ConSASS Audit

Every construction worksite with a contract sum of S$30 million or more is required to appoint an approved independent external auditing organization to audit the Safety and Health Managing System (SHMS) of the worksite at least once every 6 months.

A construction (ConSASS) audit assures you that financial expenditure of the project is being well managed and monitored, which strengthen relationships among the developer, contractor and other stakeholders. When you perform audits, costs are verified and the cost structure is reviewed. This can significantly shorten the construction period. A shorter construction period saves the developer and the contractor a lot of time, money and effort.

The Construction Safety Audit Scoring System (ConSASS) implemented by the Ministry of Manpower intends to overcome the challenges of approved auditing organizations using their own scoring system to grade the performance of the implementation of SHMS at the worksites by providing a standardised checklist and scoring system. With the unified system, ConSASS provides an easy cross comparison between worksites in term of their effectiveness in managing safety and health risks at work. This will motivate the contractors to strive for improvement in managing safety and health risks at their worksites.

ConSASS is able to portray the maturity levels of each element of the SHMS in a worksite. With the availability of the maturity information of each element, the management of the worksite could focus its attention to elevate the weaker elements in order to improve the overall maturity of their SHMS to manage safety and health risk. From these results, Developers/Clients are able to assess and compare the capabilities of the contractors in managing WSH risks in a construction project.