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The Role of The Principal The Role of The Principal ContractorContractor

• The Principal Contractor has to The Principal Contractor has to take over and develop the health take over and develop the health and safety plan and co-ordinate and safety plan and co-ordinate the activities of ALL contractors the activities of ALL contractors to ensure they comply with to ensure they comply with health and safety law.health and safety law.



• The Principal contractor’s key duties The Principal contractor’s key duties are:are:

• To develop the health and safety plan and To develop the health and safety plan and ensure it contains all the necessary ensure it contains all the necessary information for implementationinformation for implementation

• To arrange for competent and adequately To arrange for competent and adequately resourced contractors and ensure they resourced contractors and ensure they comply with the provisions of the health comply with the provisions of the health and safety plan and its specific rulesand safety plan and its specific rules



• To ensure the co-ordination and co-To ensure the co-ordination and co-operation of all contractors including the operation of all contractors including the self-employedself-employed

• To obtain the main findings of To obtain the main findings of contractors’ risk assessments and details contractors’ risk assessments and details of how they intend to manage their high of how they intend to manage their high risk operationsrisk operations

• To ensure that To ensure that ALLALL contractors have contractors have information about any risks on site that information about any risks on site that the project will bring aboutthe project will bring about



• To ensure that workers on the project To ensure that workers on the project have been given adequate training have been given adequate training and information about risks to their and information about risks to their health and safetyhealth and safety

• To ensure that contractors and To ensure that contractors and workers comply with all site rules set workers comply with all site rules set out in the health and safety planout in the health and safety plan

• To monitor the health and safety To monitor the health and safety performance of the persons or performance of the persons or companies working on the projectcompanies working on the project



• To ensure that everyone working on the To ensure that everyone working on the site has the opportunity to discuss their site has the opportunity to discuss their views on any health and safety matters views on any health and safety matters that may affect them, and to co-ordinate that may affect them, and to co-ordinate all discussions and views – all discussions and views – ConsultationConsultation

• To make sure that only authorised persons To make sure that only authorised persons are allowed onto the site/premises where are allowed onto the site/premises where construction is taking placeconstruction is taking place

• To display the notification of the project to To display the notification of the project to the HSE where people at work can see itthe HSE where people at work can see it



• To ensure that any information they To ensure that any information they have that is required for inclusion in have that is required for inclusion in the health and safety file is passed the health and safety file is passed on to the Planning Supervisoron to the Planning Supervisor

• To ensure that any other designers To ensure that any other designers or contractors they appoint, are or contractors they appoint, are competentcompetent


The Principal Contractor The Principal Contractor May Also:May Also:

• Add rules into the health and safety Add rules into the health and safety plan that they think necessary for plan that they think necessary for the management of health and safety the management of health and safety on the projecton the project

• Direct other contractors in order to Direct other contractors in order to enable the Principal Contractor to enable the Principal Contractor to comply with their dutiescomply with their duties


Good Health and Safety Good Health and Safety ManagementManagement

• Even though the list is quite Even though the list is quite extensive, it is basic principles of extensive, it is basic principles of good health and safety management good health and safety management on a construction site, and what on a construction site, and what most other large companies have most other large companies have practiced for many years. The use of practiced for many years. The use of these techniques leads to cost these techniques leads to cost effective accident avoidance and effective accident avoidance and prevention of ill health.prevention of ill health.


CDM - The Role of CDM - The Role of The Principal The Principal

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