CDM MODULE
Construction, Design & Management
Accountability:
Clients must ensure compliance with the CDM Regulation 2015 to manage and co-ordinate all stages of construction projects
Safe to build, safe to use and safe to maintain
Manage the risk, not the paperwork
Duty Holders:
Commercial Client
Designer
Principal Designer
Principal Contractor
Contractors
Workforce
Commercial Clients Must:
Make suitable arrangements for managing a project:
Other duty holders are appointed as appropriate
Sufficient time and resources are allocated
Make sure:
Relevant information is prepared and provided to other duty holders
The principal designer and principal contractor carry out their duties
Welfare facilities are provided
Designers:
Organisations or individuals who prepare or modify designs for a building, product or system relating to construction work
Principal Designers:
Designers appointed by the client in projects involving more than one contractor
Designers: What do they do?
When preparing or modifying designs, eliminate, reduce or control foreseeable risks
Provide information to other members of the project
Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate health and safety in the pre-construction phase of a project
Liaise with the principal contractor to help in the planning, management, monitoring and coordination of the construction phase
Contractors: Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate health and safety in the construction phase of a project
This includes:
liaising with the client and principal designer
preparing the construction phase plan
organising cooperation between contractors and coordinating their work
Contractors must make sure that:
suitable site inductions are provided
reasonable steps are taken to prevent unauthorised access
welfare facilities are provided
The HSE must be notified of projects when:
The work lasts longer than 30 working days and have more than 20 workers working simultaneously at any point
Or exceeds 500 person days
Pre-construction information must include:
Details about the project, such as client brief and key dates
The planning and management of the project
Arrangements to ensure co-operation and co-ordination between duty holders
Must be relevant, have an appropriate level of detail and be proportionate
Hazards on site and how they will be addressed
Any relevant information in an existing health and safety file
Construction Phase Plan must record arrangements for managing significant risk and should include:
A description of the project inc. key dates and people
The health and safety aims for the project
Site rules and induction
Fire and emergency procedures
Welfare facilities
Co-operation and co-ordination of work
Fire and emergency procedures
Construction Phase Plan must be relevant, have an appropriate level of detail and be proportionate
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