Tag: AS/NZS 4801
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The Deceived Baseline—Why AS/NZS 4801 is Officially Dead
For nearly two decades, AS/NZS 4801:2001 stood as the uncontested foundation of occupational health and safety management systems across Australia. It was the absolute baseline used by procurement panels, safety auditors, and corporate boards to verify risk assurance. In the third quarter of 2019, Standards Australia permanently altered this landscape. The body formally reclassified AS/NZS…
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The Shift in Pre-Qualification: The Feds Drop AS/NZS 4801 Requirements
For over a decade, commercial construction firms operating in Australia have understood that if they wanted to pitch for lucrative federal infrastructure projects, holding formal AS/NZS 4801:2001 safety management system certification was an essential part of the process. It acted as an initial administrative stepping stone, proving to procurement panels that a builder possessed a…