Principal Contractor Health & Safety assistance is of
particular use to contractors who rather than providing
a particular work package or perhaps the supply & install
of a machine, require to provide a full turn-key offering to
a client, and in doing so become the Principal Contractor
duty holder for the project.

In this type of situation, constructus takes on the role as
an assistant to the Principal Contractor. We assist with
the duties required to be discharged by the principal
contractor under the cdm regulations 2015.

This service is particularly useful to foreign companies
operating in the UK unfamiliar with the UK requirements, or
for smaller companies lacking suitable resources.

Our provision is always bespoke, however in general
terms we carry out the following:

• Respond to competency requests from the client or
  Principal designer
• Provide overview training explaining the structure and
  key legislation as it relates to construction work in the
  UK
• Adopt client-site and contractor specific health & safety
  requirements
• Provide the construction phase health & safety plan,
  normally for review by the Principal designer on behalf
  of the client
• Provide multi-lingual health & safety information for the
  contractor

• Provide the site set up. this can include, temporary
  accommodation, welfare, first aid, fencing, temporary electrical supplies, sign boards and site signage,
  multi lingual if required
• Manage health & safety operation of the site, we provide
  full time health & safety officer and gate control
• Cleaning & stocking services for welfare

• Ensure worker competence through monitoring of
  training received, e.g cscs & similar schemes, review
  of in-house training for overseas companies.
• Compliance review of all method statements, risk
  assessments, COSHH, HAVs, lifting plans & similar.
• Co-ordination by pre-start health & safety meeting
• Proactive input to assist Principal & package contractors
  in establishing safe systems of work
• Monitoring of construction plant safety status, validity
  of test certification, routine inspection, pre-use checks
• Permit control of hot works, work at height, excavation,
  electrical works and machine zones {e.g. during factory
  installation work}.
• Daily pre-shift review of all contractor activities and
  iteractions
• Input into progress review meetings with client &
  contractors
• Incident reporting