ISO 14001:2004

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ISO 140012004 A view from construction The
Spirit of 96
Kari Critchlow Health, Safety and Environmental
Manager - Midlands Barhale Construction
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Barhale Construction

• Established in 1985
• Civil Engineering
• Water Companies
• Shafts and Tunnels
• Schemes deliver environmental benefit
• Not considered the Impact of construction
• Focused on Safety

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ISO 14001 and Barhale

• Identified a need for a certified EMS
• Increasing client requirement
• Need to assess liabilities and Legal obligations
• Drive business improvement
• Cost savings
• Improved work practice
• Company has strong moral values
• Caring
• Integrity
• Pride

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ISO 14001 and Barhale

• What Barhale did
• Developed IMS from the existing HS and Quality
  management systems June 03
• Introduced an electronic system July 03
• Appoint Environmental Manager Sept 03
• Gained Accreditation Nov 03

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ISO 14001 and Barhale
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What do we want from a certified EMS ?

• That it will Reduce
• Pollution incidents
• The chance of Prosecution
• Costs
• Waste
• Management
• Liabilities
• And that it is credible to our clients

Will the changes to 14001 improve on these ?
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The Changes to 14001 4.3.2 All Legal and
other requirements 4.5.2 - Evaluation of
compliance

• All legal other requirements
• How they apply to the Aspects
• Evaluate compliance
• The Challenge for Barhale
• Working at 100 locations with varying aspects
• Number of other requirements to track
• Client
• Associations

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The Changes to 14001 4.3.2 Legal and other
requirements 4.5.2 - Evaluation of compliance

• Legal and other requirements summaries available
  through our electronic management system
• Corporate Aspects linked to Legal other
  Requirements on electronic management system
• Drill down surveys
• Duty of Care
• Client required Environmental Risk Assessments
• Regular HSE Inspections Checklist reviewed
  against Legal and other requirements

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The Changes to 14001 working for it or on its
behalf

• working for it or on its behalf added to
  clauses
• Environmental Policy
• Competence , training and awareness
• The Challenge to Barhale
• 4,000 subcontractors and suppliers
• 1,500 directly employed staff
• Working at 100 locations everyday

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The Changes to 14001 - working for it or on its
behalf

• Improve Sub Contractor Supplier procurement
  process
• Easy Access / BS8555
• Improve planning process
• Improve our Site Induction Notice Board
• Minimum Training requirements
• Treat all as directly employed when it comes to
• Coaching
• Toolbox talks
• Site training

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The Changes to 14001 - Management Review

• A more structured approach required including
• Planed intervals
• Document decisions
• Prescribed issues to review including
• Results of Internal Audits
• Results of compliance evaluation
• Communications including complaints
• Performance against Objectives and Targets
• opportunities for Improvement
• Change in circumstances

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Summary

• Requirements of clauses more explicit
• More emphasis on company Aspects and how they
  relate to
• Policy and EMS
• Legal and other requirements
• Increased scope of who we need to consider for
  training
• Broadened the compliance evaluation process
• Formalised the Management review process

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Summary The Spirit of 96

• The changes should not add extra burden to those
  who adopted 140011996 in the spirit intended.
• To identify aspects and deal with the impacts of
  our organisation
• To manage and continually improve awareness and
  environmental performance of the organisation
• 140012004 will help EMSs to be more
• Robust
• Consistent
• Credible
• Barhale - ready to drink the 8 year old spirit of
  96