on site. Key priority areas will be:

a) To make all site workers and visitors aware of the site rules, key risks and safe working methods contained in (and included as appendices to) this plan.

b) To ensure that all site workers and visitors are in possession of the requisite personal protective equipment and clothing, and that it is worn as specified at all times on site.

c) To advise site workers and visitors of welfare and emergency arrangements and procedures.

d) To ensure that everyone inducted signs the induction register to confirm receipt of the induction.

The relevant working hours for the site are Monday- Friday 8am – 6pm. Additional hours will only be permitted with the Client’s approval.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

All site personnel must wear high visibility clothing, safety boots and safety helmets (hard hats) whilst on site. Any person arriving without the requisite PPE will not be allowed to work on site.

The wearing of hard hats will be mandatory until all overhead working has been completed. Hard hats must be worn in all areas, unless the Site Foreman authorises areas where the mandate is lifted. Any such notice will be in writing and will be discussed at a “toolbox” briefing.

All operatives will wear protective gloves, goggles and dust masks when materials such as stonework, tiles, concrete, brickwork and plaster are being cut or broken down. Ear defenders must also be worn for such tasks and on any other operations, if the task risk assessment requires them as a risk reduction precaution.


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6. FIRE AND FIRST AID PROCEDURES

Fire Procedures

As Principal Contractor, ASBC will ensure that fire extinguishers, for use in emergencies, are available on site. Any person undertaking hot work or using flammable substances must also take a portable appliance to the task location.

In the event of any fire that cannot be extinguished by a fire appliance, David Twells, the Principal Contractor’s Site Foreman, must be contacted immediately. He will alert the emergency services and ensure that they have safe access into the site. He will also inform the persons occupying or working in the adjoining properties.

If an emergency does occur, the assembly point will be on the compound area, away from the driveway, which may be needed by the emergency services.

The Principal Contractor will make all site personnel aware of these procedures at induction.

First Aid

The Principal Contractor will provide first aid facilities in the site cabin. The Site Foreman will be the appointed first aider and must be contacted in the event of any accident. These arrangements will be advised at induction and posted on notices.

If an ambulance is required, the Site Foreman (or appointed deputy) will call for the ambulance service. The nearest accident and emergency hospital is the Royal Derby Hospital, Emergency Department, Main Hospital, Level 1, Entrance 12, Uttoxeter Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE22 3NE Tel: 01332 787800 or 7831111 (a route plan to the hospital will be posted in the Site accommodation).

The Site Foreman will liaise with the emergency services and ensure safe access for the ambulance.

All accidents must be reported to the Principal Contractor and details entered in the accident book kept on site. Any (RIDDOR) reportable incidents or accidents will be communicated to Health and Safety Advisors, Arksafe Ltd, who will report them to the HSE on the company’s behalf and will advise on appropriate investigation procedures.

7. WELFARE FACILITIES

The Principal Contractor will make washing and dry rest facilities available in the adjacent property. The welfare area will have a kettle, water heaters and a microwave oven with chairs and a table for rest breaks. Drinking water will also be made available. When the new property has been sealed, the welfare area will be re-located in there.

A toilet unit, with hot water, towels and soap available for washing will be provided on site.

The toilet and welfare units will be cleaned on a regular basis.

All site personnel, including sub-contractors, may use these facilities, provided they are not abused.

http://www.derbyhospitals.nhs.uk/contact-us?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=32&sobi2Id=179


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8. MONITORING OF HEALTH AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE

This is achieved by several means:

a) Alan Staley will manage the contract and should be first point of contact on matters regarding health and safety resource provision for the project. If any person has any concerns with regards to health and safety, he should report them to him immediately.

b) The Site Foreman, David Twells, will have a daily presence on site and will monitor the work on an ongoing basis.

c) Health and Safety Consultants ARKSAFE Ltd. (telephone: 01509 854394) are available to monitor site performance as required and according to the stage of the contract, as well as advise and assist anyone on site who has a problem relating to health and safety. They can be contacted via the telephone at any time.

Any contractor who has a problem or a concern relating to health and safety, needs any assistance or wishes to raise health and safety matters, should not hesitate to do so with any of the above.

9. CONSTRUCTION PHASE PLAN AND STATUTORY NOTICES

Alan Staley Building Contractors Ltd. will display this Plan on site (and any revision of it) together with:

A Health and Safety Law Poster

Alan Staley Building Contractors Ltd’s Health and Safety Policy statement

Risk assessments and method statements for the project (including all contractor risk assessments and method statements)

Notification of the project - Form 10 (rev)

Statutory registers for inspection of scaffolding and recording of accidents

Register of persons inducted

Register of PPE issued

Posters and information will be displayed on site, with the registers kept in a prominent and easily accessible location, and maintained by the Site Foreman.

10. HEALTH AND SAFETY FILE

Alan Staley Building Contractors Ltd, as Principal Contractor will ensure that certain information and details are contained in a Health and Safety File for the property. This includes information such as product supplier details.

11. WORKING NEAR TO OCCUPIED AREAS AND ACCESS ROUTES

The Health and Safety at Work Act places a duty on employers (and the self-employed) to ensure the health and safety of members of the public who may be affected by their work. As contractors are involved in working near to occupied premises and a public access route, the health and safety of third parties is a high priority.

