A Comprehensive Approach to Interacting with Contractors

From Control to Partnership: The Evolution of Working with Contractors

Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) management during the construction of hazardous production facilities requires going beyond standard supervision. In modern practice, the focus is shifting from unilateral control to building full-fledged partnerships between the customer and the contractor. In this webinar, Vladimir Maslakov analyzes a comprehensive approach to interacting with contractors using the example of Rudstroy, the internal general contractor of the Metalloinvest group.

The speaker emphasizes that the fundamental goal of such interaction is the complete absence of harm to workers' health. To achieve this goal, the company has transitioned to a systematic approach divided into four key stages, each aimed at minimizing risks even before the actual execution of work begins.

Admission System: Filtering and Consolidating Requirements

Special attention in the presentation is given to the first stage — the process of preparing and admitting the contractor to the site. Practice shows that safety at the facility is established at the stage of selecting the contractor and signing documents.

• Prequalification before the tender begins. This tool allows assessing the safety culture level of a potential partner even before the commercial selection stage. Screening out companies that do not meet basic HSE standards reduces the risk of incidents during the project implementation phase.
• Integration of HSE requirements into contracts. The speaker shows how cardinal safety requirements and the system of penalties are legally consolidated. This creates transparent rules of the game: the contractor understands in advance not only the technical tasks but also the strict framework for safe work execution, the violation of which entails financial and legal responsibility.

What You Will Learn from This Webinar

• How to build a prequalification process to screen out unsafe contractors before the contract signing stage?
• How are cardinal occupational safety requirements integrated into the legal framework of interaction with the contractor?
• How to transform relationships with contractors from a strict supervision format to a partnership format to achieve zero injuries?