Sphere have an excellent background in working on construction projects and take pride in its ability to provide sound, practical Safe and Healthy solutions to a wide variety of construction conundrums. Sphere has managed construction projects ranging in value from £150k to £15m, utilising a workforce of up to 500 and taking anything from 3 months to 4 years to complete.
The construction industry is covered by a specific set of legislation called Construction Design and Management Regulations. Under this legislation there are four main duty holders:-
Client – To build the project but to ensure that safety is built into the project from the outset
CDM Coordinator – Liaise, facilitate and co-ordinate any actions between the client, the architect and the principal contractor
Architect – To design safety into his structure
Principal Contractor – To ensure that safe methods are used throughout the construction phase
Sphere is keen to aid construction company’s with their compliance and can deliver either of the CDM Coordinator or specific health and safety advisory role to the Principal Contractor
Typical Health and Safety life cycle of a construction project
1. Before the construction phase
- Meet the client to discuss duty holders, nature and scope of the project
- Regularly review plans & communicate with the respective duty holders
- Ascertain high or otherrisk areas and work with stakeholders to minimise the risk
- Site visit(s) to ascertain site topography and other local challenges
- Draw up a construction phase plan
Advise the client on Site Safety Inspection schedules- Commence inception of the safety file
2. During the construction phase
- Regular site visits
- Inspection reports
- Ongoing compilation of safety file
3. Completion of construction
- Safety File completion and handover
Note: CDM project planning is applied throughout the project lifetime
General Health and Safety services are also provided dependent upon the client’s requirements and geared to the construction project at hand
Toolbox talks are an essential part of communicating safety behaviour and Sphere relishes the chance to interact and improve your employees safety perception.