On this project, a Heras fence with gated barriers will be erected to define the site compound area and restrict third party access. The Site Foreman will ensure that these barriers are properly erected and maintained and that no unauthorised persons are allowed to enter this area, either inside or outside of working hours. Within the working area, a fully protected designated access route will take third parties safely past the working areas.


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Buildings and Any Part of Site Area to Which Third Parties May Gain Access

Contractors must take special care to:

Ensure that all power tools are isolated when not in use and, where possible, removed from site or to locked storage areas.

Keep tools in closed toolboxes, locked away when not in use.

Ensure that all mobile access equipment, steps and ladders are stored away or blocked off when not in use.

Ensure that ladders are removed from the base level of fixed scaffolds

Co-operation and co-ordination between the contractors is essential throughout the project. The Site Foreman will ensure that, where site operations encroach on access routes, third parties are warned to keep clear when deliveries and collections are taking place and that a competent person is delegated to assist drivers entering and leaving the site.

Tidiness and good housekeeping are essential. The work area must be kept compact and tidy, with any dust and debris kept within the designated confines, until collection takes place.

Precautions to be Taken at the End of Each Working Day

Whenever the work site is left unattended, the boundary fence and the doorways into the buildings must be secured, with all tools and plant isolated and removed or locked away. The Site Foreman will be responsible for ensuring that all contractors leave their work in a safe and stable condition and their equipment in a safe place, secured so that it cannot be interfered with.

Ladders should be removed from scaffolding and either locked inside completed buildings, or removed to the compound area and locked away in a secure store. Mobile towers should be locked inside the site area, removed to safe storage in the compound area, or dismantled and taken off site.

The Site Foreman should check the site boundary barrier each day, on completion of work, to ensure that it forms an effective barrier and deterrent to unauthorised entry outside of working hours.

12. SITE HAZARDS AND GENERAL RISK ASSESSMENTS

The following risk assessments outline the significant risks that are generally applicable to the work being undertaken on this site, together with ASBC’s procedures and policies which should be followed. For routine site operations, the basic precautions attached to each assessment should be observed, together with any relevant guidance issued by the Health and Safety Executive.

Any design alterations that create changes to the risks on site will be fully assessed and all relevant personnel informed of the alterations and the need to amend working methods (if necessary), prior to the change being implemented. Design changes must be instructed in writing by the appointed designer before they will be implemented.

For any activities carrying a significant risk element, the relevant contractor must undertake task-specific risk assessments and method statements before the work can commence. These must be submitted to the Principal Contractor a minimum of two days (48 hours) before the planned commencement of the task.


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Organisation Alan Staley Building Contractors Ltd. Date March 2017

Site 1a Ashby Road, Melbourne Persons Affected

Task Operative (1)

Location All Areas Other Employees (2)

Activity / Item Contract Employees / Site Visitors / Unauthorised Trespassers Third Parties (3)

Hazard and Risk Persons Affected

Risk (H/M/L)

Risk Reduction Precautions Residual Risk

Contract (and Subcontractor’s) Employees

Risk of accident due to unfamiliarity with site hazards

1,2 M All persons on site to be recruited on the basis of experience, competence and safety awareness.

To be given an induction, prior to task commencement, by the Site Foreman, on the site rules and safe working procedures

To be updated on site hazards by toolbox talks.

To work to the agreed safe system of work at all times.

Sub-contracted companies to provide method statements for any tasks carrying a significant risk. Contract Manager to agree the planned method, prior to task commencement.

Contractors to work to these method statements at all times. Any alterations to agreed working methods only by approval from the Contract Manager.

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Site Visitors


3 M Site Foreman to induct all visitors onto the site.

Visitors to sign in their presence on site in the daily register and to be accompanied at ALL TIMES and provided with required personal protective equipment.

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Unauthorised Trespassers


3 H Unauthorised access to hazardous areas to be prevented by barriers at site entrance and warning signs etc. Additional fencing to be erected if site boundary walls are reduced by building work

Doors to erected structures and site accommodation to be secured outside of working hours.

Access for deliveries and collections to be managed by supervisor, to ensure protection of third parties from site operations.

Construction of fenced compound with lockable gate to allow storage of immobilised machinery and hazardous substances / materials, if materials cannot be removed from site each day.

Thorough inspection of stored materials at the end of every working shift, looking closely at stability of materials and possible leakages.

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Task Operative (1)


Activity / Item Other Persons and Activities Third Parties (3)


Risk (H/M/L)


Working Around Other Contractors / Employees / Third Parties

Risk of severe damage/injury to/by other contractors and/or their plant and equipment

1,2,3

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Effective pre-planning must ensure adequate warning signs and segregation arrangements to keep third parties away from the working area and/or times to conduct work when there will be a minimal risk to or from third parties. This is especially important with the shared gateway leading into the site and occupied houses in the proximity.

Site contractors will be engaged on a variety of activities. Third parties, could also be present, proximate to some of the working areas and access routes. It is essential to take full regard of the activities of others, on and around the site. Segregation arrangements should be under regular review. If it is felt that contract work creates a hazard to others, then work should be immediately ceased, until either the hazardous conditions caused, or the third parties, can be removed from the vicinity.

In the event of any other contractor, employee or member of the public creating a hazardous situation for site employees and contractors, work should immediately cease and the Site Foreman informed, so that he can take the appropriate action to remove or minimise the hazard.

