Contractor Safety Program Summary

The Contractor Safety Program provides information regarding the communication of Virginia Tech's Health and Safety Program to contractors performing building, facility, or equipment related construction, repair, installation, renovation, or maintenance on Virginia Tech properties, and defines expectations for contractors conducting work on campus.

Applies to

This program applies to contractors and subcontractors performing renovation, demolition, installation, or maintenance operations on Virginia Tech properties and departmental designees responsible for coordinating this program.

Requirements

Departments using contractors must designate a coordinator to interact with contractors and subcontractors to ensure relative information is exchanged and exposures to the public and Virginia Tech employees are minimized or eliminated. Designees must be familiar with the requirements and policies expressed in the guide.

Contractors are responsible for taking all steps necessary to establish, administer and enforce health and safety rules and regulations as established by the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry (VDLI) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Contact information, usable 24 hours-a-day, for the contractor's representative must be provided to the project manager.

Introduction

Purpose

The purpose of this document is to assure the safety of university employees and the public who may be in proximity to renovation, construction, demolition, installation, or maintenance operations performed by contractors.

Scope

This program applies to all Virginia Tech properties in the United States, and to all work performed by contractors, subcontractors, architect/engineering firms, and Virginia Tech employees in or on property owned, leased, or occupied by Virginia Tech. For agencies and firms with no contractual relationship with Virginia Tech, such as media crews or regulatory agencies, see requirements specified in “Agencies/Firms with No Contractual Relationship with Virginia Tech” of this program.

Virginia Tech personnel on construction sites are not considered “contractors,” “subcontractors,” “visitors,” nor “vendors” to the general contractor. Virginia Tech personnel shall be trained by Virginia Tech Environmental Health & Safety on relative hazards and controls and will follow university health and safety programs and policies.