1.6 Client and Contractors Flashcards
What type of contract is being described below:
Where an agency provides staff to work under the
employers direct control the contractor should be treated
as an employee. The responsibilities of the agency regarding provision of competent workers and personal protective equipment should be clearly defined.
Labour only contract
What type of contract is being described below:
If the contracted work can be completely separated by secure fencing the contractor is responsible for health and safety on the separate site. The client may still have responsibilities regarding hazards that cannot be
separated in this way e.g. noise, and access and egress
to and from the separate site may still overlap with the
clients undertaking.
Separate site
The HSE advocates a five step approach on how to manage contractors and ensure safe working.
What are the five steps?
(1) Planning
(2) Choosing A Contractor
(3) Contractors Working On Site
(4) Keeping A Check
(5) Reviewing The Work
The aim of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 20015 (CDM) is
to integrate health and safety into the management of a construction project
7 parties have specific duties under The CDM Regulations. Can you list all 7?
(1) Clients;
(2) Domestic Clients;
(3) Designers;
(4) Principle Designers;
(5) Principal Contractors;
(6) Contractors:
(7) Workers;
A construction project is notifiable if…
Construction phase…
(a) Last longer than 30 days; or
(b) Involves more than 500 person days of construction work.
What is being described below (some words have been deleted).
The client provides the principal contractor with pre-construction information regarding the:
Description of the project;
Client’s considerations and management requirements;
Environmental restrictions and existing on-site risks;
Significant design and construction hazards; and
The health and safety file.
The Principal Contractor prepares a detailed response to the contents of the pre-construction information which becomes the ________________
The ________________ provides a general framework for the management of health and safety which is altered and modified aligned to contract progress and also
provides a focus for ongoing communications with sub-contractors, designers and others involved in the execution of the project.
The level of detail should be proportionate to the risks involved in the project.
The Health & Safety Plan
What is being described below (some words have been deleted).
The ________________ should include the following information where this may be relevant to the health and safety of any future construction work.
The level of detail should be proportionate to the risks likely to be involved in such work.
(a) A brief description of the work carried out;
(b) Residual hazards and how they have been dealt with, e.g. surveys or other information concerning asbestos, contaminated land, or buried services;
(c) Key structural principles incorporated in the design of the structure, e.g. bracing, and safe working loads for floors and roofs, particularly where these may
preclude placing scaffolding or heavy machinery there;
(d) Any hazards associated with the materials used, e.g. hazardous substances, lead paint, special coatings which should not be burned off;
(e) Information regarding the removal or dismantling of installed plant and equipment, e.g. lifting arrangements;
(f) Health and safety information about equipment provided for cleaning or maintaining the structure;
(g) The nature, location and markings of significant services, including fire fighting services; and
(h) Information and as-built drawings of the structure, its plant and equipment, e.g. the means of safe access to and from service voids, fire doors and compartmentation.
The Health and Safety File
Whose main duties (under the CDM regs) are being described below (Clients; Domestic Clients; Designers; Principle Designers; Principal Contractors; Contractors; Workers)?
Make suitable arrangements for managing a project.
This includes making sure:
other duty holders are appointed;
sufficient time and resources are allocated.
relevant information is prepared and provided to
other duty holders;
the principal designer and principal contractor
carry out their duties;
welfare facilities are provided.
Clients
Whose main duties (under the CDM regs) are being described below (Clients; Domestic Clients; Designers; Principle Designers; Principal Contractors; Contractors; Workers)?
___________ are in scope of CDM 2015, but their
duties as a client are normally transferred to:
the contractor, on a single contractor project; or;
the principal contractor, on a project involving
more than one contractor.
However, the ___________ can choose to have a
written agreement with the principal designer to
carry out the client duties.
Domestic Client
Whose main duties (under the CDM regs) are being described below (Clients; Domestic Clients; Designers; Principle Designers; Principal Contractors; Contractors; Workers)?
When preparing or modifying designs, to eliminate,
reduce or control foreseeable risks that may arise
during:
construction; and
the maintenance and use of a building once it is
built.
Provide information to other members of the project
team to help them fulfil their duties.
Designers
Whose main duties (under the CDM regs) are being described below (Clients; Domestic Clients; Designers; Principle Designers; Principal Contractors; Contractors; Workers)?
Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate health and
safety in the pre-construction phase of a project.
This includes:
identifying, eliminating or controlling foreseeable
risks;
ensuring designers carry out their duties.
Prepare and provide relevant information to other
duty holders.
Provide relevant information to the principal
contractor to help them plan, manage, monitor and
coordinate health and safety in the construction
phase.
Principe Designers
Whose main duties (under the CDM regs) are being described below (Clients; Domestic Clients; Designers; Principle Designers; Principal Contractors; Contractors; Workers)?
Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate health and
safety in the construction phase of a project. This
includes:
liaising with the client and principal designer;
preparing the construction phase plan;
organising cooperation between contractors and
coordinating their work.
Ensure:
suitable site inductions are provided;
reasonable steps are taken to prevent
unauthorised access;
workers are consulted and engaged in securing
their health and safety; and
welfare facilities are provided.
Principal Contractors
Whose main duties (under the CDM regs) are being described below (Clients; Domestic Clients; Designers; Principle Designers; Principal Contractors; Contractors; Workers)?
Plan, manage and monitor construction work under
their control so that it is carried out without risks to
health and safety.
For projects involving more than one contractor,
coordinate their activities with others in the project
team – in particular, comply with directions given to
them by the principal designer or principal contractor.
For single-contractor projects, prepare a construction
phase plan.
Contractors
Whose main duties (under the CDM regs) are being described below (Clients; Domestic Clients; Designers; Principle Designers; Principal Contractors; Contractors; Workers)?
They must:
be consulted about matters which affect their
health, safety and welfare;
take care of their own health and safety and
others who may be affected by their actions;
report anything they see which is likely to
endanger either their own or others’ health and
safety;
cooperate with their employer, fellow workers,
contractors and other duty holders.
Workers