All persons should note that in any doubt as to whether their work presents a risk to third parties, or that they feel that a third party’s activities are putting them at risk, they must stop work immediately and consult the Site Foreman.

Operatives should not perform any task for a third party, unless authorised by their manager or supervisor.

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Task Operative (1)


Activity / Item Site Tidiness Third Parties (3)


Risk (H/M/L)


Site Tidiness

Risk of fire, slips and trips from combustible waste and general debris

1,2 M The Site Foreman in control of the site will ensure that the working area and access routes around the site are kept clear and free from all types of debris, trailing cables, flammable materials and hazardous chemicals. Special attention should be given to this issue when working near to the site boundaries, to prevent the spread of litter onto adjoining areas.

Working materials and tools must be removed from any area where others have access, if the person using them leaves the job at any time.

Care should be taken by all operatives and supervisors when planning each task to minimise the number of obstructions for both the operative performing the task and others who may be affected by that task.

Contractor’s supervisors to monitor on a regular basis.

Any obstructions created by third parties should be reported to the Site Foreman, who will arrange for their removal.

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Task Operative (1)


Activity / Item Manual Handling Third Parties (3)


Risk (H/M/L)


Manual Handling

Risk of strains, musculoskeletal injuries

1

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The primary risks are in the lifting of materials up and down ladders and scaffolds, and when working at height, especially when loading out scaffolds floors and taking materials off and onto roofs. Manual handling is also a high-risk activity when working in restricted areas.

Avoid individuals lifting any load heavier than 25kg, or large or bulky items. Larger loads should be moved mechanically by a fork lift truck, hoist or barrow or otherwise by employing a number of suitable persons to share the task.

Ensure that accessways are clear, so that persons moving heavy objects cannot trip or fall.

When lifting or moving materials, use mechanical means wherever possible. When lifting and depositing loads, ensure that the load is manageable and, if necessary, ask for help if load is heavy and bulky.

NB. Especially avoid the manual handling of heavy loads up and down access ladders and steps. Increased risk of strain due to lack of control over the load and possible falling persons or objects.

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Task Operative (1)


Activity / Item Hazardous Substances / Man-Made Mineral Fibres Third Parties (3)


Risk (H/M/L)


Hazardous Substances

Risks to health and the environment

1,2 M Priority should be given to using substances and materials which are non-hazardous and environmentally friendly wherever possible. Contract Manager to review all COSHH assessments on an on-going basis.

COSHH Assessments will be undertaken by competent person for all hazardous substances. These will be contained in the Contractor’s COSHH Manual.

All hazardous substances to be stored in locked storage areas.

No unauthorised person to use a hazardous substance.

All persons will be given required induction training before using hazardous substances.

PPE to be worn as directed in individual COSHH assessments.

COSHH assessments must be provided by all contracting companies to allow a proper risk analysis to be undertaken and proper precautions put in place.

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(though will depend on the substances)

Man-Made Mineral Fibres

Risks to health the environment

1,2

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Avoid breaking up material and creating dust (see COSHH risk assessments).

Type 3 particulate respiratory masks, full overalls and gloves must be worn at all times, if there is any risk of mineral fibres being released.

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Task Operative (1)


Activity / Item Contaminated Ground / Dust / Waste Removal Third Parties (3)


Risk (H/M/L)


Contaminated Ground/Materials

Health risk

1

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Initial ground analysis to determine contaminants indicates a low risk.

To overcome harmful effects of any contaminants, the following should apply:

• Minimise contact between humans and any contaminated area.

• Use mechanical means where possible to work on and move earth.

• Use PPE to protect operatives, including protective overalls and gloves.

• Thorough washing and cleaning procedures should be followed for humans, equipment and plan

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Dust

Health risk

1,2,3

L Wherever practicable dust suppression will be fitted to tools such a road saws and portable abrasive wheels to prevent the emission of dust at task source.

If dust is created during works, the contractor must ensure that sheeting protection is provided to protect other contractors and third parties from the effects of dust on site.

Special care must be taken to screen operations undertaken near to the site boundaries, adjacent to residential areas and public roads.

All operatives exposed to dust must wear appropriate overalls, gloves, dust masks and eye protection.

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Waste Removal

Environmental risk / risk of fire from combustible materials left on site

1,2,3

M Carry waste down from high levels or lower directly into skip, to avoid dust and scattered debris.

Skips must be located away from properties, so that they do not create a fire risk when containing combustible materials.

All materials disposed of from site will be removed in accordance with the requirements of environmental protection legislation, by a licensed waste disposal contractor, to a licensed waste disposal site.

Waste removal should be frequent, to prevent the build-up of site debris.

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Task Operative (1)


Activity / Item Working at Height - Management Issues and Practical Precautions Third Parties (3)


Risk (H/M/L)


Access for Work at Height

Risk of falls and falling objects

1,2 H “Hierarchy of Control” procedures should be used by management to determine the safest practicable alternative for working at height.

The Company should seek to avoid high level working, wherever possible.

If work at height cannot be avoided, then a rigid barrier edge protection around all edges of areas where persons could fall any significant distance (including temporary access platforms) should be the priority measure.

Toe boards and brick guards to contain work equipment and to prevent fall of materials.

Brick guards or netting should be used to contain materials.

Warning signs at ground level below working areas.

Where the risks of falls from height cannot be totally eradicated, then fall-arrest measures such as air bags or bean bags below the working area will be selected, to limit the falling distance and to cushion the fall.

