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Minimum Standards

Set the standard with Green Hat Consulting

Establishing clear, robust company minimum standards is essential for ensuring compliance, promoting safety, and maintaining operational excellence. At Green Hat Consulting, we specialise in creating and tailoring standards that align with legal requirements, industry best practices, and your unique business needs.

What are company minimum standards?

Company minimum standards are the foundation of your health, safety, and operational practices. They provide clear guidance for:

  • Health and Safety Compliance: Meeting regulatory and legal obligations.
  • Risk Management: Reducing hazards and safeguarding your workforce.
  • Operational Consistency: Ensuring all staff and contractors follow best practices.
  • Continuous Improvement: Setting benchmarks to monitor and enhance performance.

How we can help

Green Hat Consulting offers comprehensive support in developing, reviewing, and implementing company minimum standards. Our services include:

1. Creation of tailored standards

We work closely with your team to understand your operations and craft standards that:

  • Reflect your industry, company structure, and specific challenges.
  • Comply with all relevant regulations, including HSE guidelines and CDM requirements.
  • Promote a proactive and consistent approach to Health and Safety.

2. Review and gap analysis

Already have standards in place? We’ll evaluate them to ensure they:

  • Meet current legal requirements and industry expectations.
  • Address potential gaps or areas for improvement.
  • Are practical and enforceable across your operations.

3. Implementation and support

We’ll help you integrate these standards into your daily operations with:

  • Staff Training: Ensuring your team understands and follows the new standards.
  • Monitoring Tools: Providing checklists, templates, and resources for seamless application.
  • Ongoing Advice: Keeping your standards up-to-date with changing regulations.

Benefits of robust minimum standards

  • Compliance Confidence: Avoid fines and disruptions by adhering to legal obligations.
  • Enhanced Safety Culture: Foster accountability and reduce workplace incidents.
  • Operational Efficiency: Standardised practices that improve workflow and productivity.
  • Client Assurance: Demonstrate professionalism and reliability to stakeholders.

Why choose Green Hat Consulting?

With years of experience supporting construction, housing associations, and other industries, we understand what it takes to create meaningful, effective standards. Our approach is:

  • Collaborative: We partner with you to ensure the standards reflect your values and operations.
  • Practical: We provide actionable solutions that are easy to implement and maintain.
  • Proactive: Our team stays ahead of regulatory changes, so your standards remain current.

Let’s build better standards together

Whether you’re starting from scratch or enhancing existing standards, Green Hat Consulting is here to help.

Contact us today to discuss how we can tailor company minimum standards to meet your needs.

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Supporting the construction industry

““The Green Hat Consulting team have worked many times for John Weaver Contractors and I have always found them to be very approachable, innovative and professional with their approach to all appointed duties. They have never failed to deliver upon our expectations and I will have no hesitation in appointing them to assist with our business needs in the future, their can-do attitude is a credit to the industry.””
Terry Edwards
Managing Director, John Weaver Contractors
“In our business compliance is king. Compliance is becoming more onerous and complex as time goes on. We chose to partner with Green Hat Consulting for our business compliance requirements. This has freed up considerable time and resources for us. From basic management systems to ISO Standards, Audits and Inspections – they had a suite of compliance services for us to choose from.”
Marc Gunter
Managing Director, Blues Electrical
““ Appointing Green Hat as our Principal Designer early in the RIBA stage process allowed all stakeholders to be on the same page. No one can say they were ‘unaware’. There are inevitably changes in design that occur in a project. Early PD appointment provides flexibility for changes but not at the cost of delays or unforeseen problems along the line.””
Andrew Davies
Project Manager, Lovell
““Clear communication to all stakeholders from architects and designers to specifiers and engineers is key to a successful project. Noticing potential improvements in proposed designs and the actual building work is key to delivering a project on time and on budget. It is so refreshing to work with a professional design team who share these values.””
Steve Knapton
Project Manager - Ty Hafan
““I strive for excellence in my own building and design business and have been delighted in our partnership with Green Hat Consulting who reflect the same excellent standards. They are constantly trying to raise the bar in health and safety compliance.””
Russell Everett
Managing Director, Excel Homes
““Working with Green Hat has given us enhanced status in our bids and tenders and has allowed us to now work with Tier one providers. We now a first class compliance regime to match the rest of our business.””
Jason Quinn
Managing Director, AMROC Heating Services
“”Andrew and the team are experts in their field and so easy to work with. Our retainer agreement means we have all our compliance needs met with one monthly payment.””
Mathew Pritchard
Managing Director, Evan Pritchard Contractors

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