Fixing Contractor Safety: Prequalification Mitigates Major Risks

20 May, 2019

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Executive Summary

This report provides an overview of the valuable role played by prequalification providers in efforts to improve contractor safety management. It serves as a lens for heads of EHS, operations and procurement to identify the pre-qualification specialists who provide services to verify the authenticity of contractors’ key documents and assess their safety performance. Demand for third-party prequalification is driven by the intractable risks inherent in outsourcing work to multiple contractors. The capabilities offered by prequalification providers to assist hiring clients manage the risks are broad and cover assessing contractor firms before a project begins as well as during the ongoing work. The offerings, including online databases, information management tools and safety performance tracking, are at varying levels of technological maturity. 
 
Prequalification Of Contractors Is Essential To Control Risks
Demand For Contractor Prequalification Is Driven By Intractable Risks
Prequalification Providers Offer Broad Capabilities To Mitigate Contractor Risks
Prequalification Providers Have Varying Degrees Of Technological Maturity
Figure 1. Prequalification Providers Resolve Contractor Safety Challenges
Figure 2. Digital Solutions Mitigate Site-Level Contractor Safety Risks
Figure 3. Geographic Presence Of Prequalification Providers

About the Authors

Sebastian Winter

Sebastian Winter

Industry Analyst

Sebastian is an Industry Analyst in the Verdantix Operational Excellence practice. His research agenda covers digital twins for industrial facilities, asset management softwar...

David Metcalfe

David Metcalfe

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David is the CEO and co-founder of Verdantix, where he leads the firm’s strategic direction and client engagement. Since co-founding the firm in 2008, David has built a ...

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