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'CDM' refers to the Construction (Design and Management)
Regulations which aim to improve the construction
industry's poor health and safety record. First
introduced in 1994 by the Health & Safety
Executive and substantially revised in April 2007,
the CDM Regulations place a legal obligation on
the dutyholders, primarily clients and designers,
to consider health and safety when preparing a
building project. The revised Regulations introduce
the CDM Co-ordinator (formerly Planning Supervisor)
whose job is to ensure the Regulations are being
observed and to act as an expert advisor to the
client on health and safety issues and procedures
during the design and planning phases of construction
work. The CDM Regulations apply in full to most
categories of building work and the client is
legally obliged to appoint a CDM Co-ordinator.
Non-compliance with the regulations can result
in unlimited fines, or imprisonment for serious
breaches.
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