Battery energy storage
Health and safety support for battery energy storage developers and EPCs, including specialist firms without an in-house safety function.
What it involves
Battery storage is growing quickly as part of the UK’s energy transition. Projects run from civils and installation through to energisation, commissioning and operation, and many developers and EPCs are small specialist firms that carry the same CDM 2015 duties as any other construction client or contractor but have no in-house safety resource. We have worked on the BESS side directly, so we understand the sequence of a storage project and the points where safety management tends to get squeezed.
Pressures
- Electrical and fire risks specific to lithium-ion storage, with industry guidance still developing.
- Compressed programmes from groundworks to energisation, often with grid connection dates fixed well in advance.
- Small teams that need practical support rather than a paperwork exercise.
Services that apply
- CDM Principal Contractor advisory
Support with your statutory duties under CDM 2015 in the Principal Contractor role.
- Construction-phase safety management
Day-to-day site safety management and compliance monitoring during the build.
- Competent person appointments
A retained external competent person under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations.
- O&M safety retainers
Ongoing health and safety oversight for operational sites.
- Health and safety management systems
Bespoke health and safety management systems built around how a small contractor's business actually operates.
- Audits and inspections
Site-based health and safety inspection and compliance auditing.
- Project resourcing
Dedicated on-site HSE professionals supplied to energy-sector clients for the life of a project or programme.
Talk to us about your project
Tell us about the site, the programme and what support you need. We will come back to you to discuss it.