ABSTRACT
Within the scope of responsibilities set by the CDM Regulations (HSE, 1994) the principal contractor is charged with delivering a safe working environment. Prerequisite to this is the establishment within the company's framework of the corporate organization and the project organization. These must effectively be brought together to ensure that the health and safety management subsystem is translated from policies at corporate level into procedures, instructions and working practices at project site level. Vital to success are the roles of the corporate health and safety manager/adviser, the health and safety supervisor based on site, first-line supervisors and all construction operatives. Organization for health and safety management focuses on delivering safe working practices and upon developing proactive leadership among health and safety managers and supervisors. This chapter presents an insight into the key elements of organization which supports these needs.
