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The Construction, Design and Management (CDM) regulations
1994 are designed to improve the overall management and
co-ordination of health, safety and welfare throughout all stages
of construction projects by directing the flow of essential
information between appropriate parties.
The principal objectives of the regulations are to:
- achieve a project that can be designed, managed and constructed
with minimum risk
- consider the health and safety of all those affected by the
works
- provide information regarding design and materials for those
carrying out any future works and demolition
It is the responsibility of those undertaking building
maintenance, improvement or development projects to find out
whether the project falls within the scope of the CDM regulations
and to take appropriate advice to ensure compliance with them. This
includes the appointment of a competent planning supervisor from
the design stage.
It is also the client's responsibility to ensure there are
adequate health and safety provisions in place before construction
commences on site and that at the end of the project the health and
safety file is supplied and kept on the premises for future
use.
Failure to identify that the CDM regulations apply to a project
and take appropriate action is a criminal offence, which can, in
the extreme, result in a prison sentence or fine for both the
organisation and the individual.
Should you require any advice or further information please
email
edward.trimmer@kent.gov.uk
or call 01622 694725. |