Why use these documents?
Under The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007, you have to use both these documents in connection with:
- all demolition work
- all building and maintenance work which is notifiable to the local HSE. That is: which lasts more than 30 days or which involves 5 or more workers.
You do not need to use them for work on domestic premises or minor work in occupied offices, shops or similar premises.
The documents are intended to make all employees, from managers down, and your clients and professional team, aware of potential risks and how to minimise them.
The Health and Safety Plan and File help you to manage H&S from start to finish. They provide a combination of instructions, template and memory jogger. They also provide a record for the future, so that anyone coming onto the site later or returning for maintenance work knows what H&S issue were considered and how they were dealt with.
HSE50 includes provision for:
- all required information under the Approved HSE Code of Practise
- details of the client / manager
- description of the project
- site location details
- timescale for completion
- design information including survey details
- health and safety regards managing construction
- health and safety details regards managing incoming / outgoing materials and people
- methods and procedures for safe work
- drawings and site sketches
- lists of hazardous materials to be used on site
- fire safety plan
- site sketch including location of amenities, stores, materials, boundaries and the location of the structure
HSE51 includes provision for:
- checklist of all documents to be contained in the file
- client / user / location details
- comprehensive notes including who should use the file, who should compile the documents, notes regarding the Regulations, how the file should be stored and used.