Site Foreman must ensure that perimeter site barriers and warning signs at base level are maintained at all times.

See HSG 33.

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Access For Working At Height: Prevention of Objects Falling From Height

Risk of falling objects

1,2,3 H The Company should seek to avoid high level working wherever possible.

Toe boards and brick guards to be used to contain work equipment and prevent the fall of materials.

Warning signs at ground level below working areas.

Site Foreman should ensure that perimeter site barriers and warning signs at base level are maintained at all times.

See HSG 33

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Task Operative (1)


Activity / Item Access Scaffolds Third Parties (3)


Risk (H/M/L)


Access Scaffolds

Risk of falls, scaffold collapse, falling objects, falls from height

1,2 H Only trained and certificated scaffolders are to erect, dismantle or alter scaffolds. Scaffolds must not be tampered with by any person other than an approved scaffolder.

Scaffolds to be inspected and registered as fit for use prior to first use and to have a handover certificate from the scaffold erector.

When loading out scaffolds and loading bays, consideration should be given to the total weight and distribution of the load on the scaffolding and the stability of the stored material.

When loading scaffolds, only load one pallet of material at any one time and, until this load has been distributed around the scaffolding, no additional pallets should be loaded out.

A scaffold inspection should be undertaken daily by the Site Foreman, before each working shift. A formal weekly inspection (or inspection after poor weather or collision likely to affect scaffold stability) should be undertaken by a competent person. Results to be entered in scaffold register held on site.

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Task Operative (1)


Activity / Item Tower Scaffolds Third Parties (3)


Risk (H/M/L)


Tower Scaffolds

Risk of falls, tower collapse, falling objects, falls from height

1,2 H Mobile towers should only be erected by suitably competent, trained persons. Likewise, inspections should only be carried out by those trained in the regulations, safe construction and codes of practice involved in tower erection.

After a tower has been erected, the following checks should be made before it is used:

• Check that it is vertical and square and that the horizontal braces and platforms are level.

• Check outriggers or stabilisers are correctly positioned and secured.

• Check that all baseplates or castor wheels are fully in contact with the ground, including those on stabilisers or outriggers. All castors should be properly locked.

• Check that all the spigot and socket joint locks holding the frames together are secured.

• Check that all the bracing members have been located exactly in accordance with the instructions in the supplier’s manual.

• Check that all guardrails and toeboards are in position as required.

• Check that all access stairways and ladders are in position and are firmly located.

• Check that the base to height of platform ratio does not exceed 1.3 when working externally; or at a ratio of 1:3.5 when working internally.

During use, the tower should be kept in good order. A competent person should inspect the tower regularly to see that the structure has not been altered in any way. Should parts become lost or damaged, they must be replaced before the tower is used again. Any mobile tower that is erected for more than a week should undergo a formal weekly inspection by a competent person, with the results entered in the scaffold register.

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Task Operative (1)


Activity / Item Ladders and Steps Third Parties (3)


Risk (H/M/L)


Ladders and Steps

Risk of falls, collapse, falling objects, falls from height

1,2 H Ladders and steps must only be used for short duration work in any one location. They should not be used where safer practical alternatives can be selected for access when working at height.

Ladders and steps must be free from defect. Regular checks should be made on their condition.

Ladders must be properly secured at all times (i.e. tied onto a secure structure so that they cannot move). Regular checks should be made on securing fastenings.

A ladder should extend 1.05 metres past its stepping-off point and be positioned at a gradient of 1 in 4.

Each supervisor will make a regular check on ladders and steps for split stiles and damaged or missing rungs. If defective, DO NOT USE and either replace or report it to the Site Foreman immediately.

All ladders and steps must be sited on firm, level ground.

Ladders should be properly secured at the top or footed by a second person. Steps should be properly extended and locked in place.

Only one person should be on a ladder or steps at any one time.

Ladders must be long enough for the job, maintaining at least three rungs above the rung on which the user stands. Steps must be tall enough to allow an operative to access the work area without over-reaching.

Users must face the ladder or steps, and maintain a firm grip when ascending/descending.

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Task Operative (1)


Activity / Item Site Traffic Third Parties (3)


Risk (H/M/L)


Site Traffic Including Deliveries and Collections

Traffic obstruction and risk of injury / collision

1,2,3 H

All private site contract vehicles to use public roads for parking. Delivery and collection traffic will reverse into the driveway to the designated site compound area.

No parking or waiting on the driveway into the site.

All articulated HGV traffic must be assisted when reversing or manoeuvring within the site area. Manoeuvring of any sizeable loads or vehicles to be carried out with signaller in attendance, to ensure that any interface with other people or materials is avoided.

All large vehicles to be reversed into the site from the road by a banksman wearing a high visibility vest/jacket, and should always leave site “front first”.

Each contractor to ensure that unnecessary delays do not occur.

Drivers must take care when other vehicles and pedestrians are in any area through which they are moving. Where possible audible and visual signals should be used for reversing.

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Task Operative (1)


Activity / Item Mechanical Lifting Equipment and Operations Third Parties (3)


Risk (H/M/L)


Cranes

Risk of falling objects, collision with vehicles or interference with the structure when lifting. Also, risk of load falling from height

1,2,3 H Crane will be hired from an approved hire company with driver and banksman. Sufficient signs must be posted to warn of crane operations in progress

All plant to have current test and examination certificates available for inspection on site. Safe load indicators (with audible alarms) should be fitted.

