Construction (Design & Management)
The Construction, Design and Management regulations were created to safeguard the health and safety of every single person working on a construction project. They also ensure that the appropriate people are selected for the planning and safe implementation of procedures throughout a project.
The most important things to note are:
1.
All projects must have:
- Workers with the right skills, knowledge, training and experience.
- Contractors who provide appropriate supervision, instruction and information.
- A written construction phase plan.
2.
For both domestic and non-domestic projects where more than one contractor is involved.
The client must:
- Appoint a Principal Designer.
- Appoint a Principal Contractor.
- Ensure a health and safety file is created for the project.
3.
The HSE must be notified if the project:
- Lasts longer than 30 working days and has more than 20 workers simultaneously at any point or exceeds 500 person days.
Careful compliance with safety at work legislation is not only a legal imperative but vital if you are going to win work from larger contractors whose insurers will insist on it.
Since many construction companies cannot justify employing someone full time to deal with industry specific regulations, many of them have turned to C2 Safety as a way of helping them through the CDM process.
Everyone involved in construction needs to know about the Construction Health and Safety Regulations which help to:
- Improve the industry’s Health and Safety record.
- Have the right people for the right job at the right time to manage the risks on site.
- Focus on effective planning and managing risk.
In essence, every construction project should consider safety from the design stage onwards and has to have appointed, in writing from the client, a Principal Contractor and Principal Designer.
C2 Safety can act as your Principal Designer or Safety Co-ordinator for your construction project.
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