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Viewpoint Solutions was established in 2006 by Gerard de Waal who has had extensive business experience in the petroleum industry for over 30 years.
Gerard is well-known for his ability to sniff out non-compliance within minutes after arriving on site and has a passion for perfection, which he uses to whip processes into shape thereby unlocking continuous improvement.
When he isn’t working, Gerard’s reason for moving to Hermanus from the Free State is what he loves most to do in his spare time, and that is to spend time doing art and visiting local art galleries.
Viewpoint Solutions provides Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) that are ISO 14001:2015 compliant and based on the requisites of the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998, required during the planning phase of a construction project.
EMP plans help developers in sensitive environments like rivers, wetlands, mountains, and catchment areas, for the people involved in the developmental projects. EMP is upheld by compliance audits by an appointed Environmental Control Officer to assess the impact of the construction activities.
VIAs are available for smaller projects that need to provide paperwork to the municipality and government departments regarding the analysis of the potential visual impacts on the landscape and landscape views resulting from a proposed development.
Viewpoint Solutions provides a variety of risk management process programmes that are ISO 31000:2018 compliant and supplemented by ISO 9001:2018 quality management concepts to ensure that products and services are delivered in a harmonised and consistent way. Risk management programmes are based on the following framework to ensure that you achieve continuous improvement.
Top management and their respective departments should ensure risk management is integrated into all organisational activities, leading by example.
Integrating risk management into an organisation is a dynamic and iterative process and should be customised to the organisation’s needs and culture. Risk management should be a part of, and not separate from, the organisational purpose, governance, leadership and commitment, strategy, objectives, and operations.
In designing a framework for managing risk, all internal and external contexts need to be examined and understood. Only once it is understood in all its glory, then commitment can be articulated to the various teams and departments. Roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities can then be assigned, and resources allocated to establish such a management programme.
The framework should be put together keeping all the activities in mind. This should be considered with all the decisions that are made so that the framework is involved in all parts of the organisation.
The company's risks need to be measured periodically to determine whether they are applicable to support the ongoing objective.
An ongoing monitoring system should be in place to adapt the risk management framework to address internal and external changes. Continuous improvement is the ultimate goal to ensure that the process is fully integrated into the organisation.
After a personal consultation to assess client needs, Viewpoint Solutions will provide custom-made work packs that will allow the business to comply with requirements in terms of documentation that includes:
