Site Audits & Inspections
Independent Health and Safety Audits for Your Site
Action Safety carries out thorough, independent health and safety audits and inspections for contractors and businesses across Scotland - giving you a clear picture of where you stand and what needs to change. Essential for contractors working on major infrastructure and energy projects. We are based in Dunbar close to the Berwick Bank Windfarm project.
What It Involves
What Is a Health and Safety Site Audit?
A health and safety site audit is a systematic, independent examination of your site, workplace, or management system against legal requirements and industry best practice. It goes beyond a simple walkround - it assesses your documentation, your procedures, your physical conditions, and how well your health and safety arrangements are actually being followed on the ground.
For contractors working on major projects - particularly in the energy, infrastructure, and construction sectors - a pre-project or periodic audit is increasingly expected by principal contractors and clients as evidence that your health and safety management is genuinely effective, not just on paper.
Independent Assessment
CMIOSH-qualified consultant
Why It Matters
Why Contractors Need Independent Site Audits
Meet Client and Principal Contractor Requirements
Major clients — including those managing large infrastructure and offshore energy projects — increasingly require evidence of effective health and safety management. An independent audit report demonstrates that your arrangements have been assessed by a qualified professional.
Identify Risks Before They Become Incidents
An audit catches hazards, procedural gaps, and compliance failures before they result in accidents, enforcement action, or project delays. Prevention is always cheaper than the alternative.
Strengthen Your SSIP and Pre-Qualification Position
An audit report from a CMIOSH-qualified consultant adds weight to your SSIP application and pre-qualification submissions — showing clients that your health and safety management is independently verified.
Demonstrate Compliance to the HSE
In the event of an HSE inspection or investigation, a recent independent audit report shows that you have taken proactive steps to identify and address health and safety risks — which can significantly affect the outcome.
Audit Scope
What Action Safety Audits and Inspects
Our audits cover the full range of health and safety management — from documentation and training records through to physical site conditions and working practices.
Health & Safety Policy
Review of your written policy, statement of intent, and organisational responsibilities against legal requirements.
Risk Assessments & RAMS
Assessment of your risk assessments and method statements — checking they are suitable, sufficient, and specific to the actual work being carried out.
Physical Site Conditions
Walkround inspection of the site covering housekeeping, access and egress, welfare facilities, plant and equipment, and physical hazards.
Training & Competence Records
Review of training records, certificates, and competence evidence for all workers on site — including subcontractors.
Safe Systems of Work
Assessment of permits to work, toolbox talks, induction records, and other safe systems of work in operation on site.
Incident & Near-Miss Records
Review of accident, incident, and near-miss reporting procedures and records — checking that learning is being captured and acted on.
Plant, Equipment & PPE
Inspection of plant, tools, lifting equipment, and PPE — checking condition, maintenance records, and correct use.
CDM 2015 Compliance
For notifiable projects, review of CDM documentation including the construction phase plan, pre-construction information, and duty holder appointments.
Local Expertise
Supporting Berwick Bank Contractors
The Berwick Bank offshore wind development — one of the largest offshore wind projects in the world — is set to bring significant construction and infrastructure activity to the East Lothian and Scottish Borders coastline. Contractors bidding for and working on projects associated with Berwick Bank will face rigorous health and safety pre-qualification requirements from the principal contractors and project managers involved.
Action Safety is ideally placed to support those contractors. Based in Dunbar, we are on the doorstep of the project area. We understand the standards expected on major energy infrastructure projects and can carry out the independent audits, prepare the documentation, and provide the ongoing support that contractors need to win and retain work on projects of this scale.
Discuss Your RequirementsBased in Dunbar
Minutes from the project area
CMIOSH-qualified
Chartered Member of IOSH
Infrastructure experience
Major projects across Scotland
Written audit reports
Accepted by principal contractors
Deliverables
What You Receive After an Audit
- Written audit report with findings graded by priority
- Clear action plan with recommended corrective actions
- Compliance summary against relevant legislation and standards
- Signed report from a CMIOSH-qualified consultant
- Follow-up support to help you close out the actions identified
Industries
Sectors We Audit
Iain Williams
CMIOSH — Chartered Member IOSH
Your Auditor
Carried Out by Iain Williams CMIOSH
Every audit and inspection carried out by Action Safety is led personally by Iain Williams CMIOSH - a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health with over 30 years of experience across construction, infrastructure, energy, and a wide range of other industries. You receive a thorough, professional audit from someone who has worked at the sharp end of health and safety - not a junior consultant working from a checklist.
Book a Site Audit or Inspection
Whether you need an audit to satisfy a client requirement, prepare for an HSE inspection, or simply get a clear picture of where your health and safety stands — get in touch and we'll arrange it quickly.