Providing assistance in all aspects of construction Health and Safety Compliance
We provide assistance in all aspects of construction Health and Safety including compliance with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM) over the course of a construction project. We work closely with all stakeholders involved in a project including:
Clients — anyone for whom a construction project is carried out. If you intend to have building work done you have legal duties for which you will probably need some help.
Designers — someone that prepares or modifies designs relating to a construction project.
Principal Designers — a designer who is either an organisation or, for smaller projects, an individual. The Principal Designer is appointed by the client right at the start of planning a project to manage the pre-construction phase (including health and safety) of the project which involves more than one contractor.
Contractors — an individual or organisation that carries out the actual construction work.
Principal Contractors — a contractor who assumes control over the construction phase of a project which involves more than one contractor. The Principal Contractor is expected to cooperate with both the client and the Principal Designer to ensure that health and safety is adequately managed. A client should appoint a Principal Contractor as early as possible during a construction project.
The level of detail and effort required to comply with your legal duties will depend on your role as well as the size, complexity and health and safety risks associated with the specific project.
Meeting your obligations will often include compiling key documents to ensure that the process is clearly managed and ensuring that important information is circulated to relevant parties at the right time.
How can JM HSE Solutions Ltd help you comply with the CDM regulations?
We are able to make complying with the regulations a pain-free process in a number of ways
CDM Health and Safety Advisor
You can appoint us as your CDM advisor for your construction project. We use our extensive experience to monitor the activities throughout the project and ensure that compliance with the regulations is achieved.
As your CDM advisor, we can help ensure that designers and contractors are competent to carry out the work they are appointed to do.
As your CDM advisor, we will help you in the production of the Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS) for your project. RAMS play a vital role in identifying potential on-site hazards, and minimising the dangers associated with them. The Risk Assessment should ensure that health and safety is adequately considered throughout your project, while Method Statements detail what precautions you will take to mitigate any hazards.
As your CDM advisor, we will provide bespoke advice and assistance allowing you to compile RAMS which are practical, clear and concise, making the process of explaining them to others within the chain as pain-free as possible.
Assist a Principal Contractor and Contractor(s)
Our extensive experience across all sectors of construction will enable us to assist a Principal Contractor in complying with their obligations. This includes:
Preparing the Construction Phase Plan
Assessing competence of contractors
Reviewing Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS)
Developing a Site Induction
Monitoring compliance during the project
Working with the Principal Designer and other contractors to compile information for the Health and Safety File.
What our clients think about us
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Many thanks for your recent assistance with our CHAS renewal and continued work on our health and saftey procedures. Your knowledge of the subject and process was invaluable, as was taking over the contact with our assessor.
I would not hesitate to recommend you!
Paul Sweeney, Black Pear Electrical
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We have worked with James since the foundation of JM HSE Solutions Ltd and have found them excellent to deal with. As a Developer with limited in house expertise in safety, document management and training it has been invaluable to call on James to ensure that we are meeting our legislative requirements. His expertise and pragmatic approach have assisted us in many ways beyond this critical but basic business requirement. He takes a keen interest in all our activities and has added great value in improving our efficiency and management of market risks.
I have known James Meredith for some time and have no reservation whatsoever in recommending him across the full range of services he provides.
JM HSE Solutions Ltd. are a great asset to have in the team, provide excellent value and do so in a very positive and supportive way.
Eamon Burns, EJ Burns Developments
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I would like to thank JM HSE Solutions for his work with our supply chain contractors at Gloucester Energy that resulted in a visible improvement in all aspects of their health and safety. His application of detailed technical knowledge coupled with an engaging personality and practical can do approach enabled the workforce and management to work as a team to implement the improvement programme.
Mike Waters, Babcock & Wilcox Volund
