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Introduction To Construction Phase Plans
Before starting any work on a construction site, the principal contractor has the obligation, under the Construction (Design & Management) 2007 Regulations, to develop a construction phase plan. It must be pointed out that construction phase plans are also sometimes called construction safety plans.
If you’re wondering what health and safety management means, it refers to thinking in a preventive manner about where potential and hazards are likely to be found, and then planning how to provide:
* Safe work places
* Safe systems of work
* safety awareness within the workforce and
* Appropriate monitoring that safety controls are effective
The construction phase plan must identify and assesses all hazards associated with the works and control measures to be implemented during the construction phase of the project to ensure that personnel working on site, members of the public and visitors to the site are adequately protected from risk of injury or illness.
The type and extent of the project will ultimately determine the amount of detail that is included in the plan. The plan must be specific and relevant to the particular project and should be built on the information provided by the CDM Coordinator and the preconstruction information.
The second most important aspect of any plan is its implementation, and in the past, it has been shown that if people are consulted about a plan, then they are more likely to embrace it; at the end of the day, what’s at stake is their health and they have to take ownership of the plan. Also the plan needs to be a live document and as such should be regularly reviewed and updated as works progress on site.
How to prepare a construction phase plan
You have few options available to get your Construction phase plan compliant to CDM 2007 regulations; they are:
* You prepare your own plan with the expertise and resources available in your organisation (preferred option)
* You outsource and hire a consultant to draft for you (least preferred option)
* You get a template from providers on the internet and you tailored to specifics of your project (beware that some offer ready to use documents and that is impossible)
The choice is yours, the bottom line is to have a plan that:
* Easy to implement
* Written in plain English so everyone understand it and
* Compliant to CDM 2007 regulations
If you don’t have the expertise or resources to write a plan from scratch, you can get a Construction phase plan with all those attributes on the internet.
About the Author
Ensafe Planning Solutions offers a downloadable construction site safety plan for construction contractors who are unable to write their own due to a lack of time, money or knowledge. The plan is compliant with current UK HSE legislation and can be easily and promptly customised to any construction site in the United Kingdom.
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