Mark

HSE used to have specific guidance about welfare on "transient" construction sites, not identical but comparable to what you are describing and all about making sure that adequate facilities are accessible in a relatively short time span whether access is by foot or vehicle.

Now the guidance is a bit thinner and at Provision of welfare facilities during construction work (hse.gov.uk)

I suppose one of the QQ is why they don't just sort out the programme and get the permanent facilities up and runinng? - even if that might be with a temporary power supply, and possibly even temporary arrangements for provision of potable water to the point of use and the removal of sewage to ditto.

There's a lot of £££ being invested in this project, so perhaps one or two of those pounds could be diverted to treating a couple of "blokes on site doing odd jobs" with a little more respect.

Edited by user 08 September 2023 13:42:02(UTC)  | Reason: Typo

TomBrooks REPORTED - "hidden" hyperlink

Hi Roundtuir, well spotted, I suspect that that hyperlink was so well hiddent that most human readers wouldn't even have seen it, let alone click on it!!

Hi thunderchild

Me too.

Roundtuit is VERY good at spotting these sneaky hidden links!

If IOSH get round to recruting a new panel of Moderators (who each meet the person criteria in the Forum Rules) then they should ask Roundtuit whether they might wish to volunteer. 

Possibly offering them life time Membership for free might help.

I would send either an email or recorded delivery letter "For the avoidance of doubt".

It then draws a line under matters and should include:

- your last date of site attendance / date of your last report

- the last date they paid you any monies

and confirming that in the interim you have had no approach to conduct any further visits in accordance with the documented schedule.

Hi Mark

Be careful in using words such as "formal". A legally binding Contract could be created by exchange of words and based on what you have written on a current thread on the Careers Forum, your Contracts are probably usually agreed by exchange of emails.

So, you set out your "Conditions of Contract" even if you don't use such termnology, and the Client agrees to what you have offered. Ergo a Contract exists. 

Now, it may be that BOTH Parties are in breach of said Contract. You said how often you would visit, but appearently have not followed up on the letter of what you offered - as you THINK that the Client didn't want the visit schedule to be continued. Whether the Client has been in breach of Contract depends rather on exactly what you have said in terms of what THEY should do to get you visiting as per your proposal.

So, I think you would be wise to take action such as suggested by Roundtuit, even though I think the chances of you being held to account - even to a minimal proportion - if things go wrong so long after your last visit are extremely low even if you do not to make it clear that as far as you are concerned the Contract is at an end.

Given that it is quite possible that there have been personnel changes at the Client end, I would go for a letter rather than email that might not reach the intended destination even if you do not get a meesage saying that your email has failed.