Application Guides S.
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v. 4/2000
This volume aims to define a building services condition survey as a systematic process of evaluating the condition of plant and installations. This is to establish whether they are capable of continually supporting business needs and legal requirements in the medium and long term. Surveys can also assess the ability of plant and installations to satisfy internal expectations and external benchmarks. Also supplied is a CD which contains a library of photographs demonstrating some dubious plant conditions which could give rise to future maintenance activities.
v. 7/97
The CDM (Construction Design and Management) regulations are now mandatory. This guide looks at the issues involved in the preparation of the health and safety file and related documents as applied by the designer, planning supervisor, client or contractor. The management systems needed to produce the file are considered, before examining in detail the format and structure of the file and related documents, and the roles and responsibilities of the parties involved in their preparation and use.
v. 9/97
This report is based on research BSRIA took into the requirements of the CDM Regulations, with particular reference to the health and safety file for building services installations. The outcome of this research is the publication of two documents: an application guide on the issues involved in the preparation of the health and safety file and associated documents, and a a standard specification for the procurement of these documents. The legal requirement for the health and safety file is to provide the information needed to manage future health and safety risks. A significant proportion of health and safety information that is to be included in the health and safety file is inseparable from typical handover information. This standard specification is based on the premise that the health and safety file and the other handover documents need to co-exist to provide an information system that is practical for the building user to operate. It covers information requirements beyond the legal minimum to reflect good practice of having a comprehensive system of health and safety information and other related handover information.