Good afternoon all,

We run a cash & carry and we have a contractor on-site at the moment constructing an external building on our premises.

Can someone please answer the following:

1. I understand that the area is under the control of the contractor as a construction site, but if we as Managers & employees of the Cash & Carry require access to site for the purposes of inspection or to install equipment ourselves such as computer terminals, do we BY LAW require any kind of CSCS card or is this at the contractors discretion?

The employees performing the work will be in possession of Company standard H&S training and will be IT experienced employees who have worked for the company for many years. They require access for a few days whilst the site is occupied by the contractor but obviously due to the time taken, they can expect the contractor to supervise them throughout the entire visit. They will only be installing computer terminals and data cables in a single room that has already been constructed and is freestanding from the rest of the construction.

Normally we would expect the IT employee in question to undergo a site induction delivered by the contractor before being allowed on-site to perform their work, but this one contactor is suggesting that these employees would be required by law to hold a Laborours CSCS card.

Regards

Paul

Hi Paul, further to the good advice already given I would add that if the said area is under the control of the Principal Contractor, then they are at liberty to insist on the site rules including access within their site. I assume you are the client and as such you need to liaise with the PC to ensure your contractor has unfettered access for installing any IT equipment. That said, it does sound like the contractor is being a bit churlish with regards to access arrangements.