Construction Health and Safety Agent (CHSA)
Professional Construction Health and Safety Agent (CHSA) services are the main emphasis of Zenith Safety Consultants. Your initial choice should be Zenith Safety Consultants, which is also the Western Cape's fastest-growing Safety Consultant firm. Our attention to detail makes sure that each client receives a solution that is tailored to their individual requirements whilst remaining fully compliant to the Occupational Health & safety Act no 85 of 1993. Our highly qualified safety professionals work hard to provide businesses with all the tools and support required to Provide the required OHS standards and ensure the project reaches and maintains compliance.
From Stage 1 through Stage 6 in line with SACPCMP deliverables, Zenith Safety Consultants manages and provides comprehensive CHSA services.
STAGE 1 – Project initiation and briefing
- Demonstrate the Construction Health and Safety Agent competency and resources and assist in developing a clear construction project health and safety brief.
- Attend the construction project initiation meetings, conclude the terms of the agreement with the client and advise on the necessary surveys, analyses, tests and site or other investigations where such information will be required for the next stage of the project.
- Advise the client on the adequacy of health and safety competency and resources of the other consultants and identify the construction project's health and safety risk profile.
- Provide necessary information within the agreed scope of the construction project to the other consultants and define the Construction Health and Safety Agent scope of work and services.
STAGE 2 – Concept and feasibility
- Review and evaluate design concepts and advise on construction project's health and safety in conjunction with the other consultants and assist the client and principal consultant in the procurement of the necessary and appropriate specialists, including a clear definition of their roles, responsibilities and liabilities.
- Prepare the draft construction project health and safety specification and advise and agree with the other consultants regarding their construction project health and safety requirements and related design risk management responsibilities.
STAGE 3 – Design development
- Review the documentation programme with the principal consultant and the other consultants in order to finalise the construction project health and safety risk profile.
- Manage, co-ordinate, integrate and record the design risk management process with the other consultants in a sequence to suit the documentation programme.
- Monitor the integration of health and safety aspects for constructability, maintainability and operationability of the structure during the design process and finalise the construction project baseline risk assessment.
- Liaise, co-operate and provide necessary construction project health and safety information to the client, principal consultant and the other consultants.
STAGE 4 - Tender documentation and procurement
- Attend design and consultants meetings in order to assist in developing a clear construction project health and safety procurement process.
- Finalise construction project tender health and safety specifications and integrate with procurement documentation as well as provide and record construction project health, safety, hygiene and design risk information to the principal consultant and other consultants.
- Participate in construction project tender clarification meetings.
STAGE 5 - Construction documentation and management
- Assess, discuss, negotiate and approve the contractor(s) construction project health and safety plans and monitor the implementation of the construction project health and safety plans in accordance with the construction project health and safety specification and further scope of work changes and recommend stop work orders where necessary.
- Audit compliance with the construction project health and safety plans and brief the project management team and contractor(s) following site audits.
- Monitor the compilation of the construction project health and safety file by the contractor(s).
- Prepare the structure commissioning health and safety plans.
STAGE 6 - Project close – out
- Review, discuss and approve the health and safety file with the contractor(s) and manage the construction project health and safety during the defects liability period.
- Cancel all construction project health and safety legal appointments.
- Prepare the health and safety operations and maintenance report.
- Prepare the consolidated construction project health and safety close - out report.