Posted By Nigel Hammond Hi Nicola Look at my earlier thread on OHSAS 18001 in October. There is a reply from a construction company on that thread. Good luck!

Posted By Nigel Hammond It's costing our organisation about £7000 - using BSI. Is this expensive? - depends really on whether you feel it will help you to: win tenders/customers, reduce insurance premiums and act as a 'Get out of Jail' Card for your Top management. Our MD is very keen because it will hopefully show we have outside endorsement to the way we do things and we may be the first in our sector to get the certification. It also helps us to put a clear 5-year plan together for health & safety and it will hopefully put pressure on our managers to implement health & safety properly.

Posted By Nicola Mason Thanks for all responses. To answer some of the queries - costs vary from consultant to consultant. Hidden costs can vary following risk assessment of organisations activities, they can take the form of additional training required or replacing / adjusting equipment to meet required standards to introducing new policies and procedures to reduce risks identified during intial audit. I hope this helps