Channel Eye
Westminster Asset Management
  • Business
    • Appointments
    • Data Protection
    • Digital & Technology
    • Environment
    • Features
    • Financial Services
    • Interviews & Profiles
    • Leadership
    • Legal & Professional Services
    • People
    • Property
    • Retail & Hospitality
    • Transport
    • Wellbeing at Work
  • Careers
  • Events
    • Events in Jersey
    • Events in Guernsey
    • Events in Isle of Man
    • Events in Alderney & Sark
    • Virtual events
    • All events
    • Past Events
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts & Culture
    • Charity & Community
    • Education
    • Food & Drink
    • Health & Wellbeing
    • Home
    • Leisure
    • Travel
  • Location
    • Jersey
    • Guernsey
    • Isle of Man
    • Alderney & Sark
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
No Result
View All Result
Channel Eye
No Result
View All Result
Westminster Asset Management
Home Business Property

New service to manage construction health and safety risks

November 24, 2020
in Jersey, Property
Construction building site

Construction building site

Share on LinkedInTwitterFacebookEmail

The need for a robust approach to health and safety within the building industry is widely accepted.  To aid this, local construction advisory specialists HLG Associates is launching a comprehensive Health and Safety Project Coordinator (HSPC) service to help ensure Jersey’s developers and property owners remain focused on and meet local legal construction obligations. HLG will be providing these HSPC duties to complement their current existing service-offer to clients who see the value in an integrated service provider.

A 2016 law passed by the States of Jersey clearly establishes health and safety risk management requirements for anyone carrying out local construction work. These include ensuring good communications on health and safety among all involved, establishing clear lines of responsibility, and ensuring any specific health and safety issues are dealt with.

The law also specifies the use of a Health and Safety Project Coordinator if the project falls into the ‘major’ category and sets out this role’s responsibilities and duties.

“A major project is one that will last more than 30 working days, or requires more than 500 man-hours to complete,” explains HLG’s Chris Bester, “which covers anything in Jersey above fairly minor construction work. If your project is in this category, you must appoint a designated HSPC who understands what’s expected from them. While most developers are aware of this requirement, our experience is that it can be viewed as something of a ‘tick-box’ exercise often combined with a last-minute appointment to the post. We believe that the role and requirements demand more than this – and not just from a legal standpoint.”

Dedicated and effective health and safety risk identification and management can help assure the wellbeing of those working on the construction. It can also help protect anyone subsequently using the completed building by minimising the risk of unnecessary accidents caused by challenging building design. It will also support those responsible for a building’s maintenance and eventually its demolition or repurposing at some future time, by explaining construction methods or critical points of building integrity. Investing in sound advice at an early design stage can also prevent potentially costly revisions once work is underway or projects are completed.

HLG’s new HSPC service allows developers and property owners who are commissioning construction projects to pass responsibility for this over to dedicated experts. Alongside peace of mind, the benefits are a professional and consistent health and safety risk management approach from project concept to client handover.

“Having seen the increasing need for this type of professional service, we’re really excited about this step to become more involved in this important aspect of construction,” Chris concludes. “‘It’s a logical move that builds upon our already extensive range of construction industry consultancy services. And a satisfying one that should hopefully lead to a lowering of risk for everyone involved in building projects or enjoying the outcome of new developments.”

ShareTweetShareSend

Tim Bullock

Related Stories

Christmas tree presents
Home

Deck the halls without the folly – The 12 safety tips of Christmas

December 16, 2022
Beach barbeque BBQ
Leisure

Islanders reminded of beach barbeque safety

August 19, 2021
Kelly Flageul
Wellbeing at Work

Workplace safety – Advice to protect both employees and employers

April 28, 2021
Next Post
James A Matthewson

Zingela Club appoints new Non-Executive Director

KPMG
Channel Eye subscribe
  • Channel Eye Careers
  • List your event
  • Channel Eye Careers
  • Channel Eye
  • Channel Eye Careers
  • Channel Eye Careers
  • List your event

Be the first to know​

Subscribe to the essential islands business news, direct to your inbox every morning​
Channel Eye Careers
  • Business
  • Careers
  • Events
  • Lifestyle
  • Subscribe
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact

©2025 Channel Eye Limited.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

No Result
View All Result
  • Business
    • Appointments
    • Data Protection
    • Digital & Technology
    • Environment
    • Features
    • Financial Services
    • Interviews & Profiles
    • Leadership
    • Legal & Professional Services
    • People
    • Property
    • Retail & Hospitality
    • Transport
    • Wellbeing at Work
  • Careers
  • Events
    • Events in Jersey
    • Events in Guernsey
    • Events in Isle of Man
    • Events in Alderney & Sark
    • Virtual events
    • All Events
    • Past Events
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts & Culture
    • Charity & Community
    • Education
    • Food & Drink
    • Health & Wellbeing
    • Home
    • Leisure
    • Travel
  • Location
    • Jersey
    • Guernsey
    • Isle of Man
    • Alderney & Sark
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
  • Contact

©2025 Channel Eye Limited.

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.