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Tag Archives: Required Construction Documents
Required Construction Documents Part 3: Health and Safety Policy by Steven Silva
The Health and Safety Policy Statement is all that is required. It is a one page document (usually part of their whole Health and Safety Program which is many pages long). Take a look at my Health and Safety Policy Statement. This is my current policy for my Construction/Consulting company. There are four things that I look for (as does the Ministry Of Labour) in order to make it valid. Continue reading
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Tagged Clearance Certificate, Construction, Construction Documents, Construction Safety, Contractors, Ministry Of Labour, Ontario, Required Construction Documents, Steven Silva, Toronto, Workers Compensation, Workers Compensation Insurace Board, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, WSIB
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Required Construction Documents Part 2: WSIB Clearance Certificate by Steven Silva
Steven Silva’s Required Construction Documents Part 2: WSIB Clearance Certificate: Before I allow any construction contractor to work for me here in Ontario I would ask for a Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) clearance certificate in order to protect myself from potentially being sued. In cases where a contractor does not have WSIB coverage (and I require the services), I could contact WSIB and then holdback the amount required by WSIB from the contract and submit it to WSIB. Continue reading
Required Construction Documents Part 1: Registration Of Constructors (Form 1000) by Steven Silva
Before I allow any contractor to work for me on a construction project here in Ontario, I require 3 Documents to be provided: Registration of Constructors (Form 1000), Copy of a WSIB clearance certificate, Copy of their Health and Safety Policy. I have allowed work to start without contracts, quotes/estimates, and even without references BUT the first three MUST be provided. As I tended to work with smaller contractors, except for the WSIB clearance certificate, they usually had no idea what all the other two were. They also tended to be surprised when I would ask for a WSIB clearance certificate up front. Over the next three blogs I will discuss each one and why I think each one is so important. Continue reading