ABSTRACT
Amec's offshore division operates an integrated quality/environment/health and safety management system. Contract lifetimes frequently extend for several years and the nature of Amec's work activities mean that environmental, health, safety and quality issues all attract a high profile within company operations. In most cases, contract arrangements include a documented interface with client integrated management systems, either health, safety, environment and quality (HSEQ) or health safety and the environment (HSE), with quality being considered separately. Amec's environmental management systems developed from a series of environmental reviews, undertaken in some cases by students in support of an environmental management MSc qualification at the University of East Anglia, with which Amec had already established a number of links. In achieving ISO 14001 registration, one of the primary challenges faced by the implementation team was to achieve a consistent approach to management across Amec. A feature of Amec's implementation process has been the latitude allowed to individual environmental advisers in undertaking implementation.
