Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2007
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- Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
- The Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM)
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002
- Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations Act 1995
Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM) regulations apply to most common building, civil engineering and construction work including all demolition and dismantling work. They do not cover house occupiers carrying out work on domestic properties or instructing an architect or other professional.
HOW DOES CDM APPLY TO YOU?
- Part 1 is an introduction to the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007
- Part 2 covers general management duties which apply to all construction projects.
- Part 3 sets out additional management duties for notifiable projects (non-domestic projects lasting more that 30 working days or more than 500 person days).
- Part 4 applies to all construction work carried out on construction sites and covers physical safeguards needed to prevent danger.
- Part 5 includes other general issues, e.g. transitional arrangements from CDM 1994 to CDM 2007
- A more detailed overview of Parts 2, 3 and 4 is given below.
PART 2 (ALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS)
Clients’ responsibilities:
- Check competence and resources of all appointees
- Ensure there are suitable management arrangements for the project
- Allow sufficient time and resources for all stages
- Provide pre-construction information to designers and contractors
- Designers’ responsibilities:
- Eliminate hazards and reduce risks during design
- Provide information about remaining risks
Contractors’ responsibilities:
- Plan, manage and monitor own work and that of workers
- Check competence of all their appointees and workers
- Train own employees
- Provide information to their workers
- Comply with specific requirements in Part 4 of the CDM regulations
- Ensure there are adequate welfare facilities for their workers
Everyone’s responsibilities:
- Check own competence
- Cooperate with others and coordinate work
- Report obvious risks
- Comply with requirements of Part 4 of the CDM regulations for any work under their control
PART 3 (NOTIFIABLE PROJECTS)
The following applies to non-domestic projects lasting more than 30 working days or 500 person days (e.g. 50 people working for over 10 days). Such work must be notified to the HSE on form F10 (Revised). This advises the HSE of (amongst others):
- Exact address of the site
- Planned start date
- Clients’ details
- CDM Coordinator’s details
- Principal Contractor’s details
- A brief description of the project
Clients’ additional responsibilities:
- Appoint a CDM Coordinator
- Appoint a Principal Contractor
- Ensure construction phase does not start unless there are suitable welfare facilities and the construction phase plan is in place
- Retain access to the health and safety file NB there must be a CDM coordinator and Principal Contractor until the end of the construction phase.
CDM Coordinator’s responsibilities:
- Advise and assist client with duties
- Notify HSE of the Project
- Coordinate health and safety aspect of the design work and cooperate with others involved in the project
- Facilitate good communication between client, designers and contractors
- Liaise with principal contractor regarding ongoing design
- Identify and obtain the information for the pre-construction information pack
- Prepare/update health and safety file
Designers’ additional responsibilities:
- Check client is aware of duties and that CDM Coordinator has been appointed
- Check HSE has been notified of the Project
- Provide any health and safety information needed for the health and safety file
Principal Contractors’ responsibilities:
- Plan, manage and monitor construction phase in liaison with contractors
- Prepare, develop and implement a written Health & Safety plan and site rules (Initial plan to be completed before the construction phase begins)
- Give contractors relevant parts of the plan
- Make sure suitable welfare facilities are provided from the start and maintained throughout the construction phase
- Check competence of all appointees
- Ensure all workers have site inductions, and any further information and training needed for the work
- Consult with workers
- Liaise with CDM coordinator regarding ongoing design
- Secure the site
- Check client is aware of duties and a coordinator has been appointed and HSE notified before starting work
Contractors’ additional responsibilities:
- Cooperate with Principal Contractor in planning and managing work, including reasonable directions and site rules
- Provide details to the Principal Contractor of any contractor whom he engages in connection with carrying out the work
- Provide any information needed to complete the health and safety file
- Inform the Principal Contractor of any problems with the plan
- Inform Principal Contractor of any reportable accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences