Construction Phase Health & Safety Plan
Health & Safety Xpert™ Total Toolkit is an easy to use software package that will save you massive amounts of time producing crucial health and safety documentation legally required under current UK law. This includes the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and the new Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations 2007.
The Construction Phase Health and Safety Plan printout is available with Health and Safety Xpert Total Toolkit. Click here to view a sample Construction Phase Health and Safety Plan PDF.
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 clarifies what employers are required to do to manage health and safety under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974. It applies the principal of prevention, through effective arrangements for health and safety (planning, organization, monitoring & review).
More specifically the Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations 2007 set out the requirement for a Construction Phase Health and Safety Plan under part 3.
Part 3 of CDM regulations applies to most common building, civil engineering and construction work. It does not cover house occupiers carrying out work on domestic properties.
Part 3 of CDM regulations applies to:
- All Construction work which lasts for 30 working days or more or
- All Construction work which lasts for more than 500 person days
- And the work is being done for non-domestic clients
It is a clients’ responsibility to ensure that construction work does not take place until the principal contractor has prepared a satisfactory Construction Phase Health and Safety Plan.
Pre-construction information pack
The CDM Coordinator is responsible for ensuring the pre-construction information pack is prepared so that prospective principal contractors can be fully aware of the projects health & safety and welfare requirements. It also helps the client assess the resources being allocated to health & safety and the competence of the principal contractor.
The contents tend to include:
- General description of the work, with key dates
- Client’s considerations and requirements
- Significant design and construction hazards
- Environmental restrictions and existing on site risks
Construction Stage Health and Safety Plan
The principal contractor must develop the Health and Safety Plan so that it addresses the specific issues of the project during construction. These include:
- How health and safety will be managed during construction to protect the health and safety of all persons at work or those affected by the operation
- How information will be passed to contractors and how their activities will be coordinated
- Contractors risk assessments and health and safety method statements for high hazard activities
- Information about welfare arrangements
- Common arrangements including site hoardings welfare and emergency requirements
- How consultation with workers will be coordinated
- Necessary health and safety training required for those working on the project
- Arrangements for delivery and plant and materials
- Arrangements for monitoring compliance with health and safety law
- Procedures for delivering the health and safety file
Use the Health and Safety Plan included with Health and Safety Xpert software to help you prepare a comprehensive and detailed Health and Safety Plan for each job you carry out. Much of the information contained in a Health and Safety Plan is specific to the individual job and must therefore by carefully prepared for each separate project you carry out.