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CBRE Health and Safety
INTRODUCTION
CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) is committed to ensuring the health and safety of their contractors and has
established a Health and Safety Management System (HSMS) to assist in meeting this commitment.
The purpose of these guidelines is to provide an overview of the CBRE HSMS and contractor
requirements.
Please note that these guidelines are not intended to be exhaustive, nor do they seek to replace the
requirement for contractors to have in place their own comprehensive health and safety policies and
procedures.
All contractors, sub-contractors and their employees engaged by CBRE, or conducting works at
CBRE managed premises or offices, are obliged to assist CBRE in complying with all statutory
requirements in relation to health and safety (HS) as well as the CBRE or client specific HSMS.
GENERAL CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS
Contractor Pre-Qualification Requirements
Prior to commencement of works, all contractors engaged by CBRE are required to meet the “CBRE
Pre-Qualification Requirements”. In summary, the following must be provided by the contractor:
Evidence of appropriate insurance cover (for example workers compensation, public liability and
(where appropriate) professional or products indemnity);
For “major contractors” (defined below) the contractor must complete and return to CBRE the
“Major Contractor Evaluation Checklist” (refer to Appendix 1);
For “minor contractors” (defined below), the contractor must complete and return to CBRE the
“Minor Contractor Evaluation Checklist” (refer to Appendix 2);
A copy of their HS Policy and HS Management System; and
Copies of site specific safe work method statements (SWMS), risk assessments or job safety
analyses (JSAs) relating to the works they have been engaged to perform.
Definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following definitions apply. If you are uncertain as to whether
you are a “major” or “minor” contractor please contact CBRE who will clarify this for you.
Major Contractor
A company where the contract may be characterised by the following:
Risk: Contracts involving multiple high risk activities such as
construction work and major refurbishments are classified as
major. More sophisticated management systems are expected
when engaging contractors to perform high risk work.
Complexity: Where a contract involves the use of subcontractors,
suitable systems of selection and supervision will apply to
subcontractors. Where the use of subcontractors is likely, the
contract should be classified as high risk.
Duration: Contracts which extend beyond 1 month or are
established on an ongoing basis are considered sufficiently large
to expect that contractors have formalised OH&S management
systems which reflect the type of work they are performing.
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