Health & Safety Flashcards
What is the RICS surveying safely guidance note?
- No longer a ‘Guidance Note’. It is now a ‘Professional Standard’.
- Provides guidance on personal safety at work.
- The document covers:
a. General Statement – Employers/Employees have a duty of care.
b. Safety of employees – actions that must betaken from employers. Special action towards young staff and trainees.
c. Workplace – fire and first aid provisions.
d. Hazards and risk assessment requirements.
e. Visiting sites – PPE, lone working, access provisions etc.
f. During site visits – key hazard assessments i.e. asbestos, roofs etc.
g. Safety of you and others – everyone takes responsibility for their actions.
h. Legal duties – criminal liability and CDM guidance.
What is the importance of the surveying safety guidance note?
The Professional Standard sets out basic, good practice principles for the management of health and safety for RICS-regulated firms and RICS members.
What effect can poor health and safety have on a construction project?
Higher risk of injuries, death, hazardous substances, etc.
What is 5-point PPE?
Hard hat, gloves, eye protection, boots, hi-vis.
What is the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015?
- Intended to ensure H&S issues are properly considered during a projects development to reduce the risk of harm to those building, using and maintaining the structure.
- Applies to all building and construction work.
- Summary of duties for each parties are as follows:
a. Principal Designer
i. Plan, manage, monitor and co-ordinate H&S (pre-construction).
ii. Identify, eliminate or control foreseeable risks.
iii. Ensure client and designers are aware of their duties and advise the client to bring a PCI together.
iv. Provide relevant information to other duty holders.
v. Liaise with PC in the planning management, monitoring, and co-ordination of the construction phase.
b. Client
i. Appoint competent duty holders.
ii. Allow sufficient time and resources.
iii. Prepare and prepare relevant info to duty holders.
iv. Ensure PD and contractor carry out their duties.
v. Ensure welfare facilities.
What are the key points of the CDM Regulations 2015?
- More focus on clients to put in place arrangements to ensure H&S.
- Clients can no longer assign their legal responsibilities to agents.
- Must be a declaration of how long contractors will be given to plan and prepare for the construction work.
- Clients are deemed to assume the role of the PC for any period during which other appointments aren’t made.
What is the difference between Principal Designer and Principal Contractor?
- The PD is largely pre-construction, with reviews of CPP and RAMS mainly post contract alongside assisting the PC.
What is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974?
- Primary piece of UK legislation governing H&S.
- Places a statutory duty on all employers to provide and maintain equipment and systems of works that are safe and without risk to the H&S of employees or others.
What are the key points/aims of the H&S at Work Act 1974?
- Aims to secure the health, safety and welfare of people at work.
- Aims to protect others against risks to H&S arising from work activities.
- Aims to control dangerous substances.
- Aims to control the emissions into the atmosphere.
- Employers with 5 or more employees must have written H&S documents detailing the H&S structure.
You mention you undertook a high-level review of each contractors H&S proposal on a PQQ, how and what did you look at?
- Processes for management of the works i.e. inductions, welfare facilities, site rules etc.
- Proposed arrangements for controlling significant site risks i.e. working at height, handling deliveries etc.
- Quantity of RIDDOR reportable accidents, near misses, etc.
- High level review of risk assessment.
What is the Principal Designer role?
- Principal Designer
a. Plan, manage, monitor and co-ordinate H&S (pre-construction).
b. Identify, eliminate or control foreseeable risks.
c. Ensure client and designers are aware of their duties and advise the client to bring a PCI together.
d. Provide relevant information to other duty holders.
e. Liaise with PC in the planning management, monitoring, and co-ordination of the construction phase.
What does a typical H&S induction include?
- Introduction to the site and the works.
- Emergency evacuation points.
- Key site contact information.
- Details on what to do if an emergency occurs.
- Prohibited activities.
- Etc.
What is included within a pre-construction information pack?
- Project description.
- Client considerations and management requirements for hoarding, welfare facilties, traffic restrictions and permits to work.
- Environmental restrictions and existing on-site risks such as site restrictions, ground conditions, existing services, asbestos surveys, unsafe structures etc.
- Significant design and construction hazards such as design risk assessments, method statements.
- H&S file requirements.
You mention asbestos in the UCB reception refurbishment, what types of asbestos are you aware of?
- Chrysotile: Also known as white asbestos.
- Amosite: Also known as brown asbestos.
- Crocidolite: Also known as blue asbestos
Was there asbestos present? If so, how was this dealt with?
No asbestos present. However, if it was to be found, work should stop to that location and be excluded from any workers. Notify the employer and check the asbestos survey or asbestos risk register. Arrange for a sample and licensed contractor to remove from site.
