Obligations of the Contractor and the Consultant

The Contractor shall at all times take all reasonable precautions to maintain the health
and safety of the Contractor’s Personnel. In collaboration with local health authorities,
the Contractor shall ensure that medical staff, first aid facilities, sick bay and ambulance
service are available at all times at the Site and at any accommodation for Contractor’s
and Employer’s Personnel, and that suitable arrangements are made for all necessary
welfare and hygiene requirements and for the prevention of epidemics.
The Contractor shall appoint an accident prevention officer at the Site, responsible for
maintaining safety and protection against accidents. This person shall be qualified for
this responsibility, and shall have the authority to issue instructions and take protective
measures to prevent accidents. Throughout the execution of the Works, the Contractor
shall provide whatever is required by this person to exercise this responsibility and
authority. The Contractor shall send, to the Engineer, details of any accident as soon as
practicable after its occurrence. The Contractor shall maintain records and make reports
concerning health, safety and welfare of persons, and damage to property, as the
Engineer may reasonably require. HIV-AIDS Prevention.
The Contractor shall conduct an HIV-AIDS awareness program via an approved service
provider, and shall undertake such other measures as are specified in this Contract to
reduce the risk of the transfer of the HIV virus between and among the Contractor’s
Personnel and the local community, to promote early diagnosis and to assist affected
individuals. The Contractor shall throughout the contract (including the Defects
Notification Period): (i) conduct Information, Education and Communication (IEC)
campaigns, at least every other month, addressed to all the Site staff and labor
(including all the Contractor's employees, all Subcontractors and any other Contractor’s
or Employer’s personnel, and all truck drivers and crew making deliveries to Site for
construction activities) and to the immediate local communities, concerning the risks,
dangers and impact, and appropriate avoidance behavior with respect to, of Sexually
Transmitted Diseases (STD) - or Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) in general and
HIV/AIDS in particular; (ii) provide male or female condoms for all Site staff and labor as
appropriate; and (iii) provide for STI and HIV/AIDS screening, diagnosis, counselling
and referral to a dedicated national STI and HIV/AIDS program, (unless otherwise
agreed) of all Site staff and labor.
The Contractor shall include in the program to be submitted for the execution of the
Works under Sub-Clause 8.3 an alleviation program for Site staff and labor and their
families in respect of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) and Sexually Transmitted
Diseases (STD) including HIV/AIDS. The STI, STD and HIV/AIDS alleviation program
shall indicate when, how and at what cost the Contractor plans to satisfy the
requirements of this Sub-Clause and the related specification. For each component, the
program shall detail the resources to be provided or utilized and any related sub-
contracting proposed. The program shall also include provision of a detailed cost
estimate with supporting documentation. Payment to the Contractor for preparation and
implementation this program shall not exceed the Provisional Sum dedicated for this
purpose.
The Contractor shall carry out the Tests on Completion in accordance with this Clause
and Sub-Clause 7.4 [Testing], after providing the documents in accordance with
subparagraph (d) of Sub-Clause 4.1 [Contractor’s General Obligations]. The Contractor
shall give to the Engineer not less than 21 days’ notice of the date after which the
Contractor will be ready to carry out each of the Tests on Completion. Unless otherwise
agreed, Tests on Completion shall be carried out within 14 days after this date, on such
day or days as the Engineer shall instruct. In considering the results of the Tests on
Completion, the Engineer shall make allowances for the effect of any use of the Works
by the Employer on the performance or other characteristics of the Works. As soon as
the Works, or a Section, have passed any Tests on Completion, the Contractor shall
submit a certified report of the results of these Tests to the Engineer.

