Lance Hodgson, Author at Sitemate

OHSAS 18001 transition deadline

OHSAS 18001 transition deadline: Here’s the deadline and how to make it When is the OHSAS 18001 transition deadline? The OHSAS 18001 transition deadline is the 21st of March 2021. The OHSAS 18001 new standard, the ISO 45001, was published in March of 2018, and there is a three (3) year grace period for companies…

OHSAS 18001 new standard

OHSAS 18001 new standard: The ISO 18001 equivalent What is the OHSAS 18001 new standard? OHSAS was originally a British standard for occupational health and safety management systems. Like many standards, the standard was adopted and implemented in other regions too including the Americas. And like many standards, the OHSAS 18001 is now being updated…

Construction paperwork organisation

Construction paperwork organisation: Here’s how to get properly organised The problem with construction paperwork organisation today The construction industry and construction companies have to deal with a lot of paperwork. Managing even a basic project involves safety documentation, quality, environmental, financial and commercial paperwork. On large scale projects, all of these functions across hundreds or…

What is a pre start check

What is a pre start check? So, what is a pre start check? Pre start checks are pretty much exactly what they sound like, they are checks made to something – most often a piece of plant, equipment or machinery – prior to that thing being started or used; or checks made prior to doing…

Vehicle log book format

Vehicle log book format What is a vehicle log book used for? At a very basic level, a vehicle log book is a tool for keeping track of a vehicles activity. Most of the time of course, this activity is simply driving, which is usually logged down in kilometres or miles and or hours. Once…

Site induction

Site induction: What to know about site inductions Site induction meaning A site induction is a process or activity which involves ‘inducting’ workers and visitors onto site by informing them of their requirements and responsibilities as well as arming them with site specific health and safety information they need to enter, work and be on…

Fatigue management strategies

Fatigue management strategies What is fatigue? Fatigue is an often misused and overused term for ‘tired’. But fatigue and passing or short-term tiredness, laziness or even drowsiness are different. In the context of work fatigue, which is what we are focusing on in talking about fatigue management strategies, fatigue is: Mental and/or physical exhaustion which…

Construction work order format

Construction work order format (Better than word, excel and PDF format) What is a construction work order? A work order is a task or job for a customer which is schedule or assigned to someone. Not all tasks and jobs are assigned or defined as work orders, but many of them are. And so a…

Value of work done

Value of work done (VOWD) Value of work done definition Value of work done (VOWD) is a project management and reporting technique for measuring the costs of a project at a specific point in time. Your value of work done represents the full value of work that has been completed against the commercial commitments of…

What is the lowest experience modification rate possible

What is the lowest experience modification rate possible? What is a ‘normal’ experience modification rate? The base experience modification rate (EMR) for all companies is 1.0. A 1.0 experience modification rate means you are on par with your peers, and achieving the normal or expected safety outcomes of a company of your size in your…