Mr Tim A Sims
BSc (Hons), CMIOSH, AIFIRE, IMAPS
Overview
National consultancy provision of Safety, CDM & Fire Services.
RLB provides a comprehensive range of health and safety consultancy services. Our team of Health & Safety professionals provide our clients with advice and assistance, to help achieve compliance with their statutory duties under existing health and safety legislation, including management of Health & Safety Regulations 1999 and CDM 2015, for construction projects, maintenance and repair works.
Our Health & Safety professionals are registered on the HSE’s approved Health & Safety Consultants Register (OHSCR), and hold recognised qualifications and accreditations, including Chartered Fellow members of IOSH, Fellow members of APS and Chartered members of RICS and / or CIOB.
Our experts are active members of industry safety working groups.
Our practitioners provide training and are experienced in the delivery of IOSH, APS, CITB accredited training programs as well as a range of bespoke health and safety management and CDM15 courses.
Our services include:
- Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, advice, monitoring and audits
- Due Diligence and Gap Analysis
- Property and Real Estate Asset Assessments
- Roof Risk Assessments
- Property Risk Assessments
- Fire Safety Risk Assessments
- Fire Safety
- Fire Safety Policies
- Fire Safety Risk Assessment (FSRA)
- FSRA audits and reviews
- Fire Safety Evacuation plans (General)
- Accident and Incident Systems and Investigations
- Expert Witness services
- Monitoring – audits, inspections and surveys
- Maintenance Access Strategies
- Transport and Security
- Procurement and review/ revision of contracts
- Development / review of existing policies and management systems
- Construction Design and Management (CDM) services
Construction Design and Management Services
RLB has successfully provided Construction Design and Management (CDM) services since the CDM Regulations were introduced in 1994. We provide these services to a wide range of clients and have the resources, systems, and flexibility to deliver projects ranging from minor refurbishments to major complex regeneration projects.
Our expertise includes:
- Independent Client Adviser (ICA)
- Principal Designer (PD)
- Principal Designer Adviser (PDA)
- Competence assessment of organisations and / or individuals to carry out the duties of Principal Designer, Designer, Principal Contractor and Contractor
- CDM Regulations 2015 bespoke training, including two-day Principal Designer Course and advice (accepted by professional bodies and developed and delivered by IOSH and CITB accredited tutors)
RLB is committed to:
- Making occupational health and safety an integral part of managing construction projects
- Identifying hazards and associated risks, as early in the design stage as possible
- Encouraging cooperative and collaborative working between all parties
- Fully engaging all duty holders in the principles of prevention
- Improving occupational health and safety project planning
- Reducing unnecessary paperwork and promoting better communication, consultation and collaboration.
Specialisms
| Industry | Years Experience |
|---|---|
| Air transport | 20 |
| Armed forces | 20 |
| Catering and hospitality | 20 |
| Cement | 20 |
| Ceramics | 20 |
| Chemicals | 20 |
| Concrete | 20 |
| Construction | 20 |
| Docks | 20 |
| Education | 20 |
| Engineering | 20 |
| Entertainment and leisure | 20 |
| Fire and rescue services | 20 |
| Food and drink manufacture | 20 |
| Gas | 20 |
| Haulage | 20 |
| Heavy clay and bricks | 20 |
| Local government | 20 |
| Manufacturing | 20 |
| Mining | 20 |
| Molten metals | 20 |
| Nuclear | 20 |
| Offshore oil and gas | 20 |
| Public services | 20 |
| Police | 20 |
| Quarries | 20 |
| Railways | 20 |
| Recycling | 20 |
| Refractories | 20 |
| Retail | 20 |
| Warehousing | 20 |
| Waste management | 20 |
| Topic | Years Experience |
|---|---|
| Disability | 20 |
| Falls from height | 20 |
| Business benefits | 20 |
| Corporate manslaughter | 20 |
| Corporate responsibility | 20 |
| Diversity | 20 |
| Equipment at work | 20 |
| Fire and explosion | 20 |
| GHS (Globally harmonised system) | 20 |
| Fire and explosion | 20 |
| Involving workers | 20 |
| Human factors | 20 |
| Leadership | 20 |
| Maintenance | 20 |
| Managing for health and safety | 20 |
| Pipelines | 20 |
| Radiation | 20 |
| Risk education | 20 |
| Risk management | 20 |
| Road safety (work related) | 20 |
| Transport (workplace) | 20 |
