Friday 5 July 2013

Use NEC to lever up health and safety

Many times I hear, health and safety is the number one priority. Yet many more times I hear that we still haven't got the O&M manuals, as-built drawings, training for my operatives to safely and properly use the new asset and so on, sometimes well after Completion (which begs the question why was Completion given!). So here's a thought - why not give this the proper attention it justifies. Define the state of Completion (assuming we are using NEC3 ECC) in the Works Information at time of tender stating exactly what you want to happen before Completion will occur - if you want all of those things then ask for them, don't budge and don't compromise on Completion or health and safety - let's actually ratchet up the importance of this through objectivity and explicit requirements.

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