B&H Buildings Limited
Learn how B&H Buildings enhanced its brand reputation by embedding behavioural safety into all aspects of the business, resulting in improved client confidence, reduced downtime, and new commercial contracts.
Location: The Yorkshire Region
Client: B&H Buildings Ltd
Contract Value: Confidential
Duration: Ongoing
Scope: CDM 2015 compliance and duty holder support for Clients, and Principal contract, Principal Designer roles.
Project Description
B&H Buildings Ltd is a specialist in steel portal industrial building frames, offering a complete design and build service that includes steelwork superstructure, cladding, floors, doors, and windows through to full turnkey projects.
With decades of experience, they act as principal contractor on commercial projects across the region, delivering quality from the ground up for a range of clients.
The Challenge
Steel erection involves working at height including heavy lifts and with complex structural assemblies that require the constant coordination of plant, materials and personnel.
Managing multiple teams whilst ensuring crane lifts are planned can be a complex challenge. B&H Buildings needed a safety partner who could provide robust, practical support without slowing down the build programme or compromising on safety.
The Solution
Yorkshire Health and Safety Ltd worked closely with B&H Buildings Ltd to develop a tailored safety management system designed specifically for the unique risks of steel frame commercial construction projects.
Our Support Included:
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Regular site safety visits from site project commencement to completion.
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Structural stability & temporary works coordination and collaboration across duty holders, in line with CDM 2015.
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CDM 2015 principal contractor support ensuring the Construction Phase Plan is project-specific and that pre-construction information flows between all duty holders and interested parties.
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Bespoke, site specific safety management documentation.
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Moving beyond generic paperwork to produce dynamic documentation and method statements tailored to every individual commercial build.
The Results:
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Enhanced On-Site Safety Culture. Site teams are more engaged and proactive.
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Proactive Risk Management that looks to head off risk though communication, collaboration.
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Early Integration of safety management at tender/ procurement stage that aims to design out risk.
“Yorkshire Health and Safety understands the realities of our industry and what we do. They are on-site, working with our workforce, contractors and management team to solve real world safety challenges. Their practical, no-nonsense approach has made safety a core part of our operation and they are a vital part of our project delivery team."”
Representative, B&H Buildings Limited