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to health and safety
    * managing risks associated with airborne contaminants
    * managing risks associated with hazardous atmospheres including ignition sources
    * storage of flammable and combustible substances
    * managing risks associated with falls, and
    * managing risks associated with falling objects.
Any arrangements the principal contractor provides do not absolve other PCBUs from complying with these requirements. If, for example, a principal contractor provides facilities for the workplace, other PCBUs do not also have to provide facilities but need to satisfy themselves that the facilities provided by the principal contractor are adequate to enable the PCBUs to meet their responsibilities.

The principal contractors may put in place arrangements for ensuring compliance with the above requirements through contractual arrangements, but they cannot rely only on these arrangements to ensure compliance.  The principal contractor may also coordinate with other PCBUs, such as subcontractors, and check compliance whenever the principal contractor attends the construction site. Alternatively, the principal contractor may directly provide the relevant facilities and/or procedures.

Principal contactors also have duties to manage the following specific risks:
    * the storage, movement and disposal of construction materials and waste
    * the storage of plant that is not in use
    * traffic in the vicinity of the workplace that may be affected
    * essential services.
Where required, the risk management process outlined in Chapter 3 of this Code must be followed to manage the associated risks.
Appendix I provides further guidance on workplace management arrangements for housing construction work.

Appendix J provides guidance on workplace management arrangements for general construction work.
Further guidance on specific control measures is located in the Code of Practice: Managing the Work Environment and Facilities.

APPENDIX a – examples of construction work
Table 1 Examples of construction work (as defined in Regulation 289), including housing construction work:

Activity                                                                                                                                 Examples of construction work

Any installation or testing carried out in connection with the construction work, e.g. electrical and alarm systems                          * Installing an alarm system in a building during the fit-out phase of its construction
                                                                                                                                             * Testing an electrical installation in a building under construction (but testing, maintenance and repair work is not covered if the floor has been completed and handed over to the building owner with a certificate of occupancy, unless it is fixing defects arising from the construction work)
                                                                                                                                             * Installing an alarm system in a house during the fit-out phase of its construction
                                                                                                                                             * Testing the electrical wiring and connections in a house under construction (but testing, maintenance and repair work is not covered if the house has been completed and handed over to the owner with a certificate of occupancy, unless it is fixing defects arising from the construction work)
                                                                                                                                             * Fixing defects as