Health and Safety

Question 1

• You mentioned CDM 2015 being a key piece of legislation. What other legislation are you aware of.

Answer 1

Working at hights regulation 2005
Health and Safety at work act 1974
Control of substances hazardous to health regulations 2002

Question 2

• When does a project become notifiable

Answer 2

When it exceeds 500 person days, over 30 days on site and over 20 workers working at the same time at any point on the project

Question 3

• What is included on an F10 notice

Answer 3

Project start and end date, site address, who the PD is, description of project, the contact details of client and the details of the local authority

Question 4

• Your New city road project, you talk about an operative working in an unsafe manner. When would it not be safe to stop them from working.

Answer 4

If it puts their life in immediate danger

Question 5

• What are the CDM regulations 2015?

Answer 5

It is intended to ensure that health and safety issues are properly considered during a project’s development so that the risk of harm to those who have to build, use and maintain structures is reduced.

Question 6

• What is CSCS?

Answer 6

Construction Skills Certification Scheme – they provide proof that individuals that works on building sites have the necessary training and qualifications for the job they undertake on site.

Question 7

• What is the RICS surveying safely guidance note?

Answer 7

Sets out basic, good practice principles for the management of health and safety for RICS-regulated firms and RICS members.

Question 8

• What is PPE?

Answer 8

Personal protective equipment

Question 9

• What do you do when you visit site?

Answer 9

Inform my manager that I will be attending site and the times I will be going and returning. Inform the site manager and once I get to site let the site manager know I have arrived. Check the site notice board and then put my PPE on and enter site with the site manager who shows me around.

Question 10

• Can you name 2 changes that came into effect with the CDM 2015 Regs?

Answer 10

The role of CDM Coordinator has been removed and the regulations have a simplified structure using a more linear structure – follows the project life cycle more.

Question 11

• When would you appoint a PD?

Answer 11

Stage 1 or Stage 0

Question 12

• What is PD?

Answer 12

Overseeing the work of the design team and take control of the preconstruction phase

Question 13

• What is a PCI document consists of?

Answer 13

Vital role in the tender documents. Provides the details for contractors on the projects what the client already has

Question 14

• What is included in a PCI?

Answer 14

Site information, surveys, drawings, fire strategy

Question 15

• Who are the key duty holders under CDM?

Answer 15

The client, principle designer and the principle contractor.

Question 16

• What is HSE?

Answer 16

Health and safety executive – agency responsible for the regulation of h&s in the workplace

Question 17

• What is corporate manslaughter?

Answer 17

It’s a law that came into effect in 2007 where organisations can be found guilty if they breach a duty of care

Question 18

• What does the Beaufort Scale measure?

Answer 18

Wind

Question 19

• Different types of asbestos surveys?

Answer 19

Management survey and the refurbishment and demolition survey