CDM

Question 1

Who regulates the CDM regulations?

Answer 1

the HSE

Question 2

under CDM what is construction?

Answer 2

• Construction
• alteration
• conversion
• fitting out
• commissioing
• renvoation
• upkeep
• maintence inclung water or abrasive at high pressure cleaning, and use of toxic subdtanaces
• demolitions
• site clearnace and set up
• site investigations but not surveys or archeological investigations
• Site cleanance at end of project
• installtional, comissioning and maintence of installations that are normally fixed to a struture (telecommuinciations/ computer or similar e.g servers)

Question 3

What is not construction under CDM?

Answer 3

*extracting minerals and aggergate

Question 4

What is a structure under CDM?

Answer 4

In short- Any manmade feature
* * Building
* timber/ masonry/ metal/ reinforced concrete structure
* Railway line
* railway sidings
* tramway line
* dock
* harbour
* inland navigation
* tunnel
* shaft
* bridge
* viaduct
* waterworks
* reservoir
* pipe/pipeline
* cable (pyolns)
* auqaduct
* sewar/ and sewage works
* road
* gas holder
* airfield
* seadenfenses
* riverworks
* drainage work
* searthworks
* lagoon
* dam
* wall
* casion
* mast
* tower
* underground tank
* earth retaining
*

Question 5

Who are the key people in CDM?

Answer 5

• The client (comerical or domestic) - domestic client duties are usally transfered to contractor
• Principle designer - appointed by client for pre-construction phase of any project with more than one contractor
• Principle contractor - appointed by client to coordinate construction phase where there is more than one contractor - Must provide CPP before setting up

Question 6

Under CDM if there is only one contractor what must they do?

Answer 6

the general principle of prevention must be adopted.
The contract must still produce a CPP

Question 7

Under CDM what are the clients responbilties?

Answer 7

To appint the other duty holders
make sure the project has enough time and resources
perpare relvent infomation and provide this to the other duty holders
Submit a F10
Provide welfare facilities

Question 8

Under CDM what must the PD do?

Answer 8

They must plan monitor and mamage the H&S pre-construction
- identifying, elimitaing and controling fopreseeable risks
- Ensure designers carry out thier duties (prepare or modiy designs to reduce, eleimiate or control foreseeable risk during construction and in-use)
- Prepare and provide relevent infomation to the other duty holders

Question 9

Under CDM what must the PC do?

Answer 9

• Make arrnagements for a CPP before setting up the construction site
• before work starts there must be adequate welfare facilites and sercurity measures
• Contractor must Plan manage and monitor construction work under thier control without risk to health and safety
• with more than one contractor the must comply with PC and PD and coordinate activites.

Question 10

When do you need to notify the HSE of a project?

Answer 10

When the work will last more than 30 days and have more than 20 works at any one time or will last for more than 500 worker days.

Question 11

Who notifys the HSE of a project?

Answer 11

This is a client duty.

Question 12

What happens at completeion of the project under CDM?

Answer 12

The PD must pass on the H&S file to the client.

Question 13

What construction projects does CDM apply to?

Answer 13

all of them.

Question 14

Who are the CDM duty holders?

Answer 14

Client
Principle designer
Principle contractor
designer
contractors

Question 15

What is the purpose of the CDM regulations?

Answer 15

The purpose of the CDM regulations is to make construction work safer

Question 16

When must a PD and PC be appointed?

Answer 16

if there is more than one contractor inc subcontractors

Question 17

What happends if the client does not appoint a PD or PC in writing?

Answer 17

They take on the legal duties themselves. Unless they are a domestic client when the designer and contractor in control of the projects will automatically be appointed.

Question 18

What docuemnts does the CDM require?

Answer 18

PCI
CPP
H&S file

Question 19

CDM - Whoes duty is it to provide the H&S file?

Answer 19

The PD, it is given to the client to provide for future construction and maintence projects

Question 20

What should be inculded in the H&S file?

Answer 20

all infomation that would be useful in future projects. it should be proporinate to the project and should not inculde unnessary infomation.
- infomation of the work carried out
- residual risks / hazards
- background details on the structure eg location of services and load calulations
- hazardous materials used or present
- as-built drawings

Question 21

What is covered by part 4 of the CDM regs

Answer 21

general requirements for construction sites including safe places of work, site security, demolition, inspections, traffic routes and vehicles, fire prevention, emergency procedures, and lighting.