Construction Health & Safety Agent
Our agent will be registered with the SACPCMP as a Construction Health and Safety Agent (CHSA) and his /her services and deliverables will include the following stages:
Standard Services
Our Construction Health and Safety Agent will be able to perform standard services under the following stages:
Stage 1 - Project Initiation & Briefing
Agreeing client requirements and preferences, assessing user needs and options, appointment of necessary consultants in establishing project brief, objections, priorities, constraints, assumptions and strategies in consultation with client.
Construction Health and Safety Agent Deliverables
- Construction project health and safety brief
- Agreed scope of work
- Agreed services
- Signed agreement
- Record of consultant's construction health and safety competency and resource assessments
- Schedule of required surveys, tests, analyses, site and other investigations
- Preliminary construction project risk profile
- Record of construction project health and safety risk communication
Stage 2 - Concept & Feasability
Finalization of the project concept and feasibility
Construction Health and Safety Agent Deliverables
- Updated construction project health and safety risk profile
- Agreed construction project health and safety policy for the project
- Draft construction project baseline risk assessment
- Draft construction project health and safety specification
- Record of appropriate specialists health and safety competency and resource assessments
- Schedule of required surveys, tests and other investigations and related reports
- Record of construction project health and safety risk communication
- Design risk management process
- Preliminary cost estimates/budgets for construction project health and safety
- Approved specialists health and safety plans
- Specialists health and safety audit reports and records
Stage 3 - Design Development
Manage, coordinate and integrate the detail design development process within the
project scope, time, cost and quality parameters.
Construction Health and Safety Agent Deliverables
- Final construction project health and safety risk profile
- Record of construction project health and safety risk communication
- Final construction project health and safety baseline risk assessment
- Updated draft construction project health and safety specification
- Design risk management records
- Schedule of precautions necessary for construction project health, safety and hygiene control
- Approved early works health and safety plans
- Early works audit reports and records
- Initial schedule of construction project health and safety cost estimates/budgets
- Template for health and safety file
Stage 4 - Tender Documentation & Procurement
The process of establishing and implementing procurement strategies and procedures, including the preparation of necessary documentation for effective and timeous execution of the project.
Construction Health and Safety Agent Deliverables
- Final construction project tender health and safety specifications
- Records of construction project health and safety procurement process
- Construction project health and safety tender evaluation and records
- Finalised schedule of construction project health and safety cost estimate/budget
- Construction project health and safety contract documentation
- Construction project health and safety mobilisation and access plans
- Design risk management records
- Record of construction project health and safety risk communication
Stage 5 - Construction Documentation & Management
The management and administration of the construction contracts and processes, including the preparation and coordination of the necessary documentation to facilitate effective execution of the works
Construction Health and Safety Agent Deliverables
- Approved contractor(s) construction project health and safety plans, including all construction health and safety appointments
- Permits to commence construction work
- Record of meetings, including all construction health and safety matters to be actioned
- Record of revised changes to the construction project health and safety risk profiles
- Record of revised changes to the construction project health and safety specifications
- Record of revised changes and commissioning of the construction project health and safety plans
- Record of revised construction project health and safety cost estimate/budget
- Records of design risk management
- Record of construction project health and safety audit reports
- Record of contractor(s) construction health and safety performance
- Record of construction project health and safety work stoppage reports
- Record of incident and accident investigations and corrective actions
- Record of interactions with the Compensation Commissioner or similar
- Record of construction health and safety system and plans reviews
- Record of construction project health and safety risk communication
- Interim health and safety file
- Structure commissioning health and safety plans
Stage 6 - Project Close - Out
The process of managing and administering the project close out, including preparation and co - ordination of the necessary documentation to facilitate the effective operation of the project
Construction Health and Safety Agent Deliverables
- Record of audits during the defects liability period
- Record of construction health and safety risk communication
- Report on approved health and safety file
- Health and safety operations and maintenance report
- Consolidated construction project health and safety close-out report
Consultancy Services
Health & Safety Consultants/Officers
We also provide a service to contractors in the construction industry where we act as health and safety consultants. We will draw up a site-specific health and safety plan, a risk assessment and fall protection plan in answer to the given health and safety specification.
House of Safety also provides a monthly service as part-time health and safety officer by conducting health and safety audits on site. This will ensure that your health and safety system are kept up to date and is implemented as you would like it to be. Monthly non-conformance reports are issued.