Only trained banksman and drivers allowed to direct and operate crane operations. These persons must carry training certificates.

Any crane on site will undergo an additional weekly examination, which must be entered in the site F91 register.

Persons should not work directly below lifting operations.

Crane must be located on firm, even, stable ground. Site subterranean services to be located, to ensure there is no risk of ground collapse. It should be made fully stable and immobilised before use. Spreader beams should be extended to ensure stability.

The crane should be placed on a site that allows sufficient room to safely manoeuvre the loads required.

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Lifting Tackle

Risk of load falling from height

1,2,3 H All equipment to be maintained in good condition. Lifting tackle must have:-

• Mark with its safe working load (S.W.L.)

• Identification Mark

• Current examination certificate available

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Lifting Operations

Risk of falling objects, collision with vehicles or interference structures when lifting.

1,2,3 H Lifting operations to be pre-planned taking into account all aspects of the load to be lifted. Banksman/Slingers should be trained.

Competent person to be in charge of lifting operations.

Clear segregation of working areas and close supervision by the Site Foreman is required, to ensure that persons are kept clear of areas directly beneath, or in line with any lifting or swinging across of materials or structures.

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Task Operative (1)


Activity / Item Hot Work Third Parties (3)


Risk (H/M/L)


Hot Work –Welding / Burning / Grinding Operations

Risk of burns, fire and explosion

1,2 H

Cylinders must be protected and kept clean at all times.

Flame proof screens must be put up around the area where the work is undertaken

All operatives to wear flame proof overalls and welding masks and gauntlets

When connecting up a bottle to the equipment, the operator must ensure that the correct regulator is fitted and is in good condition with undamaged threads and no grease applied. Hoses at the point of connection should be armoured. Connections must be clean and secured by crimped fittings. Gas bottles should be used only in a secure upright position with a FLASH BACK ARRESTOR.

At locations where hot work is to be undertaken, the fire risks must be assessed and the work carried out in accordance with:

The Principal Contractor's requirements and any site rules or procedures

Any permit to work requirements applying to the location

The requirements of the Code of Practice on the Prevention of Fire on Construction Sites, issued by the Loss Prevention Council.

When using blow lamps or blow torches, the following precautions must be observed:

a) A suitable portable 2-gallon (or metric equivalent) water or CO2 fire extinguisher should be available for immediate use.

b) Blow lamps and blow torches are to be lit for as short a time as possible before use and extinguished immediately after use.

c) No lighted blow lamps or blow torches must be left unattended.

A thorough examination of the hot working area must be made 30 minutes after conclusion of each period of work.

When leaving the job site, cylinders must be isolated at the valve.

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Task Operative (1)


Activity / Item Plant and Equipment / Noise Third Parties (3)


Risk (H/M/L)


Plant and Equipment

Risk of equipment failure

1,2,3

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Operatives should be trained and competent for the use of any specialised tools or equipment with copies of training certificates held on site.

Plant and machinery statutory test and examination certificates to be held on site. This includes hand over and weekly inspections to verify scaffolding as safe for use.

Weekly inspection registers must be maintained by the Site Foreman.

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Noise

Risk of noise-induced hearing loss

1,2

M All noisy operations should be carried out when third parties are removed from the nearby premises.

Operatives working with noisy equipment such as abrasive discs and breakers should wear hearing protection as indicated by warning symbols on the plant instruction panel.

Contractor to perform noise assessments on all noisy plant operations to determine hearing protection requirements.

Employer should make hearing protection available to all working with noise levels greater than a measurement of 80 LPD(A) (first action level) and mandatory for all working in noise levels greater than 85 LPD(A).

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Task Operative (1)


Activity / Item Portable Power Tools / Hand-Held Breakers and Road Saws / Abrasive Wheels Third Parties (3)


Risk (H/M/L)


Portable Power Tools, Supply Cables, Generators etc.

Electrocution risk

1 H Records to be established and regular inspections every 3 months carried out by competent person, to ensure that portable electrical equipment remains in good condition.

110 volt equipment to be used, supplied via a suitable power generator.

Alternatively, use battery-powered equipment as a safer option.

No 240 volt supply connection (once established) should be used, except with the permission of the Contract Manager, who will verify that it has been properly commissioned before giving such permission. Only then will it be allowed, if transformed to a 110 volt supply and centre-tapped to earth.

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Hand-Held Breakers and Road Saws

Risk of hand-arm vibration or flying fragments of material

1,2 H Only trained and appointed persons to use specialist equipment such as breakers or rotating still-saws.

Full hearing and eye protection to be worn, plus respirators if dust is created. Minimise usage to prevent risks from hand-arm vibration.

Tools should be used for no longer than 45 minutes continuously without a break of for lesser periods if manufacturer’s vibration levels advise.

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Abrasive Wheels

Risk of burst or flying fragments of material

1,2 H Only trained and appointed persons are allowed to change abrasive wheels (appointments made and listed in a register). Check wheel compatibility with machine before each use. Maximum Operating Speed of the wheel must exceed the operating speed of the machine.

The make-up of the wheel must be appropriate to the task for which it is being used.

Newly mounted wheels to be run for 1 minute, once mounted, pointing away from other operatives and with the guard fully in place.

Eye and hearing protection to be worn, plus respirators when dry-cutting.

