As of April 2015, the Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations 2015 replaced the 2007 Regulations as the old regulations were not in complete compliance EU Directive 92/57/ECC. CDM Regulations govern the management practices in place to protect the health and welfare of workers, occupants and the public from design stage through to post construction.
For the client, the main change involves a greater level of responsibility in managing the site. They are now responsible for ensuring the principle designer and contractor are completing their duties. Domestic clients will now also have to ensure this, as they were previously exempt from complying. As for contractors, the regulation is generally the same, however a principle designer must now also be appointed if there is more than one contractor working on a project.
The competence appendix which was present in 2007 regulation is no longer identified in the 2015 regulations. Alternatively the client must now ensure that the principle designer and contractor demonstrate competence. The CDM co-coordinator which was previously appointed has also been abolished. These responsibilities of co-coordinating pre-construction and design health and safety have been transferred to the principle designer, who must now also notify HSE of work scheduled to last more than 500 person days, or 30 days with 20+ workers.
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