The GapZero Approach

Gaps in the project safety strategy or implementation plan threaten the success of your turnaround or project. CertifiedSafety has developed a collaborative approach to help you identify and then take steps to rectify and eliminate those gaps. We call our process GapZero. It is designed to be a set of proactive and continuous improvement procedures that will examine past and current experience into a post project review taking those lessons learned forward to your next project.

Below are some questions that help identify gaps that could threaten the success of your project:

Leadership

• Who owns the safety of your project?
• Who is responsible for the implementation of your safety plan?
• Do you have the safety specific leadership resources needed prior to the planning phase?

Planning

• Do safety professional walk out critical path jobs with mechanical personnel to identify risk and eliminate or plan around those risk?
• Are safety professionals involved in the project planning phase?
• Are safety professionals involved in developing the work plan?
• Is there a clear and concise communications plan?
• Who owns the safety communications plan?
• Is a plan in place to minimize the delays associated with releasing the plant(s) for permitting mechanical work?

Execution

• Do you have the resources needed to drive the work safely, on-budget and on-schedule?
• Are all of your contractors' safety personnel qualified and objective?
• Are safety audits planned and coordinated around the work?
• Are JSAs (Job Safety Analysis') being completed effectively?
• Are risks being effectively identified and mitigated in the field?
• Are objective and productive interventions taking place?
• Is safety performance being measured?

Post Project Review

• Do you have the resources to hold an effective post project review?
• Was the project safety strategy and plan implemented as planned?
• What aspects of the safety strategy worked well?
• Where can improvements be made?
• Were metrics delivered by contractors?
• What did our safety observations and/or incident data tell us?
• What changes does the group want to see implemented on the next project?
• Do we have all safety related documentation and information in one well organized location?

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