A brand new health and safety package has been launched by building software specialists HBXL, which will radically improve the way builders approach their legal health and safety obligations.

The new package, called Health & Safety Xpert, will save builders huge amounts of time, quickly guiding them through the crucial paper work that's required under current UK law, including the Health & Safety At Work Act 1974 and Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations 1994.

Making sure that building sites of small and medium sized building companies are safe has risen up the agenda with the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) now making thousands of random site inspections every year.

According to the latest HSE figures, circa 4,000 major injuries and over 70 fatalities occurred on sites between April 2004 and March 2005.

Developed in partnership with leading health and safety professionals, Health & Safety Xpert will encourage an active approach to health and safety on building sites across the country.

All users have to do is tell Health & Safety Xpert what they are building and it simply does the rest, automatically producing Company Health & Safety Policies, Risk Assessments, COSHH Assessments, Construction Phase Health & Safety Plans, forms required by the HSE, and many more essential documents.

The ease at which users can produce the documentation needed to help comply with health and safety legislation will also encourage those in the construction industry whom have historically avoided this important aspect of the building process.

As there is virtually no typing required, builders will spend less of their valuable day doing health and safety paperwork and more on actively keeping their teams safe on site and building a successful business.

Joanna Mulgrew, marketing director at HBXL said: "Building companies have a legal obligation to demonstrate that they take their responsibilities seriously and that they have done as much as is reasonably practicable to safe guard their employees, subcontractors and general public.

"It is often very difficult for businesses to know where to start so what Health & Safety Xpert does is simplify the process of producing all the right documentation for a project and give confidence to the user that they are covered.

"Health & Safety Xpert is the most straightforward package on the market and our customer care team are on hand to ensure builders across the country receive the best support possible. Not only this, the software is kept up to date with the latest health and safety regulations for extra peace of mind.

"Serious injuries and fatalities not only costs UK building companies thousands of pounds in down time and injury claims, but if the HSE finds a company has not complied, then the implications are very serious ranging from fines, the shutting down of a site, criminal prosecutions and in some cases prison sentences."

And it's not just the team at HBXL who are encouraging builders to take a look at this new software. Dave Price, CITB Accredited Trainer and Health & Safety Consultant said: "Health & Safety Xpert is the most comprehensive system I've seen and encourages builders to take a more pro-active yet less time-consuming approach to health and safety on every job."