Estates
Safety Information
As part of Facilities, Estates is commited to ensuring the safety of all staff, students and visitors whilst on any part of our campuses and remote sites. All building and repair work for the University of the West of England is supervised and controlled by our own team of technical surveyors and electrical and mechanical engineers. Please see contacts for details of teams and individuals.
All the Estates contractors have attended the University's Health, Safety and Asbestos seminar and conform to all Health, Safety and Construction guidelines and law.
The University's Health and Safety Policy of 'DON'T WALK BY' is fully supported by the Estates Department and should you discover any faults or areas of concern you are requested to report them via the Facilities Helpdesk on telephone number 222 or by using the Work Request System. For further information on 'DON'T WALK BY' follow this link here.
Should you wish to contact the dept by telephone, please call (0117 328 1) 222 for assistance.
Safety Documentation and Information
- Procedure for the Management of Contractors and Consultants. (Doc 407k)
The Estates Services of the University of the West of England recognises that it owes a duty of care to contractors and those who may be affected by construction work, as well as to its own employees. It is committed to ensuring that systems are in place to ensure the effective planning and safe delivery of projects. To achieve this, the Estates Services will commit adequate resources to the development, implementation, review and amendment of procedures governing the management of contractors. - Safety Principles for Major Projects (PDF 188k)
In order to achieve safe and sustainable projects, project teams (including the master planning team) must consider and comply with 12 guiding principles from the earliest stages of the project - UWE Health & Safety File Procedure (Doc 148k)
Health and Safety Files are critical tools for enabling structures to be safely used, maintained and adapted. They contain important safety information about the structure, enabling those designing or working upon it in the future to understand and manage hazards that may otherwise not be apparent. - UWE Contractors Safety Pack (PDF 2.85Mb)
The purpose of this document is to outline the procedures for ensuring effective co-ordination between the work of UWE contractors and the activities of UWE campuses and addresses how UWE expects sites to be managed. - The UWE Health, Safety & Asbestos Presentation (ppt 2.40Mb)
For all UWE estates contractors.