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Task Operative (1)


Activity / Item Underground Services / Protection of Excavations / Work on Existing Electrical Systems Third Parties (3)


Risk (H/M/L)


Underground Services

Electrocution / explosion risk

1,2,3

H

Initial location of sub-surface services by drawings, plans and liaison with all utility companies. Service plans to be acquired and examined prior to any excavations.

Existing service scans have been completed and new service ducts have already been laid across the site and marked on site drawings. However, location equipment should be used prior to any further excavations. Detection equipment to be used by trained operatives.

Hand dig the site prior to mechanical excavation - see HSE Booklet HSG 47.

All streetworks service and drainage connections to be performed by operatives trained and certificated with Streetworks, Excavation and Reinstatement qualification.

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Protection of Excavations

Risk of collapse of excavations and persons or traffic falling into excavations

1,2,3

H

Excavations to be thoroughly fenced off from the general public, children and other contractors.

Required signs and warning lights to be laid out before commencement of operations. All excavations to be safely shored to prevent collapse.

Sites to be filled or fenced off and all equipment removed after each working day. At the end of project, surface to be levelled off.

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Work on Electrical Systems Once “Live”

Risk of electrocution from mains supply

1,2

H

A permit to work (keyholder system) to be used by any person needing to work on an electrical system that has been commissioned, to ensure that live mains are disconnected before work commences and are not reconnected until work has finished.

Contractor carrying out the work to be responsible for disconnecting and re-connecting mains supply and to have sole access to the source of supply while contract work is in progress.

Any live wires established in the work area must be identified and signed and, where possible, segregated from other contract work.

No persons, other than trained electricians, to be allowed access to electrical power supply.

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Task Operative (1)


Activity / Item Leptospirosis Third Parties (3)


Risk (H/M/L)


Leptospirosis (Weils Disease)

Leptospirosis is a micro-organism associated with infected rat’s urine and cattle urine, which can be transferred to humans.

As a pathogenic infection, it can cause renal damage, often resulting in a fatality

1,2 H Leptospirosis or Weil’s Disease is a potentially fatal health risk. Beware, especially when working in areas where there is evidence of rodent infestation, when working on drains, or near to still or stagnant water.

Good personal hygiene should always be undertaken.

Wear disposable protective gloves when working in any areas where rodents might be present. Where possible, avoid touching stagnant water or potentially contaminated ground.

Wash hands thoroughly before touching food or smoking.

Employees should be inducted on the risks at tool box talks and carry cards to remind them of the risks and the need to maintain good hygiene practices.

First aid treatment should be given for all cuts and grazes, however minor. All exposed cuts must be sealed with a dressing.

Supervisors should be vigilant of anyone reporting “Flu-like” symptoms when working in areas of greater risk. Any person reporting such symptoms must be sent to a doctor without delay, and inform of the doctor of the risk of Leptospirosis in their working area.

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13. OUTLINE METHOD OF WORKING

NB. The following describes an outline general method of working only and all contractors will be required to submit detailed method statements for their own activities on this project. Initial risk assessments and precautions required for general operations to be undertaken are shown in section 12. It should be noted that, in addition, site specific risk assessments will be required from all contractors relating to the tasks to be undertaken in their packages of work.

Preparation

1. All operatives and contractors requiring access to site must be in possession of, and wear, hard hats, safety boots, overalls and protective gloves when working on this project. When dust is created, dust masks and eye protection will be worn. Eye protection will also be worn when handling or working around sharp objects. For special hot work, appropriate clothing (masks, gloves and overalls) will be worn as per risk assessment. Ear protection to be mandatory on this project for all operations with noise levels exceeding 80dB(A). Persons working externally must wear hi-visibility clothing, as they will be proximate to traffic routes.

2. Any operatives needing to work at a level at which a significant injury could result from a fall, must wear safety fall-arrest harnesses, which must be attached to a line or load-bearing structure, before the operative commences work.

3. It will be each individual contracting company’s duty to ensure that its operatives are suitably trained in the correct use of PPE.

4. All operatives to receive health and safety induction from the Site Foreman on arrival.

5. All operatives (including sub-contractor’s operatives) to produce certificates of competence to operate plant and specialist equipment to the Principal Contractor.

6. Test and inspection certificates for plant brought onto site must be available for site inspection at all times.

7. Welfare facilities to be established on site, with a welfare cabin placed close to the site entrance. Water and power to be connected to enable the provision of hot water and facilities for making hot drinks. Accommodation to be cleaned regularly.

8. Power to site working area to be created via a temporary supply set up from a generator (later from a transformed 240v electrical supply connected into the site plots, transformed to 110v and centre-tapped to earth). Supply to be installed and connected by a competent electrician, with hand-over test certificate from the electrician commissioning the system.

Outline Methods of work

1. Break up foundations and level site using JCB and / or 360 machine. Vehicles to be operated by trained drivers.

2. Using excavator, load materials onto the spoil heap for backfilling (where practicable).

3. Excavate ground to create drains and service channels. Site plans and detection equipment to be used to avoid any possibility of contact with submerged surfaces. Trial hand-digging to be undertaken before mechanical digging of excavations. Any discovered service lines to be exposed, supported and isolated. Barrier off excavations when left unattended. PPE to be worn to protect workers from the effects of possible contaminants.

