Practical guidance
Construction health and safety resources
Straightforward guidance to help contractors and businesses prepare better information, ask the right questions and know when a requirement needs closer attention.
Plan, brief and review
Useful starting points for common safety tasks
These articles provide general information for Northern Ireland. They do not replace a suitable assessment of your workplace, project or legal duties.
Information needed for site-specific RAMS
A practical checklist for giving your consultant or document author enough detail to prepare useful risk assessments and method statements.
Read the RAMS guide Planning · 8 min readWhat a Construction Phase Plan should contain
How to make the plan proportionate to the project and focused on the arrangements needed to manage the construction phase.
Read the CPP guide Incidents · 8 min readWhat to do after an accident or near miss
A calm first-response framework covering people, scene safety, evidence, reporting and learning.
Read the incident guide RPE · 6 min readPreparing workers for face-fit testing
What to organise before the appointment so the selected facepiece, wearer and test conditions are ready.
Read the face-fit guide Assurance · 5 min readHealth and safety audit or inspection?
The difference between these reviews and how to choose the format that answers the question you actually have.
Compare the options Fire safety · 6 min readWhen to review a fire risk assessment
Common triggers that indicate the existing assessment may no longer reflect the premises, people or activities.
Read the review guideGuidance is most useful when it leads to action
Use these resources to prepare a better brief, spot missing information and understand the purpose of common health and safety documents and reviews. If the issue is site-specific, time-sensitive or outside your organisation’s competence, seek appropriate support rather than relying on a general article.
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