For a principal contractor appointing specialist subcontractors across a large residential development, health and safety oversight is one of the most significant responsibilities they carry. Every subcontractor on site is ultimately working under the principal contractor’s CDM obligations — which means that inconsistent safety standards from a subcontractor don’t just create risk for that subcontractor’s workforce. They create risk for the principal contractor too.
The Globe Group’s structure — four specialist divisions operating under shared group leadership and consistent safety standards — is designed to make that oversight simpler, more reliable, and genuinely protective for everyone involved.
Consistent Standards Across All Four Divisions
The most fundamental benefit of group-level safety oversight is consistency. Across Globe Civil Engineering, Globe Cambridge, Globe Roofing, and Red Safety Netting, the approach to health and safety is aligned — not loosely similar, but genuinely consistent in how risk assessments are conducted, how method statements are produced, how toolbox talks are delivered, and how incidents and near misses are reported and acted on.
This means that a principal contractor working with the Globe Group across multiple packages doesn’t have to verify four different safety management approaches. The framework is consistent, the accreditations are maintained group-wide, and the documentation produced by each division meets the same standard.
Group-level accreditations — including CHAS across all divisions, FASET accreditation for Red Safety Netting, and CISRS certification for Globe Cambridge — provide the independent verification that confirms these standards are not just stated but actively maintained and audited.
Clear Accountability at Every Level
Good safety management requires clear accountability — people need to know who is responsible for what, how issues should be escalated, and what happens when something goes wrong. Within the Globe Group, those lines of accountability are defined at both group and division level.
Each division has its own site management structure, with named site supervisors responsible for safety on their specific package. Above that, group leadership provides oversight across all four divisions — monitoring performance, identifying patterns, and ensuring that lessons learned on one project or in one division are shared across the group.
For the principal contractor, this means there is always a clear point of escalation. If a safety concern arises on site involving any Globe Group division, it goes to someone with both the authority and the responsibility to act on it.
Near Miss Reporting and Continuous Improvement
A strong safety culture doesn’t just count incidents — it learns from near misses. Within the Globe Group, near miss reporting is actively encouraged across all divisions, because what nearly went wrong today is a reliable indicator of what could go seriously wrong tomorrow if nothing changes.
Near miss reports feed into a review process at site and group level, with corrective actions assigned, tracked, and closed out. This proactive approach — identifying and eliminating hazards before they cause harm — is one of the most meaningful measures of genuine safety maturity, and it’s reflected in the Globe Group’s record of 449,280 accident-free hours worked.
Safety as a Shared Responsibility With the Principal Contractor
Group oversight works best when it operates in partnership with the principal contractor’s own safety management framework. The Globe Group’s divisions are experienced in working within principal contractor safety regimes — attending site inductions, participating in principal contractor toolbox talks, complying with site-specific rules, and contributing to joint safety reviews when required.
This collaborative approach means that the Globe Group’s safety standards reinforce the principal contractor’s framework rather than operating independently of it. The result is a site where multiple specialist trades are working to aligned, auditable safety standards — which is exactly what a CDM-compliant construction site should look like.
If you’d like to discuss our safety accreditations and management approach for your next project, or request our pre-qualification documentation, contact The Globe Group today.
