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To provide incentives to follow best practices, it is
recommended construction insurance companies in the
province develop a system that allows them to provide financial
incentives for companies with a demonstrated, defensible,
formalized, and documented safety-related
education process.
Reasonable
Enforcement of
Regulations
Reasonable enforcement of regulations refers to actions by
enforcement authority officials and enforcement processes.
These actions aim to arrive at fair rational outcomes, such as
education and penalties that correspond to the gravity of the
violation and demonstrated safety culture, without imposing
unnecessarily high transaction costs on any participant,
including the enforcement authority.
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REFERENCE: The regulatory agencies, British Columbia Safety Authority and
WorkSafeBC, have agreed to apply reasonable enforcement of regulations as
stipulated.
Insurance
Benefits
Preferred Access
to Design and
Administration
Consultants
To provide incentive to consultants who demonstrate compliance
to Best Practices, it is recommended that Municipalities and
others who employ design and administration consultants ensure
they build a process into their contract awarding process which
accomplishes this. This processmay include such items as:
Ÿ Appropriate use of SUE
Ÿ Appropriate use of pre-engineering process encompassing
notification of utilities, drawing circulation and tender
document inclusions
Ÿ Vetting contractors through a preferred access process
Ÿ Inclusion of appropriate contract language that recognizes
theORCGA's Best Practices and requests compliance
They will also ensure that their contracts include incentives
and/or penalties regarding performance requirements.
Cost Benefits Best Practices are always thought to be the best alternative and as
such have an inherent cost benefit
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