Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems – ISO and COR

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Published on: 03/07/2019

Construction industry participants are now beginning to see the effects of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) on public construction procurement. Most notably, the provision which prohibits public procurement bodies from including "Canadian Content" rules which may exclude foreign construction suppliers (i.e. COR). As a result, public buyers currently including COR as a prequalification requirement (i.e. national standard) have defined ISO as an equivalent occupational health and safety management system (i.e. international standard). The introduction of an equivalency has raised concerns about whether ISO is truly a parallel system and what, if any, differences exist.


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