Calon Safety - Independent Principal Contractors

At Calon Safety Solutions, we provide elite, independent Principal Contracting and Health & Safety management for high-stakes capital projects across the UK. We do not just consult; we take operational control of your site’s safety infrastructure, ensuring absolute legal compliance, protecting your workforce, and preventing costly regulatory delays.

From the initial design phase through to final handover, our certified experts integrate seamlessly with your project team to deliver uncompromising safety standards tailored to your specific operational environment.

We approach every capital project with a rigorous, systematic methodology designed to mitigate risk before it impacts your timeline.

1. Pre-Construction & The Construction Phase Plan (CPP)Before ground is broken, we develop a comprehensive, site-specific Construction Phase Plan (CPP). We conduct exhaustive reviews of all contractor Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS), ensuring every hazard is identified and controlled. Our pre-construction phase includes establishing emergency procedures, welfare facility requirements, and site security protocols to guarantee operational readiness from day one.

2. Active Site Audits and Contractor Vetting

Once the project is live, we transition to active enforcement. We do not rely on paperwork alone; our on-site presence ensures standards are physically maintained.

• Daily & Weekly Inspections: We conduct documented walkthroughs assessing PPE compliance, housekeeping, and dynamic site hazards.
• Contractor Management: We vet, onboard, and continuously monitor all sub-contractors, ensuring they operate strictly within approved safe systems of work.
• Permit-to-Work Controls: We strictly manage high-risk activities, issuing and auditing permits for hot works, confined space entry, and electrical isolations.

3. Ongoing Monitoring & Final Handover 

Safety is a continuous cycle. We hold regular toolbox talks, monitor leading and lagging safety indicators, and adapt our strategies as the project evolves. Upon project completion, we compile and hand over a legally robust Health and Safety File, providing you with a complete audit trail and ongoing maintenance safety data for the structure.

Navigating UK health and safety law requires expert precision. Calon Safety Solutions ensures your project operates flawlessly within the legal frameworks enforced by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

• CDM Regulations 2015: As your appointed Principal Contractor, we discharge your legal duties under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015. We coordinate the construction phase, manage the site, and ensure all duty holders cooperate effectively.
• PUWER 1998: We enforce the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations, ensuring all machinery brought to site is suitable, maintained, and operated only by competent, fully trained personnel.
• Comprehensive Statutory Adherence: Our oversight covers all core UK legislation, including the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA), COSHH (hazardous substances), and the Work at Height Regulations 2005.

Generic safety advice fails in complex environments. Our Principal Contracting approach is dynamically adapted to the unique, high-severity risks of your specific sector.

Renewable Energy Infrastructure Securing alternative energy and renewable energy sites requires managing hazards that go far beyond standard construction. We implement bespoke safety systems to manage high-voltage electrical risks, complex lifting operations, and working at  heights. Because renewable sites are often in remote or harsh environments, our emergency response planning and lone-worker protocols are rigorously stress-tested to ensure rapid response capabilities regardless of location.

Chemical Processing & ManufacturingUpgrading or expanding active chemical plants requires meticulous process safety management to prevent catastrophic incidents. Our approach in these environments is heavily weighted toward containment and explosive atmosphere prevention. We integrate seamlessly with your existing DSEAR (Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations) and ATEX protocols, ensuring construction activities never compromise your live operational safety, product integrity, or environmental compliance.

Generic safety advice fails in complex environments. Our Principal Contracting approach is dynamically adapted to the unique, high-severity risks of your specific sector.

Renewable Energy, EfW & Alternative Fuels Securing alternative energy infrastructure—encompassing Energy from Waste (EfW), gasification plants, and biomass (straw burner) facilities—requires managing hazards that go far beyond standard construction. We implement bespoke safety systems to manage high-voltage electrical risks, extreme thermal hazards, complex plant machinery, and heavy lifting operations. Because these sites often involve high-risk commissioning phases in remote or harsh environments, our emergency response planning and lone-worker protocols are rigorously stress-tested to ensure rapid response capabilities regardless of location.

