Construction Design and Management
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (the CDM Regulations) focus attention on the planning and management of construction projects and are intended to reduce risks to those who build, use and maintain buildings. They replaced all previous construction legislation and they impose duties on virtually everyone involved in any construction work.
Everyone controlling site work has health and safety responsibilities. Checking that working conditions are healthy and safe before work begins, and ensuring that the proposed work is not going to put others at risk, require planning and organisation. This applies whatever the size of the site.
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations can reduce risk and help you to:
- Design out future health and safety risk for any project.
- Ensure stakeholders in any project commit to considering the health and safety requirements.
- Provides a safe working environment while the project is being undertaken.
- Provide detailed manuals to reduce risk when carrying out maintenance.
Relatively small projects will now come under the CDM regulation. Meridian Interiors Ltd will advise whether your project will need to be included.
