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Everything a supply chain team, council or homeowner asks for, in one place. Policies, RAMS, risk controls, certificates and accreditations, with every document downloadable as a PDF.
Our written policies are published in full and downloadable as PDFs: health and safety, quality, environmental, modern slavery, equal opportunities, anti-bribery, data protection, safeguarding and more.
Accreditations
Every gas engineer registered for the work they do.
Certificate on request
Approved electrical contractor, BS 7671.
Certificate on request
Part P self-certification for domestic electrical work.
Certificate on request
Government-endorsed quality scheme.
Certificate on requestVetted on the supplier register used by public buyers.
Certificate on requestHealth and safety pre-qualification.
Certificate on requestQualified health and safety oversight.
Certificate on requestRated Great by our customers.
Independent reviewsSchedule available on request.
Schedule available on request.
ATKINSONS (NE) Limited builds, repairs and maintains homes, businesses and public buildings across the North East with its own directly employed trades. Every one of those jobs happens in someone's home, workplace or community. We will not accept that anybody should be hurt or made ill by our work.
So far as is reasonably practicable, we will:
Responsibility for health and safety starts with me as Managing Director. I will provide the time, money and people needed to carry out this policy. Every Contracts Manager and supervisor is responsible for making it work on their jobs, and every employee has a duty to look after themselves and others and to follow the arrangements we put in place.
This statement, the organisation and the arrangements that support it are set out in full in our Health and Safety Policy (ATK-POL-01). A copy is available to every employee and to anyone who asks.
The full Health and Safety Policy (ATK-POL-01, version 2.0) runs to 21 pages. It follows the HSE’s Plan, Do, Check, Act approach in HSG65 and the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.
Our commitments, signed by the Managing Director.
Read →Who is responsible for what, from the Managing Director to every operative, with an organisation chart.
Read →CDM 2015, asbestos, work at height, electrical, gas, excavations, dust, noise, vibration, fire, safeguarding, RIDDOR and more.
Read →Inspections, audits, performance measures and how often we check them.
Read →Risk matrix, RIDDOR guide, inspection frequencies, training matrix, legislation register.
Read →The complete policy as a signed, version-controlled document for your file.
↓ 21 pagesSafety is planned, written down and checked, on a kitchen refit as much as a commercial fit-out. Our arrangements are set out in full in our Health and Safety Policy, signed by our Managing Director and reviewed every year.
↓ Health & Safety Policy21 pages · 367 KB↓ Site rules3 pages · 156 KBRead the policy online →
Every job gets a site-specific risk assessment and method statement (RAMS) before work starts. Here is how they are produced, and six sample RAMS showing the standard we work to. Clients receive the site-specific version for their job on request, before we start.
Supervisor visits, checks access, services, asbestos information and who could be affected.
Hazards scored for likelihood and severity. High risks are designed out before work starts.
Step-by-step safe system of work, PPE, plant, permits and emergency arrangements.
Every operative is briefed on site and signs the RAMS before starting.
Contracts Managers visit and check the RAMS is being followed.
If the job, team or conditions change, work stops and the RAMS is updated.
Pitched and flat roof repairs and replacement, chimney work, gutters, fascias and soffits, rooflights and dormers, using scaffolding, mobile towers, MEWPs and ladders for short-duration access.
↓ Download PDF6 pages · 186 KBDomestic and commercial rewires, consumer unit replacement, new circuits, EV charge points, solar PV connections, fault finding, inspection and testing (EICR).
↓ Download PDF6 pages · 183 KBBoiler installation, replacement, servicing and repair, gas safety checks, central heating, unvented cylinders, bathroom plumbing, leak repairs and emergency call-outs.
↓ Download PDF5 pages · 181 KBKitchen and bathroom strip-outs, removal of internal walls (including structural openings with temporary support), ceiling and floor removal, and controls for asbestos-containing materials.
↓ Download PDF5 pages · 180 KBFoundations for extensions, drainage runs and manholes, service trenches, driveways and garden structures.
↓ Download PDF5 pages · 179 KBAny work carried out while people live, work or receive care in the building, including care and nursing homes, supported living, schools, offices and private homes.
