Health and Safety

Question 1

What are the Health and Safety legislation are you aware of in the construction industry?

Answer 1

• Heath and Safety at Work Act 1974
• Construction (Design and Management) regulation 2015
• Working a Height regulation 2005
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002

Question 2

Why was CDM 2015 introduced?

Answer 2

CDM 2015 aims to improve health and safety in the industry by helping you to:

• sensibly plan the work so the risks involved are managed from start to finish
• have the right people for the right job at the right time
• cooperate and coordinate your work with others
  have the right information about the risks and how they are being managed
• communicate this information effectively to those who need to know
• consult and engage with workers about the risks and how they are being managed

Question 3

What is contained in a health and safety file?

Answer 3

1. Information on the work being carried out.
2. Hazards that have not been eliminated through the design and construction phases and how they have been addressed.
3. Background information on the asset’s structure and form and any limitations – e.g., safe working loads for floors and roofs, the location of utility services, etc.
4. Any hazardous materials used (e.g., paints, special coatings, etc.) that will prove useful when maintaining or removing these substances or working in affected areas.
5. Information, including as-built drawings, including safe means of access to service areas.

Question 4

What is RIDDOR?

Answer 4

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) require the ‘responsible person’ to notify any death, reportable injury,
disease or dangerous occurrence to the HSE (on-line or by phone for death and serious injuries). The responsible person is the employer or, for the self-employed,
the contractor or principal contractor.

Question 5

Can you give me some examples of design and construction hazards?

Answer 5

• Working with heavy plant and machinery.
• Working with tools and equipment.
• Working with live electricity.
• Working at height.
  Lifting operations.
  Exposure and chemicals

Question 6

What would you usually find in the pre construction information?

Answer 6

1. Project description
2. Client’s considerations and management requirements (hoarding, welfare facilities, traffic restrictions, permit to work, etc.)
3. Environmental restrictions and existing on-site risks (site restrictions, previous H&S files, ground conditions, existing services, asbestos surveys, contamination, unsafe structures, etc.)
4. Significant design and construction hazards (design risks assessments, suggested method statements, arrangement for coordination post contract design work and changes)
5. Health and Safety File requirements

Question 7

What H&S precautions do you take when going on site?

Answer 7

Ensure that I have PPE, ensure that I have had a site induction

Question 8

Who do you inform that you are going on site?

Answer 8

Own company.

Question 9

Are you aware on RICS Guidance on Health and safety

Answer 9

Surveying Safely, 2nd edition

Question 10

What is the purpose of an F10?

Answer 10

A notification outlining the scope and duration of a construction project submitted to the (HSE) before a construction project can legally begin.

Question 11

When does a project becomes notifiable to the HSE?

Answer 11

he construction is scheduled to last longer than 30 working days, and it will have more than 20 workers working at the same time at any point in the building project.

Or, if the construction work has more than 500 person days.

Question 12

What are the duties of the principal contractor under CDM 2015

Answer 12

The principal contractor must:

• plan, manage, monitor and coordinate the entire construction phase

take account of the health and safety risks to everyone affected by the work (including members of the public), in planning and managing the measures needed to control them

• liaise with the client and principal designer for the duration of the project to ensure that all risks are effectively managed
• prepare a written construction phase plan (PDF) before the construction phase begins, implement, and then regularly review and revise it to make sure it remains fit for purpose
• take steps to prevent unauthorised access to the site

Question 13

What is the duties of the principal design under CDM 2015?

Answer 13

• plan, manage, monitor and coordinate health and safety in the pre-construction phase. In doing so they must take account of relevant information (such as an existing health and safety file) that might affect design work carried out both before and after the construction phase has started
• help and advise the client in bringing together pre-construction information, and provide the information designers and contractors need to carry out their duties
  work with any other designers on the project to eliminate foreseeable health and safety risks to anyone affected by the work and, where that is not possible, take steps to reduce or control those risks
• ensure that everyone involved in the pre-construction phase communicates and cooperates, coordinating their work wherever required
• liaise with the principal contractor, keeping them informed of any risks that need to be controlled during the construction phase

Question 14

What are the client’s duties under CDM 2015?

Answer 14

• Make suitable arrangements for managing a project, including making sure:
• other dutyholders are appointed as appropriate
• sufficient time and resources are allocated