Building Business Federation (CIF) actively represents and serves over 3,000 members covering firms in all areas of the Irish construction sector by means of a network of 13 Branches in 3 Regions all through Ireland and by means of its 37 Sectoral Associations.
CIF delivers its services to members either straight or by means of its Branch Network and Sectoral Associations. Member firms come from all over sectors of the industry and span all sizes of firms from the very smaller to the very substantial. The 37 distinct Associations are grouped in four crucial categories:
Basic Contractors, mechanical & electrical, specialist contractors, dwelling builders
Every single nearby CIF Branch will involve members from each of these 4 sectors.
CIF’s team of building experts know the industry from knowledge, from member feedback and from investigation. As a member you too can advantage from our trouble solving experience.
What they Do
The CIF engages with Government, skilled groups, small business groups and the social partners on our members’ behalf. They monitor challenges and trends, initiate proposals and act in our members’ interests at regional, national and EU levels.
13 Branches
Represent members at nearby level throughout Ireland. Branch members and dedicated regional staff deal with challenges affecting their localities and regions. They contribute to national policies by way of representation on the Federations Executive Physique.
37 Associations
Represent basic contracting, residence creating and specialist firms in Ireland’s construction industry giving a forum for members to create initiatives and deal with challenges affecting each and every sector of the sector.
CIF Safety Services help members in implementing ideal security and well being practices for the prevention of accidents. CIF Security Solutions offers an comprehensive variety of assistance on Security, Health and Welfare problems and also presents training courses created particularly for the Irish Construction Sector as well as individual member enterprise requirements.
Public Consultation – Draft Working on Roads Code of Practice for Contractors with 3 or Less Employees
The Well being and Security Authority has created a draft Functioning on Roads Code of Practice for Contractors with 3 or Much less Employees which it intends to publish in accordance with section 60 of the Safety, Wellness and Welfare at Operate Act 2005 (No. ten of 2005).
The Safety, Well being and Welfare at Perform Act 2005 calls for all employers to have a safety statement for all workplaces which is based on written danger assessments. This Code of Practice permits employers, who employ up to three men and women and are engaged in road functions, to meet the legal requirement to have a safety statement in a basic and uncomplicated way.
This Code of Practice is primarily based on the Well being and Security Authority’s Secure System of Work Plans (SSWP). residential refurbishments relies heavily on pictograms to explain and clarify hazards and controls, therefore generating a wordless document exactly where safety can be communicated to all workers regardless of literacy or language capabilities.
At present there are 5 SSWP for employers to use every one particular covers standard building activities: Ground Operates Home Developing Demolition New Commercial Buildings and Civil Engineering. These SSWP are covered by the Code of Practice for Contractors with Three or Less Workers published in 2008.
This supplementary Code of Practice offers specifically with the Functioning on Roads SSWP. This code of practice can be employed by any trade engaged in road functions.
Operation of Passenger and Goods Lifts
Following a current fatal accident involving operation of a goods lift, the Overall health and Safety Authority is asking all employers to make sure that the lifts on their premises have undergone the essential thorough examination by a competent person.The HSAA would advise all employers in all sectors that passenger and goods lifts including pavement hoists and dumb waiters, are topic to requirements set out in chapter 2 of the Safety, Overall health and Welfare at Work (Common Application) Regulations, [S.I No.299 and 732 of 2007].Lifts have to have a periodic thorough examination by a competent particular person every single 6 months. Reports of such examinations shall be kept readily available for inspection by a HSA inspector. All repairs necessary to lifts will have to also be carried out by a competent individual. Below no situations must goods lifts be applied for carrying passengers unless they meet all the specifications for passenger lifts. All personnel need to be clearly instructed on the dangers of inappropriate use of goods lifts.Lifts which are not designed for lifting persons shall be clearly marked to this impact. Employers are essential to maintain a register of lifting equipment which shall also be kept obtainable for inspection by a HSA inspector. Employers who at the moment have either passenger or goods lifts on their premises ought to guarantee that they have undergone the needed thorough examination and that the dangers linked with the use of such lifts are addressed in the Safety Statement to make sure that these risks are controlled.