↓ Download PDF5 pages · 180 KB| Activity | Main risks | How we control it | Law |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asbestos | Disturbing hidden asbestos in pre-2000 buildings | Survey checked before work, suspect materials tested, licensable work only by HSE-licensed contractors, annual awareness training | Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 |
| Work at height | Falls from roofs, scaffolds, ladders; falling objects | Edge protection, inspected scaffolds, PASMA and IPAF trained operatives, exclusion zones, ladders only for short tasks | Work at Height Regulations 2005 |
| Electrical work | Shock, burns, fire | No live working, safe isolation with lock-off and proving, GS38 test equipment, BS 7671 testing and certification | Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 |
| Gas work | Gas escape, explosion, carbon monoxide | Gas Safe registered engineers for each appliance type, tightness testing, flue gas analysis, unsafe situations procedure | Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 |
| Hot works | Fire from torches, soldering, cutting | Alternatives first, hot-works permits, extinguisher at the point of work, fire watch after work stops | Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 |
| Excavations | Service strikes, collapse, falls | Utility plans, CAT and Genny scans, hand-dug trial holes, shoring over 1.2 m, daily inspections | CDM 2015, HSE HSG47 |
| Dust and silica | Lung disease from cutting and chasing | On-tool extraction or wet cutting, FFP3 masks with face-fit testing, sealed work areas | COSHH 2002 |
| Noise and vibration | Hearing damage, hand-arm vibration | Low-vibration tools, trigger-time limits, hearing protection above 80 dB(A) | Noise and Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 |
| Occupied premises | Harm to residents, blocked fire escapes, safeguarding | Work planned with the site manager, barriers, escape routes kept clear, DBS-checked operatives in care and education settings | Fire Safety Order 2005, Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 |
| Lone working and call-outs | Injury or incident with nobody to help | Lone working risk assessed, check-in on arrival and completion, authority to withdraw if unsafe | Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 |
Notifiable electrical and gas work is self-certified through our NICEIC, NAPIT and Gas Safe registrations, and Building Control is notified. Structural and extension work goes through Building Control approval and inspections.
We take on the principal contractor role where we are the only or main contractor, and carry out the domestic client duties for homeowners, as the regulations require.
We make sure the people doing the work have the skills, knowledge and experience for it, and we co-operate with clients and designers on building regulations compliance.
We flag where notices are needed before work on shared walls or foundations near a neighbour. Our guide →
Licensed waste carriers to permitted sites, transfer notes kept for every load, hazardous waste handled by competent people.
Customer data is handled under UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Privacy policy →
Every trade on our own payroll. We know who is on your job and we stand behind their work.
Right-to-work checks on everyone we employ, and at least the National Living Wage. Zero tolerance of modern slavery.
Operatives in care homes, schools and supported living are DBS checked to the level the setting requires.
Apprentices work alongside qualified tradespeople, never left alone on work they are not yet qualified to do.
Every document as a PDF. References and version numbers match what we put in tender returns. Printed copies are uncontrolled: the version here is always the current one.
| Ref | Document | Type | Version | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK-PQ-01 | Company Compliance Summary | Pre-qualification | v1.0 | 6 pp · 172 KB | |
| ATK-SV-01 | Social Value Statement | Social value | v1.0 | 6 pp · 200 KB | |
| ATK-POL-01 | Health and Safety Policy | Policy | v2.0 | 21 pp · 367 KB | |
| ATK-POL-02 | Quality Policy | Policy | v1.0 | 3 pp · 135 KB | |
| ATK-POL-03 | Environmental Policy | Policy | v1.0 | 3 pp · 135 KB | |
| ATK-POL-04 | Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Policy | Policy | v1.0 | 2 pp · 135 KB | |
| ATK-POL-05 | Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy | Policy | v1.0 | 2 pp · 133 KB | |
| ATK-POL-06 | Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy | Policy | v1.0 | 2 pp · 133 KB | |
| ATK-POL-07 | Data Protection Policy | Policy | v1.0 | 2 pp · 132 KB | |
| ATK-POL-08 | Safeguarding Policy | Policy | v1.0 | 2 pp · 132 KB | |
| ATK-POL-09 | Customer Complaints Procedure | Policy | v1.0 | 2 pp · 133 KB | |
| ATK-POL-10 | Whistleblowing Policy | Policy | v1.0 | 2 pp · 132 KB | |
| ATK-POL-11 | Drugs and Alcohol Policy | Policy | v1.0 | 2 pp · 130 KB | |
| ATK-RAMS-01 | RAMS: Work at Height and Roofing | RAMS | v1.0 | 6 pp · 186 KB | |
| ATK-RAMS-02 | RAMS: Electrical Installation and Safe Isolation | RAMS | v1.0 | 6 pp · 183 KB | |
| ATK-RAMS-03 | RAMS: Gas, Plumbing and Heating Work | RAMS | v1.0 | 5 pp · 181 KB | |
| ATK-RAMS-04 | RAMS: Strip-out, Demolition and Asbestos Control | RAMS | v1.0 | 5 pp · 180 KB | |
| ATK-RAMS-05 | RAMS: Groundworks and Excavation | RAMS | v1.0 | 5 pp · 179 KB | |
| ATK-RAMS-06 | RAMS: Work in Occupied Premises: Homes, Care Homes and Offices | RAMS | v1.0 | 5 pp · 180 KB | |
| ATK-HS-01 | Health and Safety Policy Statement | Health and safety | v2.0 | 1 pp · 123 KB | |
| ATK-HS-02 | Site Rules and Induction | Health and safety | v1.0 | 3 pp · 156 KB |
Insurance certificates, accreditation certificates, a site-specific RAMS or a completed PQQ. Email with “Tender” in the subject and it goes straight to the right person.
