Records
Records are mandatory under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994
The following leaflets are linked from the Health & Safety Executive's web site at http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/conindex.htm
The following leaflets are linked from the Health & Safety Executive's web site at http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/conindex.htm
- The role of the client
- The role of the planning supervisor
- The role of the Designer
- The pre-tender stage health and safety plan
- The Health and Safety Plan during the construction phase
- The Health and Safety file
- As Built Documents
- Operations & Maintenance Manuals
Records
Mandatory in order to meet ISO9001:2000 - a good standard of performance
- Systems must be documented
- Must cover control (review, approval, and issue of documents describing the work to be executed)
- Requires that the reviewer decides who gets what documents
- In all 15 Clauses of ISO9001:2000 are relevant to document control
- Incoming and Outgoing Inspection - is it readable ?
- Audits to prove the system is working
Records
Necessary to meet conditions of contract - do contract claims never happen ?
- Provision of information (drawings, specifications, BOQ's, etc) on a timely basis
- Response to and resolution of queries
- Notices - Delay, Disruption, etc ad nauseam
Points to note
- There is only one defence to a prosecution by the Health & Safety Executive: The necessary records exist,
- Without certification to ISO9001:2000 you are unlikely to get any work,
- Work consists of entering into contracts for performance,
- Records Management Systems MUST accomodate all of these requirements.