We are Open.
A Health & Safety consultancy
working with your business to build relationships based on trust and competent advice.
Our Purpose
Providing Health and Safety consultancy services to Construction, Land Management, Manufacturing, and Heavy Industry.
To solve the safety challenges all business activities create.
To work closely with you to understand your business and your staff.
To be with you every step of the way to help you to achieve your business goals.
We are called Open as that is how we like to do business with our Clients.
Our Services
Competent
Health & Safety Advice
Do you need access to a competent person for Health and Safety advice within your business? Or are you looking for that experienced hand to complement an existing team?
Tap into our knowledge and expertise and find out how good advice not only helps you comply with the law but also improves your business.
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We strive to be as close to having an in house healthy safety manager as we can.
ISO Standards & Industry Accreditations
Does your business need help gaining certification for your
management system to ISO Standards? Or maybe you want to gain an Industry Accreditation?
We can add value and support to your accreditation submission. We can help as you embark on your ISO certification journey, setting in motion a structured plan for growth by establishing processes tailored to grow alongside your business.
We will be there to guide you through the process and support you once certificated.
Workplace & Site
Inspections
Health & Safety Inspections are about so much more than just ticking a box. They are an opportunity to coach and mentor good safety practices, a chance to identify areas for improvement, at the same time as addressing hazards and ensuring compliance.
After taking the time to understand
your business, we always look for improvement opportunities. We take pride in providing pragmatic solutions that keep people safe and your business compliant. We have both workplace and construction site inspection experience.
CDM Advice -
Principal Contractor
Construction Phase Plans produced by us are tailored to your business, resulting in a document detailing the health and safety risks associated with your projects. We add value to your project with our expert site-based Health and Safety knowledge.
Our Construction Project Compliance Packs provide you with clear documentation, that will have your project sites ticking all CDM and Environmental Compliance boxes, giving you confidence you have all the bases covered.
CDM Advice -
Principal Designer
Acting as a Principal Designer? We can help you discharge your CDM duties by acting as your Health and Safety Advisor. We have experience in Health and Safety at both the design stage and construction phase. Appoint Open to bring health and safety experience into your design work. We’ll help you put together your documents that are not only compliant but work in practice, being clear to read and understand for all involved in the project.
CDM Advice -
Client
CDM can be daunting, even for experienced clients. In the Client role you are responsible for ensuring Health and Safety is managed on your projects. We can help you appoint competent people and businesses and ensure suitable arrangements remain in place throughout the project. Peace of mind you are covering all of your duties. Clear and to the point, that is how we like our documentation. Get that right and you will communicate risk effectively and engage the project team
About
Open Health & Safety provide construction, land management, heavy industry and manufacturing clients like you, with the dedicated support you need to ensure health and safety becomes a day to day part of your ongoing success.
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At Open Health & Safety we are in the health and safety advice business but what really interests us, is your business and how you run it. We understand that each business we work with is unique, with its own set of challenges and opportunities.
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When you work with us, you can expect us to take the time to understand your business and how you operate. We'll ask questions, listen to your concerns, and get to know your team. This way, we build a relationship based on trust and understanding.
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We are here to help you face the challenges of running a safe and healthy workplace. Whether you are looking to improve your safety management system, implement new policies and procedures, or simply want some guidance every now and then to support your existing team, we are here to help.
Your Open Safety Advisor
Health & Safety Consultant - Director at Open Health & Safety Limited
Richard Hardy BEng GradIOSH
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Experience: A wealth of experience in the field of health and safety, with over 20 years in the construction industry. Well-equipped to handle any challenges that may arise and to offer practical solutions to the challenges your business faces. Knowledge of how to help businesses establish and maintain management systems certified to ISO 45001, ISO 14001, and ISO 9001.
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Competence: NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, the flagship qualification offered by the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH). Certified member of IOSH, demonstrating commitment to staying up-to-date with best practice and regulations. An experienced CITB safety trainer, with the ability to get the message across to both operatives and directors.
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Open and Friendly Approach: Working closely with clients to understand their business and the personalities within it. Each come with their own set of challenges and opportunities. That's why we take the Open approach to consultancy services.
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Connected: An established network of industry professionals and specialist consultants to call upon whenever needed, providing a complete service to clients.
Our Story
​Richard Hardy stepped out from a successful career and full time employment to set up Open Health & Safety with a vision of running his own health and safety consultancy and training business, capable of delivering consultancy support to both construction and manufacturing clients of all sizes.
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Richard's career started in Highway Design and Project Management, working for a multinational engineering consultancy in the midlands, after graduating Loughborough University in 2000 with a degree in Civil Engineering. With site based roles on highway schemes also came necessary health and safety training, NEBOSH certificate qualifications in occupational health and construction then followed in 2002. Fast forward 10 years and he was working as a Safety Manager for a specialist contractor, that also ran their own manufacturing base to deliver curtain walling and cladding systems for their Tier 1 contractor clients. With the NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety now under under his belt and with the arrival of children came a relocation to the South Coast. This where he gained first experience as a health and safety consultant and CITB safety trainer, working for a private safety consultancy with over 200 clients across all industries. Finally came a move to regional SME Principal Contractor, working for over 8 years as their HSEQ manager, with a team of safety advisors. A successful contractor managing considerable growth while delivering over £50M of work a year across the South West, with projects across a range of sectors including industrial, commercial, retail, highways, utilities, education, defence and energy for private and local authority clients.
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Get to Know Us
We are committed to providing quality support to our clients. Whether you are a small construction firm, an established principal contractor, work in property development or manufacturing, we have the knowledge and experience to help you manage and improve health and safety in your business.
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While we are currently a one-person operation, we have a network of consultants and specialists that we can call upon when we do need help meet the needs of all our clients. This network has been built over the past 20 plus years in the industry and includes experts in a variety of fields such as fire risk assessment, digital management systems, quality control, business development, safety training, carbon reporting, microgeneration, environmental management, waste recycling, demolition and mental health.
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Although we are currently small in number, we plan to grow with our client base with the appointment of experienced advisors who share the same vision and desire to be part of a small and personal consultancy, dedicated to helping businesses like yours create and maintain health and safe work places.
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Contact
Enquiries
If you are interested in learning more about how we can support your business manage health and safety, please don't hesitate to contact us.
If you're looking for a health and safety consultancy with a personal connection, knowing who will be answering the phone when you call, look no further.
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We look forward to working with you.
