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SAFE contractor accreditation

Phelan Construction is one of the latest group of successful companies to join a scheme designed to help industry improve its safety record.

The Essex based firm recently received accreditation from SAFEcontractor, a programme which recognises very high standards of health and safety practice amongst UK contractors.

Phelan Construction undertakes construction, refurbishment and fit-out projects for commercial clients of varying sizes from a wide range of business sectors including healthcare, leisure and hotels, local government, commercial, industrial and residential. The company often works alongside other contractors but also undertakes entire projects from design to completion, providing a ‘design and build’ service at the outset and skilled project management throughout.

Director, Keiran O’Phelan, said: "We applied for the SAFEcontractor accreditation as we wanted to have a uniform standard across our business to protect our workers as well as to demonstrate to our clients how seriously we take the topic of health and safety. We underwent a stringent vetting process during which assessors examined both our procedures and our track record."

Darran Hughes, Operations Director of SAFEcontractor said: “Major organisations can no longer run the risk of employing contractors who are not able to prove that they have sound health and safety policies. More companies need to understand the importance of adopting good risk management in the way that Phelan Construction has done. The firm’s high standard has set an example, which hopefully will be followed by other companies within the construction industry.”

Companies that meet the high standard required by SAFEcontractor are included on a database, which is accessible to registered users via a website – www.safecontractor.com. Organisations that sign up to the scheme can access the database and vet potential contractors before they even set foot on site. These employers agree that, as users of the scheme, they will engage only those who have received accreditation.

Over 120 major nationwide businesses, from several key sectors, have signed up to use the scheme when selecting contractors for services such as building, cleaning, maintenance, refurbishment, or electrical and mechanical work.

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