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Health & Safety at Work
It is the policy of GIS/GCS Ltd to comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992 (and Amendments 1994).
GIS/GCS Ltd recognises its responsibilities to its employees for Health and Safety at Work.
Responsibilities for implementation and maintenance of these policies are allocated in the Appendix of the GIS/GCS Health & Safety Manual. |
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Company Environmental Policy
It is Company Policy to take full account of the environmental, health and safety implications of its operations, and to protect the natural environment.
We are committed to continual improvement in environmental management and performance, of all our operations to standards acceptable to our clients, employees and the local community.
We will maintain and achieve this by: |
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Applying well-founded environmental practices in all our business operations. |
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Training employees to ensure they are fully capable to administer the activities for which they are responsible. |
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Initiating and supporting educational programmes which will develop a better understanding and awareness of environmental issues in Engineering. |
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Anticipating and responding to concerns regarding our activities, and encouraging dialogue with all interested parties. |
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Complying with both the spirit and the intent of environmental legislation, co-operating fully in this respect with Clients and with the relevant statutory and regulatory bodies. |
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Providing Clients with professional assistance in order that they may achieve their environmental objectives and fulfil their environmental obligations. |
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Promoting similar environmental standards as our own, amongst all third parties involved with our business - suppliers, vendors, contractors etc. |
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Management of Health & Safety at Work
GIS/GCS Ltd. recognises its responsibility to its employees for Health & Safety at Work and has a written policy that defines the role and responsibilities of all Directors, Managers, Site Management and Employees.
The company has an appointed Safety Officer whose duties include advising and assisting line management to fulfil its responsibility for the implementation of this policy.
All employees receive instructions relating to Health & Safety at Work as appropriate to their every day tasks. Specific training is provided to cover special needs which cover such areas as first aid and emergency procedures.
Where office-based personnel are required to visit sites or works for surveys, inspections or the like then arrangements will be made for them to attend client's induction courses beforehand. All persons visiting sites will be issued with the specified protective clothing. |
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Safety in Design
GIS/GCS are aware of the obligations imposed by the Construction (Design & Management Regulations 1994 (the CDM Regs.). In most cases GIS/GCS would fulfil the role of Designer, and one of the principal duties of the Designer is to consider the risks to the health and safety of those persons involved in the construction, maintenance and demolition of the structures being designed. If reasonably practicable, the hazards and risks must be reduced or removed completely by considering alternative designs, materials etc.
To ensure adequate consideration is given to health and safety in our designs, we have developed a Risk Assessment procedure which must be followed. The procedure includes provision for passing information on any remaining foreseen hazards to the Principal Contractor via the Safety Plan, or as required by the Planning Supervisor.
GIS/GCS existing design review procedures include the following: |
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Ensuring that all the necessary equipment and services are include( to allow the plant to achieve the basic specified process function. |
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Compliance with needs of the overall plant design criteria, flow sheets, data sheets and P&ID's to ensure correct performance. |
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Confirmation that all the necessary calculations have been carried out to prove the above. |
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Practicality and economy of the design. |
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Minimum practicable risk in construction, maintenance and demolition. |
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Confirmation that inter-discipline reviews have been carded out and any corrective actions implemented. |
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That any termination points/battery limits are as agreed. |
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That the plant/equipment layout allows good safe access and facilities for operation, inspection and maintenance purposes. |
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That personnel protection has been taken into account by provision of adequate guarding; protective lagging and insulation; acoustic level controls; handrails and platform upstands; safety showers etc. |
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That fire protection measures have been considered by the provision of proper means of escape; smoke detector and alarm systems; sprinkler or dry-riser systems; fire-fighting equipment etc. |
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That all the appropriate statutory requirements have been met. That the provision of utilities has been correctly addressed, including for emissions and discharge etc. |
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That the documents are correctly presented, identified and numbered and include the revision status and purpose. |
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That the means for passing on relevant Health and Safety information to the appropriate organisations are defined. |
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