Introduction to Fire Safety Management

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The client can then judge the response from the contrac-
tor to make the fi nal selection and award of the contract. 
The considerations during the fi nal selection process will 
be based on the information provided by the contractor 
which should include, as necessary:
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Safety plan for the project
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Risk assessments for the project works
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Method statements for the project works
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Response to the issues raised by the client
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Evidence of the resources to be allocated to the 
project, such as:
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Plant and equipment
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Access 
procedures/equipment
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Materials
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Safety 
equipment
➤
Numbers and skills of personnel and 
subcontractors
➤
Employment 
procedures
➤
Emergency equipment and procedures
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Time allocated for completion of the works
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Nominated project management personnel, includ-
ing health and safety responsibility
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Procedures for checking the competence of 
subcontractors
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Defi ned safe systems of work
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Permit to work systems
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Specifi c emergency procedures.
8.4.11 Managing the contract
Once the contract has been awarded and the work com-
mences, the client will still need to exercise adequate 
control over the project works to ensure the contractor 
does, in fact, maintain the health and safety standards 
required.
In order to do this the client would need to establish 
joint management procedures with the contractor. The 
nature and degree of control required must be kept in 
proportion to the size and complexity of the project, and 
will depend on the extent of risk involved in the work 
and the nature of the work site.
The management procedures should be determined 
at the planning stage of the project and form part of the 
conditions of the contract.
The areas that will need consideration will include:
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Management of the project:
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Contractors 
procedures
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Client 
procedures
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Joint 
procedures.
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Project monitoring procedures for the contractor 
and client are held jointly and require agreed proto-
cols for:
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Communication and reporting procedures
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Procedures for dealing with non-compliance 
issues
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Suitable welfare arrangements
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Emergency procedures for fi re, medical and 
other emergency.