Contractors must:
Comply with other relevant health and safety requirements.
Ensure that a trained and competent supervisor (Site Safety Supervisor, SMSTS / SSSTS or equivalent) is appointed to manage the works under their control and is available at all times on-site.
Comply with the hierarchy of control principles enshrined within the Work at Height Regulations. Comply with all other provisions of these Regulations and BCSA Codes of Practices and best practice guides.
Provide a detailed sequence of erection and drawings to demonstrate step by step progress with identification of members critical to stability and associated temporary restraint members. Confirmation of holding down bolt designs(s) must also be provided for freestanding and temporary restraining systems.
Agree the location of storage and stacking areas and required movements and lifting locations on-site.
Erect and maintain exclusion zones consisting of robust barriers and suitable warning signage where structural steel is being lifted and installed by the contractor. Hazard tape and cones will not be considered as sufficient physical barrier. No unauthorised personnel will be allowed access into the structural steel area while steel erection is taking place.
Access by steel erectors will be primarily gained via the use of MEWPs. Safety harnesses and appropriate lanyards must be worn by operatives when working from boom MEWPS.
Avoid stacking steel on a partially constructed structure by lifting steel members directly into place from designated storage areas. Where this is not possible, alternative arrangements must be made with the McLaughlin & Harvey site management team.
Complete a site specific McLaughlin & Harvey Lifting Plan Proforma where appropriate and a separate ‘work at height rescue plan’ in addition to site specific risk assessments / method statements.