The compliance side of the job, handled by people who've been on site.
You won a job and the client wants SSIP evidence by Friday. A project tipped into notifiable and someone has to be the Principal Designer. A Tier 1's auditor is coming and your folders don't match the deck. Spectra handles the lot from one place, and the consultant you speak to has worked in construction, not just read about it.
Worked alongside contractors, principal contractors and designers for over 25 years.
The compliance demands don't arrive one at a time, and rarely when you've a spare afternoon.
Most enquiries start with one of these. The earlier we're in, the less unpicking there is later — a readiness check now beats a scramble the week the auditor lands.
A main contractor has asked for SSIP, ISO or safety evidence in a format your current system can't generate, and the tender clock is running.
The job tipped over into notifiable and the client needs a Principal Designer appointed. Now someone has to carry the duty properly.
A Tier 1 auditor is booked, or has just found gaps between your paperwork and what's actually happening on the deck.
The prequalification for a bigger contract needs stronger compliance evidence than the systems that got you this far can show.
It's ended up with someone who didn't sign up for it and can't evidence competence when a client or the HSE asks.
SSIP, Principal Designer and site H&S are three different things. Here's each, kept separate.
These get lumped together, and it's confusing unless you already know the jargon. They're not the same job: SSIP is accreditation to get you onto tender and PQQ lists; the Principal Designer role is a legal duty on a project; and general health & safety is keeping people safe on site day to day. We cover all three — and because it's one supplier, the paperwork lines up instead of you stitching three opinions together the night before a deadline.
The day-to-day safety work, done properly — not just the CDM paperwork.
Most of construction health & safety isn't the notifiable-project stuff; it's the routine that keeps people safe and keeps you off the HSE's radar. This is the ongoing support your named consultant provides, whether or not a project triggers CDM.
Planned and unannounced site inspections and safety audits, with risk-ranked findings, photographic evidence and a clear action plan you can actually work through — not a 40-page list that paralyses you.
Risk assessments and method statements built around how the work actually runs on your site, plus COSHH and task-specific controls, rather than generic templates a client's auditor will see straight through.
We act as your competent person under the Management Regs, so the legal duty sits with someone qualified — and you have a named expert to call when something lands that you weren't expecting.
First response when something goes wrong, root-cause investigation, corrective actions, and RIDDOR reporting handled correctly so a bad day doesn't become an enforcement problem.
Short, engaging briefings and competency checks for supervisors and operatives, so the controls on paper are the controls being used on the deck.
Action trackers, review schedules and straightforward reporting, so standards hold between visits and you can evidence it when a Tier 1 auditor or the HSE asks.
One named consultant who knows construction, and knows your sites.
Not a different voice each time you call. Over a year they become an extension of your team. It's an ongoing advisory relationship, not a job number that closes when the report lands.
The specialists you'll actually work with.
You get named consultants, qualified in their field, who learn your sites and your people. Matthew carries the CDM and Principal Designer duties; Charlotte handles SSIP and accreditation.
“I've stood on the sites I write duty-holder advice for. The plan has to work when the job is running, not just on paper.”
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“Most contractors had the safety right all along. The job is turning what you do into evidence an assessor accepts, first time.”
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Construction compliance questions
Do we need SSIP accreditation to win construction work?
Does CDM 2015 apply to small jobs?
What does a Principal Designer actually do on a construction project?
Can one firm handle our CDM, H&S and SSIP together?
A tender deadline is close. How quickly can you start?
Do you only work with large contractors?
We're nationwide. Are you?
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Alison always picks up the phone and quickly sorts whatever we throw at her. I cannot recommend her highly enough.
Marco expertly guided us through achieving our ISO 9001 certification. Our sincere thanks to the whole Spectra team.
From start to finish, Barrie was professional, knowledgeable and proactive as Principal Designer on our project.
Twelve common site and workplace hazards, scored the way the HSE expects, with a worked example so two assessors land in the same place. Free 30-minute review.
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