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To view our Loss Prevention Standard that supports this checklist, please view the following link : https://broker.aviva.co.uk/documents/view/aviva_temporary_shutdown_mothballing_construction_sites_lps.pdf
Temporary Shutdown and Mothballing of Construction Sites
Planning to Shutdown/Mothball
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1. Have you notified your insurer and insurance broker that the site will cease operations for an extended period?
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2. Have you updated your Project/Site risk assessment to reflect that the site is beiing shutdown or mothballed?
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3. Has the Project/Site Emergency Response Plan been updated?
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4. Has a Project Recommencement Plan been prepared?
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5. Are reviews/updates of the Project Risk Register being completed as required?
Security Aspects
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6. Will the project/site remain securely enclosed by an adequate and robust security fence throughout the period of shutdown/mothballing?
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7. Are you providing remotely monitored CCTV systems covering the site perimeter and any critical/vulnerable internal areas that are connected to an approved 24hr manned remote monitoring facility/Alarm Receiving Centre?
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7.1 Do CCTV systems feature PIR movement sensors supported by a "voice challenge" facility provided from the CCTV control room.
General Housekeeping & Storage
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8. Are areas used for materials/equipment storage away from areas of the site that are at risk from flooding?
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9. Have you been able to raise/elevate equipment and materials off the ground?
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10. Have you removed all waste materials from site?
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11. Have you minimised storage within all buildings wherever possible, especially combustible materials?
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12. Have fuel oils and gas cylinders been either removed from site or otherwise stored in an appropriate secure and external area?
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13. Have you been able to isolate all non-essential utilities and services?
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14. Will intruder alarms and any automatic fire alarm systems remain operational and connected to a 24 hr manned approved Alarm Receiving Centre?
Construction Plant and Machinery
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15. Has construction plant/equipment been either removed from site or been parked or stored in a secure compound outside of a flood risk zone?
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16. Have you removed from site any keys or batteries from large items of construction plant to prevent them from being stolen?
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17. Where cranes are left on site, have you ensured that jibs on mobile cranes have been lowered and that any tower cranes have been left so that they ‘free slew’?
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18. Are arrangements in place for the continuation of any required equipment maintenance or statutory inspections?
Installed Electrical and Mechanical Equipment
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19. Have any electro-mechanical installations been shutdown and/or de-energised in accordance with manufacturers instructions and recommendations?
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19.1. Are plant rooms competely sterile of combustible materials and secured?
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19.2. Will any fixed fire protection of any electro-mechanical installations remain operational?
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Please arrange for the installation to be shutdown/de-energised as per manufacturers instructions.
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19.3. Are arrangements in place for any necessary/required inspection/maintenance of any installed electrical and mechnical equipment (includes Statutory Inspections)?
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Statement: Please arrange for the installation to be shutdown/de-energised as per manufacturers instructions.
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19.4. Are any required supplies of fuels/utility guaranteed?
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Statement: Please arrange for the installation to be shutdown/de-energised as per manufacturers instructions.
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19.5. Are plant rooms competely sterile of combustible materials and secured?
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20. Have you ensured any electro-mechanical equipment that is on site but not installed/commissioned is stored and preserved in accordance manufacturer’s recommendations and where possible covered in a flame resistive temporary covering materials (e.g. materials meeting LPS1207 or equivalent).
Preventing Water Damage
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21. Are the premises water tight?
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21.1. Are there benefits in using flame resisting temporary covering materials to prevent water damage to vulnerable areas, installed equipment or areas of high value? (e.g.using materials meeting LPS1207 or equivalent)
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22. Have you isolated and drained down water systems and supplies?
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22.1. Are you able to provide remotely monitored leak detection equipment?
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22.2. Are the locations of water shut off valves/stopcocks clearly displayed on a plan of the site that is provided at the main site entrance?
Earthworks Excavations & Storage
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23. Are plant rooms competely sterile of combustible materials and secured?
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24. Have large sections of exposed earthworks been adequately covered or protected from the elements wherever possible?
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25. Are all temporary and permanent drainage runs clear and flow freely, including discharge points, oil, silt and settlement traps, etc?
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26. Are arrangements in place to complete regular inspection and maintenance of pumps and dewatering systems?
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27. Where continued operation of pumping systems is critical, have remotely monitored alarms on pump operation been installed been installed?
Temporary Works
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28. Have structural reviews and risk assessments been completed for all temporary works?
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29. Are arrangements in place to conduct regular inspections and maintenance of temporary works during extended shutdown periods?
Structural Design
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30 Have assessments been made of the effects of wind loadings on structural integrity, including the use of any temporary covering materials?
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31 Are arrangments in place to review and re-assess the continued structural integrity of structures at appropriate intervals during extended periods of shutdown/mothballing?
Completion
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Overall Comments
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Completed by: (Name and Signature)
