Site supervision and operations

Assignment - Assess a pre-construction Health & Safety plan for a given construction project, in relation to local and national regulations.

Assignment Brief: For this assignment you are to assume the role of a trainee site manager for the project of New 50 Houses Development in Radstock Town for 2 years period construction time and with participation of approx. 300 staff members involve in construction process. The directors of your company have asked you to produce a pre-contract report on the pre-construction requirements for the development in relation to Health and Safety. Your report should consider the following principle tenets of Health and Safety management and refer to the relevant legislation throughout:

1. How does management of the design process contribute towards site safety.

2. A discussion on the range of national regulations which will impact on the project.

3. Discuss the implications of contravention of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 including an evaluation of the impact on the company of such contraventions.

4. A plan of the different operational strategies to be adopted by the construction team to promote a positive approach to Health and Safety.

• Work submitted for assessment MUST be accompanied by the complete assignment brief and assignment form with all parts completed and submitted via Turnitin.
• Work will be marked and returned as soon as possible - normally within four weeks.
• Where a Pass grading criterion has not been fully achieved on first submission, re-submissions to gain that criterion will be permitted provided:
- The initial submission was made on time.
- The initial submission was a reasonable attempt at the task.
- The grading criterion is not concerned with time management.

The full guidelines for submission of work are in the course handbook.