Service Maintenance and Inspection

Caulfield Contractors owns all its own plant and fleet vehicles. To achieve a high standard of safety, service and maintenance and respectively minimum downtime on site with have employed a full time dedicated plant maintenance engineer.

Our plant maintenance engineer has had his skills accredited under the Construction Skills Certificate Scheme (CSCS) to NVQ level 3, Construction Plant Maintenance.

The plant maintenance engineer is also licensed under the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) and the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) to carry out inspections, testing and certification of all our lifting tackle and lifting equipment.

Safety

The construction industry, by virtue of the nature of work and the effect of weather conditions, has always ranked as one of the more dangerous industries.

Caulfield Contractors cares for the safety of its employees, its neighbours ,the environment we share and is committed to carrying out work which is safe, secure and environmentally responsible.

Caulfield Contractors will seek to eliminate, by all reasonably practical means, accidents and hazards in or arising from its activities and create and maintain safe and healthy conditions of work.

Caulfield Contractors recognises the importance in taking ownership of health and safety and in doing so has recruited its own in-house competent health and safety advisor who is qualified with a NEBOSH Dip 1 OSH in occupational safety and health and a member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health.

To assist in implementing our safety management arrangements on site all our managers have CITB safety management qualifications along with Construction Skills Certificate Scheme (CSCS) accreditation in their relevant disciplines.

Our highly skilled workforce have also had their skills recognised through the Construction Industry Certificate Scheme to at least NVQ Level 2 standard. They are also qualified in other core areas of training such as slinger/signaler, abrasive wheels and confined space entry.

Environment

Caulfield Contractors are committed to carrying out their work in an environmentally acceptable and responsible manner.

As a demonstration of our commitment to the environment we are running our entire fleet of road going vehicles on Biodiesel, rather than conventional fossil mineral diesel that is sold at the pumps.

Biodiesels are carbon neutral. This means that the carbon they release when burned is not adding to the net carbon output of the planet.

Conventional fuels such as petrol and diesel emit other pollutants including nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, benzene and particulates. These are reduced by the use of biodiesel.

Through our work on site we prevent environmental pollution by effective planning and on-site procedures. This commitment focuses our efforts on making every effort to minimize the pollution that we will inevitably cause in the course of our work.

The Company recognises the potential and actual effects of its works on the landscape and ecological environment and are therefore committed to the following considerations;

• Ensure that minimum disruption and risk is caused to the local residents;
• Reduce as much as possible the volume of construction traffic using the public highways;
• Wherever practicable take measures to reduce noise and visual impact of our works;
• Always undertake work in such a way as to preserve and protect the indigenous ecology and habitats insofar as it is practicable, and cause least damage to the environment as a whole.

Caulfield Contractors will manage the risk to the environment resulting from our activities, by anticipating such possibilities, being aware of our responsibilities and by taking a proactive approach to dealing with potential accidents.

Quality

Caulfield Contractors takes pride in providing a quality service, tailored to meet the needs of our clients.

Through the implementation of effective and efficient management systems for all activities we:

• carry out our tasks safely and in an environmentally acceptable manner;
• complete projects to the agreed specification, time and price;
• measure and improve our performance on a continuing and demonstrable basis;
• develop our staff to improve the value they add and enhance their job satisfaction;
• comply with all regulatory requirements;
• work as a team and continue to develop good working relationships with our customers and suppliers ;
• always strive to exceed customer expectations.