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November 2015
Infrastructure & Mixed Use
L
ea Smith, Past President of
MBA North, who is the driving
force behind the new system
announced that the new product will
be launched this year.
“Under the newConstruction Reg-
ulations, more stringent health and
safety obligations have been placed
on a wide range of parties involved
in construction work. This includes
the client, sub-contractor, designer
and principal contractor,” says Smith.
“The regulations clearly specify
that all stakeholdersmust be involved
in the implementation, maintenance,
monitoring and enforcement of the
Construction Regulations’ legislative
requirements. This includes legal ap-
pointments, regular health and safety
audits, medical certificate of fitness
for all employees, and the Construc-
tion Work Permit and Construction
Notification. Alf these must be in
place before any construction work
can start.”
At the 2015 Department of Labour
Conference, the Department’s Chief
Inspector, Tibor Szana, appealed to
the building industry to reverse the
‘intolerable loss of life’ in the industry.
The challenge was to step up inspec-
tion and enforcements.
With this in mind, MBA North
developed the CHS-IT system. “The
system is a proactive online solution
to help implement, monitor and en-
force the Construction Regulations in
real-time, across multiple construc-
tion sites, conveniently from any
smart device or personal computer,”
says Smith.
Benefits of the system include ease
of use, time-saving, accessible from
any ‘smart’ device, real-timemonitor-
ing and reporting, recording of health
and safety audit information, storage
of health and safety documentation,
automated audit reports, and moni-
toring of contractor compliance in
real-time. The CHS-IT system also
has an online automatedwork permit
and constructionnotification submis-
sion, saving time and money.
“It is a secure Cloud-based system
making accessibility to the informa-
tion quick and easy. When internet
connectivity is poor or unavailable,
informationwill be stored in the CHS-
IT App and automatically upload-
ed when connectivity is restored,”
Smith adds.
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MBA North’s new CHS-IT system
MasterBuildersAssociationNorth
has developed a Construction
Health and Safety Information
Technological (CHS-IT) system
alignedtotherequirementsof the
government’s new Construction
Regulations.