Health and Safety

IO is committed to making health and safety a priority in everything we do. We place a high value on the well-being of our employees, clients, industry partners and the general public.

We are placing an increasing emphasis on safety by enhancing the performance requirements on our large construction projects. We are also taking steps to ensure our service providers meet the highest possible safety standards in their day-to-day management of the government’s real estate portfolio and their delivery of the construction projects that support those facilities.

Other IO health and safety initiatives include:

• Chief Prevention Officer-Accredited Health and Safety Management Systems   
  Bidders on IO construction projects must provide proof of a Chief Prevention Officer-accredited Health and Safety Management System (HSMS). Contractors must maintain it for the full duration of the project.
• P3 Project Requirements
  In addition to a CPO-accredited HSMS and the industry standard safety documentation such as CAD7 and WSIR, as part of the prequalification process bidders are required to submit the qualifications of their proposed safety coordinator. As well, we have developed a template approach to preparing and monitoring the site-specific safety plan and the site-specific independent inspection regime. 
• Healthy Government Buildings
  We take pride in applying diligence and fostering collaboration to oversee our property management and project management service providers for the thousands of facilities in the provincial portfolio. Tools include annual audits, recurring review meetings and quarterly reporting specific to health and safety.