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4. Dig out foundations. Site plans and detection equipment to be used to avoid any possibility of contact with submerged surfaces. Trial hand-digging to be undertaken before mechanical digging of excavations. Any discovered service lines to be exposed, supported and isolated. Barrier off excavations when left unattended. PPE to be worn to protect workers from the effects of any identified contaminants.

5. Lay drains and service ducts by mini excavator, or - if not practicable - by hand-digging (operatives to wear protective clothing, as prescribed). Cover all excavations when complete and drains or service wire are in place (as relevant to location).

6. Deliver materials to site by vehicle and off-load to materials compound area.

7. Establish blockwork foundations and drainage and service connections, using mechanical digger and manual handling. Lay concrete in trenches, to secure foundations in place, by pouring direct from a mixer, spreading using shovels and compacting.

8. Locate waste skip adjacent to plot.

9. Begin building new premises by hand-laying bricks on blockwork, with reinforcement beams where applicable (lintels etc - see drawing). All operations in which heavy loads require lifting should employ a hoist or crane, as applicable, to raise the load into position.

10. Scaffold to be erected to upper areas, once base levels are complete and work will continue up to the first floor. Competent persons to erect scaffold for access. Scaffold to be erected in accordance with statutory legislation and codes of practice, and to be tagged and checked as safe with results in scaffolding register. Inspections to take place on a weekly basis thereafter, or whenever the scaffold is adversely affected or altered. Method statement to be provided by contractor*.

11. Install upper floor joists for each level, using tower access from within building and also from external scaffolding.

12. Continue building external “shell” to roof level, raising the scaffold height* as the work progresses.

13. Fit loft and roof support joists and roof frame to upper brick/blockwork. Joists to be lifted using crane. Lifting appliances to be fully inspected and tested prior to use. Crane Lift Plan and method statement required from lifting contractor.*

14. A separate safe system of work for fitting trusses is attached as an appendix to this Construction Phase Plan.

15. Undertake roof covering from scaffold.

16. Install roof tiles and guttering. Roof cladding method statement to be submitted by contractor*. If any contractor must access the roof and could fall any distance, then fall-arrest safety nets must be used.

17. Undertake upper floor boarding. Install staircase to upper floor.

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18. Glazing and external doors to be installed at all levels, from external scaffolding.

19. Fill cavity walls with insulation.*

20. Electrical contractor to begin to install electrical wiring and lighting systems. Fixings to be made using 110v or battery drill with plug and screws in walls and screw fixings to woodwork. Ceiling apertures to be cut with small blade handsaw.*

21. Mechanical contractor to first fix pipes and equipment for heating and hot water system.*

22. Lay roof insulation by hand from within loft space and, working down through the building, lay insulation onto first floor joists.

23. Lay floorboards over joists and insulation on all levels.

24. Install internal partitioning and doorways.

25. Mount new electrical mains board in specified location, using plug and screw fixings, and connect to un-activated utility supply cable.

26. Nail plasterboard ceilings in place onto the joists.

27. Prior to completion, electrician to ensure that wiring runs behind plasterboard from socket points to switches and back to (unconnected) mains source.

28. Plaster over boarding and smooth over to create internal finish.

29. Install and fit internal doors.

30. Fit new electrical switchgear and sockets, using 110v or battery drill with plug and screws in walls and screw fixings to woodwork. Ceiling apertures to be cut with small blade handsaw.*

31. Install second-fix pipework and plumbing furniture to building. Clip to walls with brackets fixed with plug and screw fixings.

32. Fit out kitchens, toilets and bathrooms.*

33. Connect up wiring to un-activated mains fuse board.

34. Activate (with utility company) electrical supply and test/commission. Complete verification certification.

35. Commission mechanical supply, including heating, and balance the system.*

36. Decorate walls.

37. Install floor coverings fittings and furnishings.*

On completion, remove signs and barriers from working area at base and ensure that all last remaining materials are removed from site.

*NB. Method statements for these activities must be submitted by the relevant parties for approval, prior to commencement of works.


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ALAN STALEY BUILDING CONTRACTORS LTD.

HEALTH AND SAFETY PROVISION REQUIRED BY CONTRACTORS

All contractors must conduct their business within the law and in accordance with current health and safety and environmental codes of practice, in order to be considered for work with Alan Staley Building Contractors Ltd. Below are the minimum provisions which should be in place before commencement of work:

• All contractors must provide written risk and COSHH assessments, identifying key hazards involved in their activities potentially affecting their employees and any third party.

• All contractors must provide written method statements for any tasks identified as having a significant risk to health and safety, showing how they will conduct their work, and from their risk assessments, how they will minimise those risks through their working practices and establish “safe systems of work”.

• All contractor companies employing 5 persons or more at any time (this includes sub-contracted self-employed labour co-opted by that sub-contractor) must have a written safety policy describing the safety structure and arrangements within their company.

• All contracted organisations employing 5 persons or more at any time (this includes self-employed sub-contracted labour) must (under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999) have access to a competent health and safety person or persons:

“to assist him in undertaking the measures he needs to take to comply with the requirements and provisions imposed upon him by or under the relevant statutory provisions.”

To put it briefly this means that contractors must either employ someone who has the necessary health and safety training or use the services of an external advisor to assist and inform them on health and safety issues.

• All contracted organisations, regardless of size, must agree to work within the conditions of Alan Staley Building Contractors Ltd’s Health and Safety Policy.

