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#1 Posted : 12 June 2008 11:47:00(UTC)
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Posted By RogerSullivan Hi, First post here but i have been viewing for some time with interest. We work as a contractor for a large housebuilder. Up until now we have not undertaken any bricklaying. However, as part of a new pay package we have to include brick work up to DPC. Not a problem. To do this though we must employ sub contractors, in fact we are being instructed to use the house builders own subbys. Where do i stand on health and safety? Do i undertake risk assessments etc for the works as i do with any other? Do i require them to provide me with risk assessments etc? or does the principal contractors risk assessments for bricklayers cover them? Might be an issue i should take up with the principal contractor but i thought i would ask here to see if it had cropped up anywhere else similar. Regards, Roger
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#2 Posted : 12 June 2008 12:29:00(UTC)
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Posted By Tony abc jprhdnMurphy Another great subject, the management and control of sub contractors. The amateurs will tell you that it is your job to manage them, particularly if you are the PC but the truth is slightly more complex. All parties have a duty under current legislation, your failure to ensure their safety would be catastrophic and there is nothing more certain in life that brickies will work to their own methods. The latest stats actually highlight that brickies have the lowest accident rate in construction, (the cynics would argue that they are too busy injuring every other trade) but they remain he prima donnas of the industry. Do yourself a favour and keep a sharp eye on them!
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#3 Posted : 13 June 2008 12:25:00(UTC)
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Posted By Carolc Roger, Broadly speaking CDM requires everyone to check everyone else’s competence. Your responsibility as a contractor is to check the competence of your appointees and their workers, and provide details to the PC [even if they are not selected by you (you said you were instructed to use these particular contractors)]. If you haven’t already got a system for vetting subcontractors I suggest you ask them to demonstrate their competence to you by providing you with their H&S policy, evidence of training of operatives etc., their risk assessment and method statement for the job (site-specific if possible, but at least task –specific), then, as Tony says, watch them carefully to ensure they follow their MS. Carol
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