| Setting an example | 20 |
| Asbestos | 20 |
Services
Fees
Our core service offerings are:-
Construction Safety; Client CDM Advisor, Principal Designer
Infrastructure & Major Programmes; SHE Services
Fire Consultancy; Fire strategy, Fire Risk Assessments, Compartmentation Surveys
Workplace Consultancy; gap analysis, management systems
Training; CDM, Safety & Fire
Access Consultancy: Equality Act, Accessability requirements
Asbestos surveys
Asbestos Consultancy
Environmental Management
Environmental Management Consultants
Quality
Quality Assurance Service
Audits
Worksplace Audits
Construction Work
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 sets out the statutory framework for health, safety and wellbeing management on all projects / programmes in the UK. To support our Clients both understand their responsibilities and implement effective solutions we provide a CDM Consultancy service that has a primary focus on integrating health, safety and wellbeing into project / programme delivery through the development and implementation of effective management arrangements. We have three solutions with each offering an opportunity to add value and deliver positive outcomes for our Clients and their projects;
Principal Designer
Principal Contractor
CDM Adviser
General consultancy
Our ‘Corporate / Strategic advisor’ service provides high level safety, health and quality advice to clients to support them in governing and managing their businesses. The service can be tailored to enable them to meet their moral, legal, economic and corporate social responsibilities under current UK Health and Safety Legislation and can be accredited to ISO45001 and / or ISO 9001 standards. The service can range from the development and implementation of a total integrated Safety and / or Quality Management System (SMS) to a specific element of safety and quality management i.e. policy development.
This service includes an evaluation of their existing provision to support the development of their:
- Vision and strategy
- Policy for quality and safety
- Systems and processes for delivery
- Staff / Supplier behaviour and culture
- Performance and benchmarking (KPI)
Inspections
Workplace Inspcetions
Investigations
Workplace investigations
Events and exhibitions
Events Consultancy
Inspections of Common parts
Workplace Inspections
Residential Care Homes
Care Home Assessments
Safety at Sports Grounds
Leisure Sector
Accredited Training
IOSH
Bespoke Training
Bespoke Training
Coaching
Coaching
E-learning
Safety E Learning packages
COSHH
COSHH
Display Screen Equipment (DSE)
DSE
Fire
Fire Consultancy
Manual Handling
Manual Handling
Work History
| Role | From - To | Job Title / Description |
|---|---|---|
| Health, Safety, Environment & Quality Consultant | 10.2000 - today | Responsible for strategic development and provision of Health & Safety consultancy services across the Midlands region. |
Membership of Professional Bodies
| Professional Body | Membership | Member since | OSHCR Eligible Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| IOSH | Chartered Member (CMIOSH) | 01.2007 | 01.2007 |
Qualifications
| Accrediting Institute | Type | Qualification | Date passed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | Degree or Above | Bsc (Hons) Environmental Science | 07.2000 |
| City & Guilds | Diploma | Level 4 NVQ in Occupational Health & Safety Practice | 01.2005 |
| NEBOSH | Certificate | General Certificate | 05.2001 |
| NEBOSH | Certificate | Construction Certificate | 05.2002 |
| Other | Certificate | Fire Risk Assessment | 08.2004 |
| CITB | Other | CSCS | 01.2010 |
Further Information
I am a chartered safety professional with a wide range of Health, Safety, Environmental & Quality experience. I have an excellent knowledge of legislation in particular the construction industry and strive for excellence in service delivery.
I am a highly motivated and experienced practitioner with a proven track record in achieving both safety and commercial targets. I seek to continually develop myself and others around me, my commitment to safety make me a passionate member of any project team.
My personal specilalities are listed below:- (wider skill sets sit within our National Team)
Sectors: Health, Education, Urban Regeneration, Telecoms, Infrastructure and Industrial & Manufacturing, Remediation.
Specialties: Health, Safety, Quality & Environmental, Consultancy, Construction, Supply Chain Improvement, Auditing, CDM Advisor, Principal Designer, Tranistion Management