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CDM 2015�Construction Design and Management

Regulations 2015

For South Cumbria Occupational Health and Safety Group & South Cumbria and North

Lancashire IOSH District

James Woolgrove FIIRSM ICIOB

•  History and the aims of the regulations•  Introduction to the regulations•  The duty holders

•  Different types of client•  What a good client needs to do

•  The three documents - information / plan / file

What we are going to cover today

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History of CDM•  CDM 1994

–  Introduction of planning supervisor(PS) and lots of paperwork

•  CDM 2007–  PS changes to CDM-C and reduction of

paperwork, design risk assessments, etc

•  CDM 2015– Applies to ALL construction projects

– Removal of CDM-C –  Introduction of PD

CDM is about

•  Sharing information in a timely manner

•  Thinking things through and planning

•  Making buildings healthy during construction and use

•  Making buildings safe during construction and use

•  Making buildings sustainable

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Securing construction health and safety

•  Managing risks•  Appointing right people at the

right time

•  Information, instruction, training and supervision

•  Cooperation, coordination and communication

•  Consultation and engagement with workers

Slide from HSE

What is CDM 2015 about?

CDM 2015 applies to all construction work.

The Regulations set out the requirements for managing health and safety on construction PROJECTS.

A project is more than a construction site.

Slide from HSE

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Definitions•  Client•  any person for whom a project is carried out

•  Project•  a project which includes or is intended to include construction

work and includes all planning, design, management or other work involved in a project until the end of the construction phase

Definitions•  Designer

any person (including a client, contractor or other person referred to in these Regulations) who in the course or furtherance of a business(a) prepares or modifies a design; or (b) arranges for, or instructs, any person under their control to do so

•  Design includes drawings, design details, specifications and bills of quantities (including specification of articles or substances) relating to a structure, and calculations prepared for the purpose of a design

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Definitions•  Contractor

any person (including a non domestic client) who in the course or furtherance of a business carries out, manages or controls Construction work

•  Construction work•  carrying out of any building, civil engineering or engineering

construction work

QuizWhich of the following are construction projects?

a.  Repairing a window

b.  Washing a window

c.  Painting a window

Answer a & c

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QuizWhich of the following are construction projects?

a.  Pruning a tree

b.  Pressure washing a path

c.  Replacing a light fitting

d.  Site survey

Answer b & c

The Duty Holders

Client

ContractorDesigner

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The Duty Holders

Client

PrincipalContractor

PrincipalDesigner

Definitions•  Principal Designer

the designer appointed under regulation 5(1)(a) to:•  Plan, Manage, Monitor the pre construction phase•  Coordinate matters relating to health and safety (pre

construction)•  Apply the principles of prevention•  For the lifetime of the project

•  Information for the file

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Definitions•  Principal Contractor

the contractor appointed under regulation 5(1)(a) to:•  Plan, manage, monitor the construction phase; coordinate

matters relating to health and safety•  Organise cooperation between contractors•  Ensure that other health and safety legislation is being

adhered to•  Site inductions, security and welfare•  Liaise with principal designer on the file

•  Consultation and engagement with workers

The Duty Holders

Client

Principal Contractor

Principal Designer

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Types of Client•  Domestic•  Commercial•  one off small project (single contractor)•  one off medium project (more than one contractor)•  one off large project•  serial client

Client DutiesRegulation 4

•  A Client must make suitable arrangements for managing a project, including the allocation of sufficient time and other resources

•  Arrangements for risk reduction •  Arrangements for welfare•  Above are maintained•  Information•  Ensuring others are fulfilling their duties•  Duty to use and pass on the health and safety file

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Client DutiesRegulation 5

•  Appointment of the Principal designer and the Principal contractor

•  The client must appoint in writing•  Pre construction and construction phase

Failure to appoint either role means that the client must fulfil the duties.

Client DutiesRegulation 6

•  Notification

•  No duties brought on by notification•  Thresholds•  30 days and have more than 20 simultaneously at

any point•  500 person days (12 weeks 8 persons)

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Client DutiesRegulation 7

•  Domestic Clients

•  Regulation 4 & 6 fall to contractor, Principal Contractor or, if in writing, to Principal Designer

•  Regulation 5 •  The designer will be principal designer•  The contractor will be principal contractor

QuizWho of the following are commercial clients?

a.  The Village Hall committee putting in a toilet

b.  A homeowner putting in a granny flat

c.  A homeowner creating an office to run a consultancy

d.  A shopkeeper remodelling a shop

Answer a, c & d

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Part 3 Health & safety duties & rolesRegulation 8

•  General Duties

•  Skills, knowledge, experience, organisational capability and training•  Do not take on a role you are not competent to

deliver•  Competence checks

•  Duty to cooperate•  Sharing of information

Pre Construction Information and Construction Phase plans must be:

•  Pragmatic

•  Proportional

•  Practicable

•  Site specific

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Pre Construction Information•  The Project

•  The Team

•  Client’s considerations and management requirements

•  Environmental restrictions and existing on site risks

•  Significant design and construction hazards

•  Design Hazard Register

Thank you for listening�

james@jameswoolgroveassociates.co.uk07999 7666 36 01524 727 651

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