General Requirements of the contractor regarding safety

The Contractor shall engage only those people who have been adequately trained and
instructed in their duties. All operators of equipment and vehicles shall be competent
and hold all necessary licenses in accordance with current legislation. The Contractor
shall employ sufficient numbers of helpers and watchmen who shall guide operators
and provide warning of potential conflict with people and other vehicles, as applicable.
The Contractor shall pay due regard to the safety of his workers. Where appropriate, the
Contractor shall pay particular attention to the safety of operators and all persons in the
vicinity of fuel transfer / storage operations. A prohibition on smoking must be actively
enforced when close to flammable liquids. All equipment and vehicles shall be in a good
and safe working condition. The Contractor must have contingency arrangements in
place to attend to personal injuries that may result from accidents occurring within the
work site.
1. Protection of the Environment / Works
(a) No pollutants shall be allowed to enter any watercourse;
(b) No unauthorized or indiscriminate felling of trees shall be permitted;
(c) No open or uncontrolled fires shall be permitted;
(d) The Contractor shall not cause areas of stagnant water to form, on the surface or in
open containers; (e) All spoil or waste materials remaining after the works must be
neatly disposed of in approved dump sites;
(f) The Contractor shall ensure that the Works, including the action of individual
workers, do not result in any littering. Where such littering does occur, the Contractor
shall be responsible for the collection and proper disposal of the litter;
(g) The use of herbicides and pesticides shall not be permitted.
(h) Excavations, finished works are to be protected from adverse weather and any work
damaged by adverse weather is to be repaired by the Contractor.
2. Quality Assurance
The Contractor shall institute a quality assurance system to demonstrate compliance
with the requirements of the Contract. The system shall be in accordance with the
details stated in the Contract. The Engineer shall be entitled to audit any aspect of the
system. Details of all procedures and compliance documents shall be submitted to the
Engineer for information before each design and execution stage is commenced. When
any document of a technical nature is issued to the Engineer, evidence of the prior
approval by the Contractor himself shall be apparent on the document itself.
Compliance with the quality assurance system shall not relieve the Contractor of any of
his duties, obligations or responsibilities under the Contract.
3. Security of the Site
Unless otherwise stated in the Particular Conditions:
a) the Contractor shall be responsible for keeping unauthorized persons off the
Site, and
(b) authorized persons shall be limited to the Contractor’s Personnel and the
Employer’s Personnel; and to any other personnel notified to the Contractor, by the
Employer or the Engineer, as authorized personnel of the Employer’s other
contractors on the Site
4. Safety of the site
The Contractor shall take full responsibility for the adequacy, stability and safety of all
operations and methods of construction under the Contract.
5. provoke Alcoholic Liquor or Drugs
The Contractor shall not, otherwise than in accordance with the Laws of the Country,
import, sell, give, barter or otherwise dispose of any alcoholic liquor or drugs, or permit
or allow importation, sale, gift, barter or disposal thereto by Contractor’s Personnel.
6. Arms and Ammunition
The Contractor shall not give, barter, or otherwise dispose of, to any person, any arms
or ammunition of any kind, or allow Contractor’s Personnel to do so.

General Requirements of the Consultant regarding safety

Full professional service

A full professional service by a Consulting Engineer to a Client for a project comprises

five main stages, as follows:
1. investigation and report
2. detailed design and preparation of contract documents
3. arranging a contract
4. services-during-construction
5. acceptance of Works, commissioning of systems, and resolution of final account.
In performing services, the principal duty of a Consulting Engineer is to render faithfully
those which are entrusted to him, and the remuneration he receives is solely that paid
by his client.

The main obligation of the consultant is to analyze the work that have been done
by the contractor. If any recommendations, should be directed to the contractor to be
done in right way. In turn the contractor instructs the Engineer to do as the
recommendation. But if the contractor fails to accept the recommendation as the
consultant told, the consultant have the right and responsibility to report back to the
employer.

Comparing and contrasting the responsibilities of contractor and consultant

Regarding safety

Contractors
A contractor is a temporary, independent worker hired to do a specific job for a set
period of time. A contractor will meet with a client to learn their needs and then
complete the client’s task. Contractors are self-employed workers who work for
others for a pre-determined price, meaning that the contract ends when the task is
done.
In essence, contractors are temporary workers who companies can use for jobs as
simple as organizing mail or as complex as programming web applications. Their
value depends on their ability to do a certain job and the demand for that job.
Some of the responsibilities of the contractor regarding health contains

 Protection of the Environment / Works

 Quality Assurance
 Security of the Site
 Safety of the site
 provoke Alcoholic Liquor or Drugs
 Arms and Ammunition

Consultant
Consultants are independent professionals with many years of experience and
broad expertise in an industry. Like contractors, they also enjoy self-employment,
but they are hired for big-picture objectives. They’ll meet with a business to see
what the business is working on and devise a plan to achieve the business’s
overarching goals in the most efficient manner. Consultants are problem-solvers
focused on improving an organization’s practices through expert advice.
They are hired Engineers that assess the work of the contractor in advance of the
given contract between the contractor and the employer. They make sure that
everything is made in order and give recommendations if needed.
Regarding safety the consultant should check the working area(site) and need to
make sure that it is safe to work and also investigate the absence of needed safety
materials that the contractor should provide.
Some of the responsibilities of the consultant regarding health contains
 investigation and report
 detailed design and preparation of contract documents
 making sure that safety guidelines are executed
 investigation of safety guide lines and checking regularly
 creating awareness of the necessity of safety in construction to the
employees
 Reporting back the absence of safety procedures and materials needed in
the site
Regarding the responsibility the contractor have a great responsibility on his hands,
since all the employees are under his contract. So every wrong doing, injury,
pollution, sickness and illness of the workers all this are the responsibility of the
contractor.
 According to the heaviness of the responsibility the contractor have got lot
in his hands