Food & Beverage Manufacturing Upgrading active food production facilities requires a delicate balance between heavy construction and strict hygiene compliance. Led by professionals with deep, direct operational experience managing safety within top-tier multinational food environments (including global FMCG and confectionery leaders), we understand the critical necessity of segregating construction hazards from live production. We enforce strict dust control, contractor hygiene protocols, and cross-contamination prevention to protect your product integrity, audit status, and BRC compliance.

Distilleries & Chemical Processing Expanding active chemical plants or scaling brewery and distillery operations requires meticulous process safety management to prevent catastrophic incidents. Our approach in these environments is heavily weighted toward containment, confined space management, and explosive atmosphere prevention. We integrate seamlessly with your site's existing DSEAR (Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations) and ATEX protocols, ensuring construction activities never compromise your live operational safety, product yield, or environmental compliance.

Here at Calon Safety, our dedication lies in delivering the highest standard of health and safety services to our clients. We strive to enhance organisations' health and safety culture by setting a prime example, enforcing safety standards, and elevating site standards to achieve global excellence in health and safety. 

Our team of seasoned health and safety consultants bring a wealth of expertise, knowledge, and experience from various industry backgrounds, ensuring a high level of competency across the board.

Calon Safety Solutions LTD operates on a business model centred on creating shared value for both the company and society. 

We champion our safety culture by implementing stringent policies, procedures and safe systems of work for employees and contractors. We not only influence the safety ethos within our communities but also set a benchmark for commitment whilst striving to eliminate accidents on sites, aiming for a safety record that surpasses zero harm.

This unwavering commitment enables us to deliver a service of global standards to our clients on their projects, underscoring our resilience and determination to oversee your project from inception to completion flawlessly, ensuring no compromises or incidents along the way. 

Temporary Health & Safety Consultants for Principal Contractors & CDM Projects

Need short-term health and safety expertise for your project?
We provide highly qualified, experienced temporary Health & Safety Consultants to support Principal Contractors and CDM-compliant works across a wide range of industries.

Whether you require cover for a specific phase of work, support during a high-risk operation, or expertise in managing health and safety under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, our consultants are ready to integrate seamlessly into your team and keep your project compliant, safe, and on track.

• CDM 2015 expertise – Supporting compliance from pre-construction through to project completion
   
• Risk assessment and method statement (RAMS) support
   
• Site safety audits, inspections, and reporting
   
• Accident and incident investigation
   
• Temporary safety staffing requirements
   
• Support with HSE liaison and documentation
   
• Fully IOSH-accredited professionals
   
• SafeContractor Approved organisation
   

Whether you're a principal contractor needing temporary site-based safety leadership or a client in need of additional CDM compliance support, we deliver flexible, reliable, and cost-effective health and safety cover you can trust.

Calon Safety Solutions offers comprehensive health and safety site inspections/audits for all CDM projects on behalf of the clients or for other principle contractors.

Our auditing and assessment services are conducted by knowledgeable professionals with a deep understanding of local regulations, best practices, and international standards. We customise our protocols to suit your specific operations, guaranteeing thorough audits, inspections, reporting, training, permitting, programs, and monitoring.

Our seasoned auditors bring extensive experience across diverse industrial sectors with expertise in H&S permitting, program development and policy management. 

Trust Calon Safety Solutions to enhance your workplace safety and compliance with industry-leading practices. 

Here at Calon Safety we can ensure you comply with health and safety regulations for construction projects, by submitting an F10 form on your behalf, this is crucial under specific circumstances:

- If your project extends beyond 30 working days with over 20 workers concurrently on-site, OR

- If it surpasses 500 person-days of construction work (e.g., 10 workers for 50 days = 500 person-days).

🛠 Purpose of the F10 Notification:

- Notifying the HSE about the commencement of a notifiable project.

- Clearly identifying duty holders (client, principal designer, principal contractor).

- Confirming the presence of health and safety management arrangements.

📋 Responsibility for F10 Submission:

- The client ensures project notification.

- Typically, the principal designer handles F10 preparation and submission on behalf of the client.

📌 Information on an F10 Form:

- Project name and address

- Client particulars

- Principal designer and principal contractor information

- Work description

- Planned project start and end dates

- On-site personnel count

- Details of significant health and safety risks