Health & Safety Policy

This public Health & Safety Policy sets out EMT Demolition Ltd’s principles for planning and delivering building and commercial demolition, interior strip-outs, concrete demolition, deconstruction and asbestos coordination. It applies alongside the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, relevant regulations, site requirements and the project’s safety documentation.

This page is not a site-specific safety plan, emergency plan, engineering design or authorisation to start work. Controls must reflect the actual job, workers, plant, neighbours and public exposure. Ask our team for the safety documentation relevant to your project.

Our commitment is to eliminate risks so far as is reasonably practicable, and minimise remaining risks where elimination is not reasonably practicable. Duties must be met by each party to the extent required by law and its influence and control; they cannot simply be contracted away.

Planning must include consultation, cooperation and coordination with other businesses whose duties overlap, and engagement with workers so they can identify hazards, question controls and report concerns. Workers and visitors must follow reasonable safety instructions and avoid putting themselves or others at risk.

• Confirm the work scope, site access, occupancy, boundaries, public interfaces, responsibilities and any required approvals or notifications.
• Review available plans, surveys and hazard information. Identify services and arrange relevant isolations or verification before disturbing structures or ground.
• Choose a suitable work method, competent people and appropriate plant. Assess high-risk tasks, lifting, height, stability, dust, noise, hazardous substances and emergency arrangements.
• Establish the site-specific controls and communication needed for the task. Reassess when conditions, scope, personnel or equipment change.

Demolition and strip-out planning must address structural stability, sequence, live services, falling material, exclusion zones, mobile plant, occupied adjoining areas, silica and other dust, noise and waste handling.

Potential asbestos must be assessed before relevant demolition or refurbishment. Suspected material must not be disturbed for the purpose of obtaining a quote. Asbestos coordination is not a statement that EMT holds every removal or assessor licence: work requiring a licence, independent assessment or clearance must be arranged with appropriately authorised specialists.

Site arrangements must provide suitable separation of people and plant, access control, competent supervision, maintained equipment, task-specific instruction and appropriate protective equipment. PPE is one control and does not replace elimination, isolation or other more effective controls.

The work should be paused and the responsible supervisor informed where an uncontrolled serious risk, unexpected service, unstable condition or suspected hazardous material is identified. Work should resume only when the risk has been reassessed and appropriate controls are in place.

Planning must consider neighbours, pedestrians, traffic, dust, noise, vibration, runoff, waste and the risk of disturbing contamination. Relevant site controls, disposal requirements and approval conditions must be identified for the work. Recycling or salvage depends on safety, material condition and available lawful facilities; no fixed diversion percentage is promised by this policy.

For an immediate threat to life or a serious emergency, call 111 and follow site emergency instructions. The website and enquiry inbox are not emergency response channels. Report a site hazard or incident to the site supervisor or contact us on 04 979 6405.

Incidents and near misses should be reported promptly so risks and controls can be reviewed. Notifiable events must be reported to WorkSafe and the site preserved where the law requires, subject to lawful steps to help people or make the site safe.

Our website displays Tōtika prequalification, SiteWise Gold 2025/26 and relevant industry memberships. These provide procurement context within their assessed scope and validity period; they are not a guarantee of performance or a replacement for project safety controls. Ask for current prequalification, insurance and membership evidence.

We review this public statement when there is a material change. Project-specific plans and briefings must be reviewed as work and risks change. Personal information in safety reports is handled under our Privacy Policy and applicable recordkeeping duties.