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Health & Safety

Apart from the moral duty to ensure that the health and safety of all personnel are paramount considerations, there is the added driver that it is an established fact that the companies with the best H&S records are also the most efficient. Essential principles of H&S are covered by various Statutes, such as the Health and Safety at Work Act and the requirements of the CDM Regulations 2007. For the most efficient and consequently, prosperous companies, these are only the starting point.

 

Safe sites are the most efficient sites.  When accidents occur, work stops. Workmates discuss the event. There is concern for the welfare of the injured and the impact on his/her family. Colleagues, witnesses and management spend time on reports and analysis. Time that would have been better spent avoiding the accident.

 

Companies with the best formal health policy are amongst the industry leaders. Invariably the director responsible for H&S sits on the Board in the same right as those responsible for Construction or Procurement.

 

Health and Safety is not something that can wait until works begin. It is necessary for it to be taken into consideration at the time of Programme Planning and throughout the Procurement Process. Basic site layout, material deliveries and provision of Welfare Facilities must form part of the first stages of planning.

 

It is essential that both elements of Health and Safety are given equal consideration. It is too easy to ensure that the hard elements of safety, such as PPE, safe walkways and scaffolding design are considered whilst overlooking the less obvious health aspects. In fact stress and its resultant problems, creates more casualties in the construction industry than site based accidents.

 

At McMillan Associates we have worked closely with companies to improve working methods and staff conditions, helping to introduce;

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