Construction Design And Management Regulations (Cdm2007) Presentation

Construction

(Design & Management)

Regulations 2007

By David Cant

Veritas Consulting: Health and Safety Consultants

www.veritas-consulting.co.uk

A Brief Overview

CDM 2007 – Making A Difference

Why the CDM Regs are needed


Why the CDM Regs are needed


The Challenge

• To change attitudes

• To change behaviours

• Achieve sensible risk management


The Problem

Fatal Accidents:

• Average of 70 workers

killed each year

Injuries Reported:

• Around 4,500 major

• Around 8,250 >3 day

1000s of accidents not

reported


The Problem

Occupational ill health:

• 65,000 musculo-

skeletal

• 15,000 respiratory

• 6,000 skin

• 5,000 hearing loss

• 1000’s of ill health

problems not reported

Revised CDM Regulations

Construction Design & Management (CDM) Regulations 2007

• Revision brings together CDM 1994 and Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996

Key Aims

• Focus on effective planning and management of risk

• Improve cooperation and coordination

• Simplify competence assessment

• Reduce bureaucracy


What are the main changes?

• Combined CHSW and CDM

Regulations apply to all

construction work

• New trigger for

appointments and

preparation of the plan –

Notification (F10)

• Client’s duty on

management arrangements

• No more “Client’s Agent”

• A new dutyholder- the Co-

ordinator

• Clarity in relation to

competence assessment


Cutting back on paper

• Does it reduce risk on site?

Should be the main criteria

for all actions.

• CDM 2007 requires 3

documents (if project is

notifiable)

– A Notification (F10 form)

– A Construction phase

health and safety plan

– The Health and Safety

File


Expectation on Clients

• They should make sure

things are done not

necessarily do them

themselves

• Coordinator is their key

H&S adviser for the

project

• Must provide enough

time and resource to

allow the project to be

delivered safely


Clients’ Duties

• Engage competent and adequately resourced team members

• Provide relevant information to team

• Ensure arrangements for managing the project are suitable

• Ensure welfare is in place from the start

• Ensure work does not start until the PC has a construction phase plan

• Ensure the H & S File is prepared


Co-ordinators

More than just a change of name:

• Key client adviser on competence, provision of information, adequacy of construction phase plan

• Ensures proper co-ordination of the design process

• Ensures the right information to the right people at the right time

• Draws up the H&S File


Who can be a Co-ordinator

• Anyone - so long as they fulfil competence given in ACOP

• An appointment has to be made early – but by who?

• The duties can be carried out by a

– Designer

– Contractor

– PC

– or full time Coordinator

• On small jobs a combined role of designer and Coordinator may have advantages

CDM 2007 – Making a Difference

Who are Designers?

• People who prepare a design for construction work, including:– Drawings

– Schedule of work

– Design details, analysis, calculations

– Specifications & bills of quantities

– Design & Build contractors

– Statutory bodies that require features that are not statutory requirements


Designers

Designers have to:

• Ensure clients are aware of their duties

• Make sure they (designer) are competent

• Only do initial design work until co-ordinator appointed (notifiable projects)

• Eliminate hazards, reduce residual risks

• Provide information


Designers

Consider buildability, operability, maintainability throughout the design

process

Design review should include hazard elimination & risk reduction

Simple design

measure to reduce risk


Designers

CDM 2007 – Principal Contractor

Notifiable Projects

• Prepare a suitably developed Construction Phase Plan

• HSE notified before starting work

• Liaise with contractors in developing plan

• Arrange

– site inductions

– any further information and training needed for the work

• Consult the workers

• Prevent unauthorised access

• Prepare the Health and Safety file

• Part 4 of CDM 2007 contains the duties to control specific worksite health and safety risks

CDM 2007 – Contractors

Notifiable Projects

• No Contractor shall carry out work unless:

- Provided with names of CDM Co-ordinator and PC

- HSE notified before starting work

- Given access to relevant parts of H & S Plan

• Every Contractor shall:

- Provide information to PC that may affect H & S of persons on site; affect the H & S Plan; be included in

H & S File

- Comply with directions from PC

- Promptly provide information to PC of any reportable accidents & dangerous occurrences

CDM 2007 – Good Management

Site Safety


Site Safety


Site Safety

~7m


Competence - Individuals

• Stage 1: Membership

of relevant institution

etc. Relevant

academic

qualifications. NVQ

or trade qualifications

& training.

• Stage 2: Past

experience and type

of work undertaken.


Competence - Organisations:

• Stage 1: An assessment of the company’s

organisation and arrangements for health and

safety to determine whether these are sufficient

to enable them to carry out the work safely and

without risks to health

• Stage 2: An assessment of the company’s

experience and track record to establish that it is

capable of doing the work; it recognises its

limitations and how these will be overcome and it

appreciates the risks from doing the work and

how these will be tackled


Guidance

• CDM 2007 Approved Code of Practice

• Industry Guidance freely available to download from www.cskills.org/ for each CDM duty holder

• CDM Information on our construction pages at www.hse.gov.uk/construction


Guidance


Contact Details:

Veritas Consulting: Health and Safety

Consultants

42 Haslucks Croft

Shirley Solihull

B90 2EQ

Telephone: 0121 249 1281

Email: [email protected]

www.veritas-consulting.co.uk

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Construction Design And Management Regulations (Cdm2007) Presentation