Construction Services:
Site Audits & Inspections
Safety As Standard provides a range of Construction Site Audits that can be split into three main areas. Each of these areas is tailored to meet our clients' needs and can be combined to provide more detailed services, documentary evidence and feedback for the client.
Construction Site 'friendly audits' : The key to initial success once a project has been approved and construction site activity has been authorised is at site set-up. The 'friendly audit' is usually undertaken within the first few days of site deployment. The audit is designed to confirm whether all the basic steps have been taken, documentation is in place and that the required resources are available at management level.
CDM Project Audit: Usually undertaken at the Principal Contractors site offices, this audit looks at the roles of the four main duty holders under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 (known as the CDM Regulations, which are due to be revised for 2007). The audit is used to interrogate documentation at project specific level and determine whether the duty holders are complying adequately with their respective responsibilities.
Full Construction Site Audit (Generic Audit): Developed over the years into a thorough and comprehensive management tool, the Generic Audit examines standards of compliance at construction site level. The audit visit would entail a full site inspection at ground and at height as appropriate followed by examination of documentation and records. Audit findings are recorded with areas of good practice and non-compliance being discussed with site management.
All Project CDM and Construction Site Audits are undertaken by competent, qualified and experienced consultants.
We can also provide workplace audits for other business environments such as offices, shops, and warehouses, providing landlords/employers with the comfort that they are complying with their legal duties.