PSCS – Project Supervisor Construction Stage

Business Safety provide complete Project Supervisor Construction Stage (PSCS) and PSCS Co-ordinator services for building contractors of all sizes, facilities management companies and clients who self-manage construction work. Under the Safety, Health and Welfare (Construction) Regulations 2006, any client who procures construction work must appoint a Project Supervisor for Construction Stage (PSCS) for co-ordinating the implementation of health and safety measures for each project.

Business Safety have trained and experienced personnel for undertaking the duties of the PSCS for all projects regardless of size, complexity or location. Call Business Safety on 0818 333 212 or use the Quick Enquiry form above to find out how we can manage this aspect of your project.

Construction Regulations FAQ

05-10-11
When is a PSCS required?

Under the Safety, Health and Welfare (Construction) Regulations 2006, a client must appoint a Project Supervisor for Construction Stage must be appointed for any construction project.

30-09-11
How do you define construction work?

The full definition of construction work (as per the Construction Regulations 2006) includes the following:

	the carrying out of building, civil engineering or engineering work including;
		construction, alteration, conversion, fitting out, commissioning, renovation, repair, upkeep, redecoration or other maintenance, de-commissioning, demolition or dismantling of a structure
	the preparation for an intended structure, including site clearance, exploration, investigation and excavation, and the laying or installing of the foundations of an intended structure
	the assembly of prefabricated elements to form a structure, or the disassembly of prefabricated elements of a structure
	the removal of a structure or part of a structure or of any product or waste resulting from demolition or dismantling of a structure or disassembly of prefabricated elements of a structure
	the installation, commissioning, maintenance, repair or removal of mechanical, electrical, gas, compressed air, hydraulic, telecommunication and computer systems, or similar services which are normally fixed within or to a structure

Skip Hire company prosecuted
21/02/2012

Fines totalling €20,000 were handed down to Derry White Skip Hire Ltd and one of its Directors, Mr. Derry White, by Judge Carl Moran in the Limerick Circuit Court on 7th February 2012. The case arose following an accident in 2009 when one of the company’s employees, Jason Dunleavy, had his left arm amputated by [...]

Scaffolding: Accident highlights dangers of high winds

During a recent inquest at Dublin City Coroner’s Court, it emerged that a report warning of incidents of falling scaffolding had been given to site management days before a man was killed at the site in Finglas. The inquest heard that despite the contractors being given a copy of the report, no action was taken [...]

Office safety: Worker loses case after accident

The Circuit Civil Court has dismissed a case involving a worker who fell off her office chair and was suing for €38,000 in damages. Karen O’Toole (43), of Eastham Court, Bettystown, Co Meath, had claimed that on January 12, 2009 she had been attending a meeting at her workplace, Sonopress Ireland Ltd, when the accident [...]

Unsafe Ladder Use
02/12/2011

This photo was recently taken at a filling station in Waterford. It shows two workers standing on a ladder which has been set up on the roof of a van. The workers were carrying out some work to the filling station canopy and set about using the van as an extension for their ladder in [...]

Machine Safety raised in Dáil
27/10/2011

On Tuesday, 25th October 2011, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton was asked by Sinn Féin T.D. Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin as to whether he believed current regulations surrounding machine safety, and in particular regarding local exhaust ventilation were sufficient to protect employees from the harmful effects of exposure to substances that cause [...]