While risk assessment should be an ongoing process from the very earliest planning stages of your project, it is useful to stop and review all your key safety considerations before your building commences.

This can be done by carrying out a thorough project risk assessment that scrutinises the safety across all the aspects and stages of your build, including, but not limited to the safety aspects of your:

• Design;
• Procurement and subcontractors;
• Training;
• Budgets and timelines;
• Planning and permits.

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Documentation can serve as a means of protecting your business by demonstrating that you have done all that you reasonably could to eliminate or reduce risks. Documentation can be useful for tendering and demonstrating to a client that you have the appropriate regard for safety in your business undertakings. One day, you may aspire to be accredited against an Australian or International Safety, Quality or Environmental management system standard and solid documentation can assist you in achieving that formal recognition.