Records are mandatory under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994

The following leaflets are linked from the Health & Safety Executive's web site at http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/conindex.htm

• The role of the client
• The role of the planning supervisor
• The role of the Designer
• The pre-tender stage health and safety plan
• The Health and Safety Plan during the construction phase
• The Health and Safety file
  • As Built Documents
  • Operations & Maintenance Manuals

• Systems must be documented
• Must cover control (review, approval, and issue of documents describing the work to be executed)
• Requires that the reviewer decides who gets what documents
• In all 15 Clauses of ISO9001:2000 are relevant to document control
  • Incoming and Outgoing Inspection - is it readable ?
  • Audits to prove the system is working

• Provision of information (drawings, specifications, BOQ's, etc) on a timely basis
• Response to and resolution of queries
• Notices - Delay, Disruption, etc ad nauseam

• There is only one defence to a prosecution by the Health & Safety Executive: The necessary records exist,
• Without certification to ISO9001:2000 you are unlikely to get any work,
• Work consists of entering into contracts for performance,
• Records Management Systems MUST accomodate all of these requirements.