Posted By safetyamateur
OK, I'll bite.

Seems to me, AJM, this will depend on what could cause the problem; things connected to premises and things connected with the activities that go on in the premises.

Each individual tenant will have activities and the facilities people too. Sounds like the premises stuff is covered by the facilities people who, in turn, are covered by the landlord.

The HSE poster is just for employees so, if the tenants are individual employers, each employer needs at least one.

The carpark sounds like a landlord issue.

Posted By AJM
Thank you very much thus far, very helpful replies.

The way i see it and please correct me if i am wrong is;

It is very much like an office block owned by a landflord who has various different floors with different business in.

For instance,The landlord should have a fire risk assessment for the whole building and each surgery should have their own fire risk assessment for their own individual surgeries.

The surgeries should also have their own HSE posters up for their employees they have and risk assessments etc for their individual hazardous tasks.

The only issue in this scenario is that although the Facilities maintenance company will be managing 90% of contractors and can set up systems accordingly. 10% will be run by the individual surgeries, IE.. Cleaners etc..

I understand that the co-operation, co-ordination aspect is very important here between all parties but surely somebody somehwere must be in charge of tieing all these things together i imagine this is the landlord.

What sort of assessments apart from Fire do people think the landlord should have in place?

I am looking at the car park as a must Vehicle/pedestrian interaction but what else? I am interested in views.

Regards

Alan

Posted By RHOES
The Landlord should also have an asbestos management plan for the entire building

Posted By AJM
Thank you for the help guys, much appreciated. Its difficult sometimes pinning down where everything sits. But co-operation and co-ordination should be the order of the day i guess.

I just wonder where the general safety of the whole building lay, because all surgeries would run their own sections but there has to be a cenntral point for contractors etc, so its that responsibility i just need to pin down now.

Posted By Rod D
AJM
Here is my opinion for what it is worth, the Landlord must undertake a Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) for the common parts and plant areas etc i.e. anywhere they have responsibility, if there are any Significant Findings, which may have an impact on any of the tenants then these must be communicated to the tenant concerned and tell them what you intend to do about it. Recommendations should be rectified within the given timescales.

The tenants must have a Fire Risk Assessment undertaken for their own demise and again they should communicate any Significant Findings to the Landlord or any tenant which it may have an impact on and also what they intend to do about it. Do not hold their FRA as in my opinion would have Vicarious Liability issues.

Also you should have a Fire Log Book; you will normally be responsible for the Fire Alarm, emergency lighting, fire extinguishers in the common parts etc. Also as Best Practice you should carry out two (2) fire drills annually. In addition you should provide the tenants with Fire Evacuation Procedures.
Landlord is responsible for the plant and lifts etc, an Asbestos Register and Management Plan if applicable, water treatment, Legionnela's, Chlorination etc.

If your Contractors are carrying out High Risk Activities such as working at height, hot works, work on electrical installations etc then they should be working under a Permit to Work System, completed copies should be submitted to the Landlord.
Cleaners should have their COSHH Detail such Risk Assessments and Safety Data Sheets held onsite.

With regards to Car Parks for premises I believe these are a Landlords issue, you may require traffic calming measures such as speed humps, speed signs. Road marking, such give way, if the Car Park is internal maximum head height, appropriate fire extinguishers, no smoking signage, and absorbent material for clearing up oil spills.

There are probably loads I have missed but I hope this is of some help.

Yours Aye,

Rod D