C9 Construction Flashcards
Duties under CDM 2015
Notification:- who / why ?
Info in pre construction information
Construction plan
Health and safety file
Notification:-
HSE
Over 30 working days snd have more than 20 workers
More than 500 person days
Appointment and competence of relevant parties
Notification of projects
Preparation of the pre construction information
Preparation of the construction phase plan
Preparation of the Health and safety file
Provision of information to all relevant parties
Pre construction information-
Description of the work
Timings
Details of risks to workers that can’t be designed out
Information to support the construction phase health and safety plan
Construction phase plan
Arrangements for health and safety of all who maybe involved in the construction work
Arrangements for managing health and safety during construction and monitoring compliance with legal requirements
Information of welfare arrangements
Health and safety file
Prepared by principle designer and presented to client on completion
Contain. Drawings/plans, maintenance, construction methods and materials, emergency and fire fighting systems
Roles and responsibilities under CDM
Client
Arrangements for managing project
Arrangements are reviewed throughout
Provide pre construction information to all designer and contractors asap
Before construction, Provide pre construction plan drawn up by contractors and principal contractors
Ensure the principle designer prepares the health and safety plan
Designer
Seek to avoid hazards or minimise risks
by design
Provide drawings and and information where risks can’t be avoided
Principle designer
Prepare h&s file
Plan, manage and coordinate h&s in the pre construction phase
Identify elimination and control of foreseeable risks and ensure designers carry their duties
Information to duty holders particularly principal contractors to help them manage plan and coordinate work.
Principle contractor
Plan man mon h&s in the construction phase
Prepare construction phase plan
Organising cooperation between contractors
Coordinate legal compliance with contractors
Consult workers on their h&s
Contractor
Plan manage monitor work under their control
Coordinate activities with others in project team
Ensure persons they employ have necessary skills and knowledge, training and expertise to secure their health and safety
Workers Take care of their own h&s Report anything Co operate Consulted about matters affecting their health and safety
Site security during construction
Site inductions
Technical Fencing Security guards and dogs Cctv Sensors and sounds Roadside and security lights
Procedural Locked gates Signing in and out Inductions Escorting persons around Shared facilities Fire procedures Welfare procedures First aid procedures
Behavioural
Ppe
Site inductions
Principle contractor responsibility
Contain Conditions of work Signing in and out Ppe Welfare facilities Emergency procedures Accidents reporting Use of mobiles Exclusion zones
Demolition work
Main techniques:-
Typical hazards:-
Precautions:-
By hand Demolition ball Pusher arm Deliberate collapse Mechanical means
Hazards
Falling materials
Premature collapse
Materials of construction asbestos etc
Precautions
Planning
Structural surveys for hazardous substances
Structural condition
Identify of asbestos etc
Access and egress Scaffolding , harness etc Methods statements ptw Security and site boundaries Protection of public
Excavations
Hazards:-
Controls:-
Hazards
Collapse Falls of people or materials Flooding Buried services:- Damage to electricity causing injuries Damage to gas Damage to water pipes ( construction plans, cable location devices, safe digging practices
Controls
Support systems
Battered sides - stable sloping sides
Double sided support, each side supported by structure
Shields or drag boxes, worker safety rather than collapse
Falling people, plant or material:-
Edge protection, stability of buildings adjacent to work area
Inspections:- support structure by competent person, inspection every day or every shift of greater than 2m
No person work until examined
