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The Essential Facts About CDM 2015 Regulations
Introduction
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations were originally
introduced 1994 to improve health and safety in the construction industry and
minimise the ris of accidents and incidents on site
The regulations have een updated several times over the years however
the latest set of regulations are without uestion the most important for D
C T as they leave no dout that the ultimate responsiility lies with you
This means if you fail to tae the necessary action and ensure all parties in
the process follow the guidelines you run the ris of incurring mandatory
ntervention ees from the which currently stand at £1 per person per
hour plus eing responsile for any fines penalties or imprisonment as a
result of accidents or incidents on site
What Is CDM 2015
CDM 1 is a clear set of guidelines which the roles and responsiility of every
person and organisation involved in a construction or refurishment proect
t is designed to leave no margin for error as to who is ultimately responsile
and what they must do to ensure the proect is carried out as safely as possile
nd whilst the guidelines are very clear that the nd Client is seen as eing
ultimately responsile for the overall proect there are ways in which you can
pass virtually all of this responsiility to the contractors involved
Do The CDM 2015 Regulations Relate
to All Construction Projects?
The short answer is NO.
The regulations state that proects which will have person woring days
must e notified to the
t goes on to state that proect which will have more than worers on site at
any one time and the proect eceeds woring days (including part days and
weeends) are also notifiale
ailure to notify may mean you are legally responsile for any or all incidents
on site and the overall safety of the wors
owever the guidelines have een developed to provide a template for
delivering a construction proect which minimises the ris of accidents and
therefore it maes sense to adopt the approach for all proects – regardless of
sie or scope of wors
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Key Phases of a Construction Project Under CDM 2015 & The
Information Requirements
CDM 1 now specifies the activities which must e carried out and the
information supplied at the ey stages of the proect from set up to hand over to
ensure that all riss are minimised
here the information is not readily availale there is an oligation on the client
to ensure this information is prepared and passed to the relevant Duty olders
Client Pre-Construction Construction
& Handover
Existing Information isting information Construction Phase Plan
• Health & Safety File site arrangements and • isting information and
• Site Services restrictions site arrangements
• Drawings Health and safety • nusual construction
• Asbestos Information information relating to riss
• Ground Conditions design for construction and • ey assumtions made
• ther relevant surveys use • Secific seuencing
• hased handovers
Site Arrangements & Pre-Construction •
emorary suort
Restrictions Phase Plan reuired
• Security • nusual iss
• isting occuants • ey assumtions made ealth an Safet ile
• Access • Secific seuencing • nusual maintenance
• hased handovers and oerations riss
•
emorary suort • ey structural
reuired rinciles
• ey assumtions made
• As built drawings
• dated eisting
information
Key Roles Under CDM 2015 – Commercial Contracts
ne of the ey aspects of the new CDM 1 regulations are the identification
of very clear roles which they descrie as ‘Duty olders’ each with very clear
responsiilities
very CDM proect must state who the Duty olders are and that each role is
filled y a company or individual who can prove they have the sills nowledge
and eperience to fulfil their role
n general there are core roles The Client the Designer and the Contractor
here there are multiple contractors and designers a principal designer and
a principal contractor will e appointed who will act as the primary contacts
etween the client and the rest of the team
CLIENT
Principal Designer Principal Contractor
Designers Contractors
Workers
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The Roles of Duty Holders Explained
CIENT
The client on commercial proects is the organisation or in some cases the
individual for whom the construction proect is carried out
Their e roles are to ensure
• the other duty holders are appointed
• the people or companies have the sills nowledge and eperience to fulfil
their roles
• there is sufficient time and resources to complete the proect
• all relevant information is prepared and provided
• the reuired welfare facilities are availale
The primary focus of the client is most liely to e with the appointment
rincipal Designer and the rincipal Contractor to ensure they are carrying
out their duties
The client must appoint the rincipal Designer and the rincipal Contractor in
writing or they will e deemed to carrying out these roles
PRINCIPA ESINER
The principal designer could e an individual or an organisation and will e
appointed where more than one contractor is involved with a design input
The principal designer could e the person who has prepared the wors
drawings however that is not necessarily the case
Their e roles are
• to plan manage monitor and coordinate health and safety in the pre
construction phase
• to produce the reConstruction hase lan
• identify eliminate or control foreseeale riss
• ensuring designers carry out their duties
• prepare and provide relevant information to other duty holders
• liaise with the principal contractor to help in the planning management
monitoring and coordination of the construction phase
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