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A Canadian construction site joint health and safety committee meeting scene. Four workers in high-visibility vests and hard hats, two wearing orange vests (worker representatives) and two in white vests (supervisors/management), seated around a folding table on an active construction site.

Site ManagementJune 15, 2026 · 7 min read

Joint health and safety committees in Canadian construction: who needs one and what they do

A joint health and safety committee is one of the most powerful tools for preventing injuries on a construction site. By bringing workers and management together to identify hazards and recommend solutions, these committees make safety a shared

Terrance Leacock

NCSO & Construction Superintendent

A Canadian construction site foreman reviewing a pre-task planning form with three workers on an active site, SafeBuild Canada

Site ManagementJune 12, 2026 · 9 min read

Pre-task planning on Canadian construction sites: how to do it right

Every serious incident on a Canadian construction site represents a failure of imagination. Someone failed to imagine how a piece of equipment could fail, how a trench wall could collapse, or how a worker could fall. Pre-task planning is the formal process

Site supervisor and general contractor reviewing a construction site safety plan binder at a large active Canadian construction project

Site ManagementMarch 16, 2026 · 19 min read

How to build a construction site safety plan in Canada

Most construction site safety plans in Canada share the same flaw: they were written once, filed in a binder, and never looked at again. The plan exists. Workers do not know what is in it. Supervisors have not reviewed it since the project started.

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