Our Services
Health and Safety
We provide H&S services from stages 1 – 6 of the project lifecycle as per SACPCMP H&S Agent scope of service among others;
- Acting as client health and safety agents
- Health and Safety Compliance Audits
- Application for construction work permits.
- Health and Safety Specifications
- Project Baseline Risk Assessments
- Design Risk Management
- Attendance of design meetings
- Operational Inspections
- Outsourcing of Construction Health and Safety Officers/ Managers
- Conducting site H&S Conditional assessments and compiling of due diligence report
- Reviewing and evaluation of concept designs, detailed design and advising on construction project health and safety
- Assisting Architects, engineers, and other consultants in Designing For health and Safety (DFS) and driving the concept of Prevention Through Design (PtD).
Occupational Hygiene
On project specific basis we work with our associate Occupational Hygienist (OH) who’s an Approved Inspection Authority (AIA) to provide occupational Hygiene services to our clients. The following services are offered relative to occupational hygiene:
- Asbestos risk assessments and Inventory
- Noise surveys,
- Hazardous chemical substances surveys
- Noise assessments
- Ergonomics Surveys,
- Illumination,
- Indoor air quality,
- Heat and cold stress,
- Occupational hygiene surveys
- Human vibration Assessments
- Occupational Hygiene Risk Assessments
- Hazardous Biological Agents Assessments
- Development of OH and Hygiene Programs
- Safety Program Development
Environmental Management
- Environmental Licensing
- Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs)
- Basic Assessments (BAs)
- Water Use Licence Applications (WULAs)
- Mining Permits Applications
- Environmental Compliance Auditing
- Environmental Control Officer (ECO)
- Auditing of Landfill Sites, Waste Transfer Stations and Storage Facilities
- Waste Planning and Management
- Integrated Waste Management Plans (IWMPs)
- Integrated Development Plans (IDPs)
- Feasibility Studies
- Municipal waste planning
- Landfill Site Operations Management
- Research and Project Management
- Land Degradation and Rehabilitation
- GIS and Remote Sensing Applications
- Hydrological Impacts of Land Use Change
- Waste Management
- Specialist Investigations
- Wetland Impact Assessments
- Ecological Specialist Studies
- Heritage Impact Assessments
- Archaeological Studies
- Social Impact Assessment Studies
- Hydrogeological and Geotechnical Investigations
- Hydrological Investigations and Flood line Delineations
- GIS Advisory and Training
- GIS Mapping and Analysis
- Introductory GIS and Basic Applied Mapping Training
- Remote Sensing Land use and Land Cover Change Mapping
- Introduction to the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) Hydrological Model
- GIS Software Installations and Maintenances
- Industry Specific GIS Training Development
Specialised Project Management
The 28th of March 2008 marked the official ban on the use, production, export, and import of asbestos and ACMs in South Africa. This suggests that materials containing asbestos may still be present in buildings constructed before 2008. The Asbestos Abatement Regulations, which went into effect in 2020, required property owners to determine whether their premises contain material containing asbestos.
In accordance with the 2020 Asbestos Abatement Regulations, we offer Project Management Services for Asbestos Removal, Restoration Work, and for the Demolition of Asbestos-Containing Sites on behalf of Asbestos Clients. As a result, all of our project managers are registered Project Management Professionals (PMP), Registered Occupational Hygienists (OH), and Occupational Health and Safety professionals.
Our project management services can be extremely valuable in ensuring that the work is done in the best manner for your property and/or business and with consideration; minimizing disruption but also minimizing risk of exposure for all parties.
The following are some of the services we offer for project management:
- establishment and administration of an asbestos survey, including collection of samples and testing for asbestos-containing materials.
- Cost estimates for the entire asbestos project
- Tender management – compiling tender documents as well as managing the submissions and evaluation processes.
- Contract Management – selecting and appointing a competent Approved Inspection Authority (AIA) and a suitable Registered Asbestos Contractor, as well as compiling applicable contract documentation.
- Managing the Work from Inception to Completion – Managing the project on your behalf.
Project Management
Stage 1: Inception
- Facilitate development of a clear project brief
- Establish the procurement policy for the project
- Assist the client in the procurement of necessary and appropriate other consultants including the clear definition of their roles and responsibilities
- Establish in conjunction with the client, other consultants and all relevant authorities, the site characteristics, right and constraints for the proper design of the intended project
- Define the consultant’s scope of work and services
- Conclude the terms of the agreement with the client
- Facilitate a schedule of the required consents and approvals
- Prepare, coordinate and monitor a project initiation programme
- Facilitate client approval of all stage 1 documentation.
Stage 2: Concept and Viability
- Assist the client in procurement of the other consultants
- Advise the client on the requirement to appoint a health and safety consultant
- Communicate the project brief to the other consultants and monitor the development of the concept and viability
- Agree format and procedures for cost control and reporting by the other consultants
- Prepare a documentation programme and indicate construction programme
- Coordinate concept and viability documentation for presentation to the client for approval
- Facilitate approval of the concept and viability by the client
- Facilitate approval of the concept and viability by statutory authorities
Stage 3: Design Development
- Agree and implement communication processes and procedures for the design development of the project
- Assist the client in the procurement of the necessary other consultants including the clear definition of their roles and responsibilitie
- Prepare, coordinate, agree and monitor a detailed design and documentation program
- Conduct and record consultants and management meetings
- Facilitate input required by health and safety consultant
- Facilitate design reviews for compliance and cost control
- Facilitate timeous technical coordination
- Facilitate client approval of all Stage 3 documentation
Stage 4: Documentation and Procurement
- Recommend and agree procurement strategy for contractors, subcontractors and suppliers with the client and the other consultants
- Prepare and agree the procurement programme
- Advise the client in conjunction with the other consultants on the appropriate insurances
- Coordinate and monitor preparation of procurement documentation by consultants in accordance with the project procurement programme
- Manage procurement process and recommended contractors for approval by the client
- Agree the format and procedures for monitoring and control by the quantity surveyor of the cost of the works
- Coordinate the assembly of the contract documentation for signature
Stage 5: Construction
- Arrange site handover to the contractor
- Establish the construction documentation issue process
- Agree and monitor issue and distribution of construction documentation
- Instruct the contractor on behalf of the client to appoint subcontractors
- Conduct and record regular site meetings
- Monitor, review and approve the preparation of the construction programme by the contractor
- Regularly monitor performance of the contractor against the construction programme
- Adjudicate entitlements that arise from changes required to the construction programme
- Receive, coordinate and monitor approval of all contract documentation provided by contractors
- Agree quality assurance procedures and monitor implantation thereof by the other consultants and the contractors
- Monitor preparation and auditing of the contractor’s health and safety plan and approval thereof by the health and safety consultant
- Monitor preparation of the environmental management plan by the environmental consultant
- Establish procedures for monitoring scope and cost variations
- Monitor, review, approve and issue certificates
- Receive, review and adjudicate any contractual claims
- Monitor preparation of financial control reports by the other consultants
- Prepare and submit progress reports
- Coordinate monitor and issue practical completion lists and the certificate of practical completion
- Facilitate and expedite receipt of occupation certificates
Stage 6: Close-Out
- Coordinate and monitor rectification of defects
- Manage procurement of operations and maintenance manuals, guarantees and warranties
- Manage preparation of as-built drawings and documentation
- Manage procurement of outstanding statutory certificates
- Monitor, review and issue payment certificates
- Issue completion certificates
- Manage agreement of final accounts
- Prepare and present the project close-out report