01 Why bother?
Approximately 50% of all prosecutions under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM) are against the client. For “notifiable” projects it is all too often for the same reasons — failure to ensure that any appointed persons are competent, allowing work to start without first assessing the adequacy of the construction phase plan, and failure to make relevant health and safety information available to those who need it. The CDM coordinator will be able to assist and advise on all of these issues, helping the client achieve compliance.
02 Appoint early
Designers are required to eliminate and, where this is not possible, reduce health and safety risks associated with the construction, operation, maintenance and eventual demolition of the structure. The CDM coordinator can help in ensuring designers realise this, but can only add real value if appointed at an early stage. Their contribution can play a major part in projects completing on time, within budget and without major incidents.
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