Health & safety at work: construction regulations
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (sometimes
called ‘CDM Regulations’) are aimed at improving the overall
management and co-ordination of health, safety and welfare
throughout all stages of a construction project. The regulations
are designed to reduce the large number of serious and fatal
accidents and cases of ill health, which happen every year in the
construction industry.
The CDM Regulations place duties on all those who can contribute
to the health and safety of a construction project. Duties are
placed upon clients, designers and contractors. The regulations
also create a duty holder - the CDM Coordinator. Furthermore they
introduce new project related documents – pre contract health and
safety plan and the post contract health and safety file.
The CDM Regulations are aimed at improving the overall
management and co-ordination of health, safety and welfare
throughout all stages of a construction.
If you have any doubt about whether the CDM
Regulations apply to your project, or whether you have legal duties
as a client, you should contact your London Health and Safety
Executive (HSE) office on 0207 556 2100.
Please also take a look at "Building
Control Advice on Safe Working in Construction" (PDF 277KB) for
further information.
Other Leaflets on the CDM
Regulations and other aspects of
construction are available from the HSE website.
For further information contact:
Peter Leigh
Corporate Health & Safety and Civil Protection Unit
3rd Floor, Anchorage House
2 Clove Crescent
London, E14 2BE
Tel: 020 7364 4171 (office hours only)
Out of office hours, contact the Tower Hamlets council call centre:
0207 364 7070