CONSTRUCTION (DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT) REGULATIONS 2015 (CDM)

Where sub-contractors are working on a project where Alan Staley Building Contractors Ltd. is Principal Contractor, they must:-

• Ensure that they have read and fully understand the project Construction Phase Plan.

• Demonstrate that they will make adequate provision and arrangements as specified in the project Construction Phase Plan (through their own risk assessments and safe working methods), before starting work on site.

PROVISION OF INFORMATION FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY FILE

All contractors must, on completion of work, supply the following to Alan Staley Building Contractors Ltd. for inclusion in the project Health and Safety File:

• “As built” drawings showing the location of their completed work. (e.g. wiring, plumbing, service access etc.)

• COSHH assessments and material data sheets for any hazardous materials in their as-fitted condition. (e.g. flammable fillers, specialised coatings, materials that give off toxic fumes if burned.)

• Any relevant operating and maintenance manuals for installed equipment.

• Information on the safe methods of conducting maintenance and remedial work in the future.

Please note that the above are the minimum standards which must apply to all contractors working for Alan Staley Building Contractors Ltd. In addition, all contractors are requested to constantly strive to improve their standards of health and safety and their duty of care to themselves and to others whilst on any Alan Staley Building Contractors Ltd. site.


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ALAN STALEY BUILDING CONTRACTORS LTD.

HEALTH AND SAFETY RESOURCES AND COMPETENCE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR CONTRACTORS TENDERING FOR…………………………………………………………………………………………………....PROJECT

NB. A satisfactory response to the following questions is required to demonstrate that the contractor has the necessary resources, experience and competence to undertake the project. It is essential that this questionnaire is completed accurately and returned to Alan Staley Building Contractors Ltd. 3 Sweet Leys Way, Melbourne, Derbyshire DE73 8LE by …………..…………....................................

1. GENERAL DETAILS:

1.1 Company Name: ....................................................................................………...………..................…..................

1.2 Address: ...................................................................................…………......….......………………..……………...........

…………………………………………………………………...……………………………...………………………………………………………………….……….

1.3 Tel No:....................……............…….................... 1.4 E-mail:.......................………............…….....................

1.5 No's Employed: Managers and Supervisors…........... Administration …............ Operatives….............

2. DETAILS OF INSURANCES:

2.1 Employers Liability ……..…....................................... Limit of Cover ………................................

2.2 Public Liability ……............................................. Limit of Cover ………................................

3. HEALTH AND SAFETY DETAILS:

3.1 Person with overall responsibility for health and safety: (name)........................................................................

3.2 Person responsible for day to day health and safety issues: (name) ……….......................................................…

3.3 Do you employ the services of an external health and safety advisor? Y/N

3.4 (if yes to 3.3) External health and safety advisor: (name)……………………………………………….…....…….. (attach CV)

3.5 Who will be the person responsible for the provision of information for the Health and Safety File on task completion? (name)…………………………………………………………...……...............................................................

3.6 Has your company been subject to health and safety enforcement action within the past 5 years?

Prosecution Y/N Prohibition Notice Y/N Improvement Notice Y/N

(If the answer to any the above is Y, please supply details on a separate sheet)

4. HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY / RISK ASSESSMENTS / SAFE WORKING METHODS

Please indicate that you have attached the following with this questionnaire:

A copy of your Health and Safety Policy Y/N

An example of a Risk Assessment Y/N

An example of a COSHH risk assessment Y/N

An example of a Safe Working Method Statement Y/N


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5. HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING

5.1 Give details of health and safety training undertaken during the past 3 years (use separate sheet if necessary)

Management and Supervisors…………………....................................…………..............…..………………………….......................

...............................................................................................…….......................................……......................................

Other Employees…………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………….........………

............................................................................................……......................................................................................

...........................................................................................….….................................................……...............................

5.2 Who will be responsible for inducting new site personnel on the health, safety and welfare issues, risks and safe methods of working this project?

(name)……………………..…………………………………………………….………………..................................................................

6. ACCIDENT RECORD Major + 7 day reportable Minor

6.1 No of accidents last year ….…………… ……………….. …..…………

6.2 No of accidents 2 years ago ….…………… ……………….. …..………..

6.3 No of accidents 3 years ago …….………… ……………….. ……..……..

7. DESIGN RESPONSIBILITIES

7.1 Has the company previously undertaken projects in the role of Designer Y/N (if yes, give details of up to 2 projects below) 7.2 Client..................................……….…....................approx. value........…………................date................................

Client..................................……….…....................approx. value............……….…...........date................................

8. PROJECT EXPERIENCE

8.1 Has the company previously undertaken similar project work? Y/N (if yes, give details of up to 2 projects below)

8.2 Client..................................……….…....................approx. value................…….…............date...............................

Client..................................……….…....................approx. value.......……............…..........date...............................

9. CONTROL OF CONTRACTORS

9.1 Does the company have a written assessment procedure for assessing the competence and resources of sub-contractors? (if the answer is Y please supply details) Y/N

9.2 Who will ensure that sub-contractors comply with agreed methods of working, codes of practice and statutory legislation during the construction phase of the project?:

(name)……...……………………………………………………………………………….…….................................................................

10. VERIFICATION OF DETAILS

I declare the above is correct to the best of my knowledge:

Name (print)......................…………...................….................................... Position: ...................…............……...........

Signed..................................................……….......................................... Date: ......................………......................

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