Definitions Public companies Private companies Client Partners in a partnership Party inviting and receiving tenders and letting contracts. Sole traders and self employed people Government departments and authorities Consultant Associations, including not-for profits, if Professional party that contracts with a client to they have one or more workers provide design, management or other Local government councils professional services related to construction. Independent schools Cooperatives Construction Universities. All organised activities concerned with demolition, building, landscaping, maintenance, Principal contractor civil engineering work, process engineering, Contractor that contracts with an agency as the mining and heavy engineering. client, and is appointed as principal contractor (as defined in WHS Regulation 2011) for Construction Consultative Committee nominated work. The Construction Consultative Committee consists of representatives of key agencies Project involved in construction procurement and An undertaking with a defined beginning and assists the Government in the development of objective by which completion is defined. A consistent and effective construction project may be completed using one contract or procurement practices, and in promoting the a number of contracts. application of these practices by agencies. Safe design report Contractor A report, prepared by the designer of a PCBU that contracts with a client to carry out structure with unusual or atypical design construction and related services. features, which specifies hazards relating to the design, that, so far as the designer is Government agency reasonably aware, create a risk during NSW government department, authority, construction work corporation or entity established by an Act of the NSW Parliament. The terms ‘government Safe design WHS file or are used agencies’, ‘agency’ ‘agencies’ One method of recording WHS information for interchangeably in these Guidelines. transfer from the designer to the client Notifiable incident Service providers An incident involving the death of a person, or Includes principal contractors, contractors, serious injury or illness of a person or a subcontractors, consultants and suppliers. dangerous incident, (as defined in the WHS Act 2011) that must be notified to WorkCover Subcontractor PCBU that contracts with a contractor as the NSW Government Construction Agencies client to carry out construction and related Government agencies responsible for services. construction procurement projects and represented on the Construction Consultative Supplier Committee (CCC). PCBU that contracts with a client to provide a product and/or service. Person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) . May be an individual person or an organisation conducting a business or undertaking (as defined in the WHS Act 2011) and include.
Definitions Client Party inviting and receiving tenders and letting contracts. Consultant Professional party that contracts with a client to provide design, management or other professional services related to construction. Construction All organised activities concerned with demolition, building, landscaping, maintenance, civil engineering work, process engineering, mining and heavy engineering. Construction Consultative Committee The Construction Consultative Committee consists of representatives of key agencies involved in construction procurement and assists the Government in the development of consistent and effective construction procurement practices, and in promoting the application of these practices by agencies. Contractor PCBU that contracts with a client to carry out construction and related services. Government agency NSW government department, authority, corporation or entity established by an Act of the NSW Parliament. The terms ‘government agencies’, ‘agency’ or ‘agencies’ are used interchangeably in these Guidelines. Notifiable incident An incident involving the death of a person, or serious injury or illness of a person or a dangerous incident, (as defined in the WHS Act 2011) that must be notified to WorkCover NSW Government Construction Agencies Government agencies responsible for construction procurement projects and represented on the Construction Consultative Committee (CCC). Person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) May be an individual person or an organisation conducting a business or undertaking (as defined in the WHS Act 2011) and include. Public companies Private companies Partners in a partnership Sole traders and self employed people Government departments and authorities Associations, including not-for profits, if they have one or more workers Local government councils Independent schools Cooperatives Universities. Principal contractor Contractor that contracts with an agency as the client, and is appointed as principal contractor (as defined in WHS Regulation 2011) for nominated work. Project An undertaking with a defined beginning and objective by which completion is defined. A project may be completed using one contract or a number of contracts. Safe design report A report, prepared by the designer of a structure with unusual or atypical design features, which specifies hazards relating to the design, that, so far as the designer is reasonably aware, create a risk during construction work Safe design WHS file One method of recording WHS information for transfer from the designer to the client Service providers Includes principal contractors, contractors, subcontractors, consultants and suppliers. Subcontractor PCBU that contracts with a contractor as the client to carry out construction and related services. Supplier PCBU that contracts with a client to provide a product and/or service. .
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