Health and Safety Flashcards
CDM 2015 is…
The main piece of health and safety legislation for the construction process and applies to all construction projects. It identifies dutyholders under the regs what each each must do to comply with the law to ensure projects are carried out safely
What are the roles referred to under CDM 2015?
Clients, domestic clients, designers, principal designers, contractors, principal contractors and workers.
A principal designer is…
The designer appointed in writing by the client. They can be an organisation or an individual.
What is a principal designer responsible for?
They have 7 duties under regulation 11 of CDM 2015.
They have control of the pre-construction phase of the project.
They may have separate duties as designers.
They influence how the risks to health and safety should be managed and incorporated into the wider management of a project.
They should focus their work on ensuring the design work in the pre-construction phase contributes to the delivery of positive health and safety outcomes.
They must ensure as far as responsibly practicable that foreseeable risks to health and safety are identified. They prepare the health and safety file.
A principal designer must have…
- Technical knowledge of the construction industry relevant to the project.
- Skills to manage and coordinate the pre-construction phase.
- Where they are an organisation, have organisational capability to carry out the role.
What should the principal designer do when the pre-construction information is prepared?
- Assess the adequacy of existing information to identify any gaps
- Provide advice to the client on how gaps can be filled
- Provide, as far as they are able to, the additional information to help designers and contractors.
Risks should be addressed by…
General principle of prevention - Eliminate, reduce, control
If the principal designer’s appointment finishes before the end of the project, the health and safety file must be passed to…
The principal contractor
A project is notifiable if…
A construction project is notifiable if the construction work is expected to:
- last longer than 30 working days and have more than 20 workers working at the same time at any point on the project or
- exceed 500 person days
The HSE can be notified by filling out an electronic F10 form.
A client is…
anyone for whom a construction project is carried out.
There can be more than one client but must be agreed which one is responsible for carrying out the requirements of CDM 2015.
What should clients consider when making appointments?
They must ensure those they appoint have the skills, knowledge, experience, and (if an organisation) the organisational capability to manage health and safety risks.
What is a designer?
Anyone who prepares or modifies a design for a construction project (including the design of temporary works); or arranges for, or instructs someone else to do so.
A designer must not start design work unless…
They are satisfied the client is aware of their duties under CDM 2015.
