Introduction to Health and Safety at Work

3.10.3
Construction Design and Management 
(CDM2007) Regulations
Businesses often engage contractors for construction 
projects at one time or another to build plant, convert or 
extend premises and demolish buildings. The CDM2007 
regulations apply to all construction projects. Larger 
projects which are notifi able, (see details in Chapters 16 
and 17) have more extensive requirements.
All projects require:
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non-domestic clients to check the competence 
of all their appointees; ensure there are suitable 
management arrangements for the project; allow 
suffi cient time and resources for all stages; provide pre-
construction information to designers and contractors
➤
designers to eliminate hazards and reduce risks dur-
ing design; and provide information about remaining 
risks
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contractors to plan, manage and monitor their own 
work and that of workers; check the competence 
of all their appointees and workers; train their own 
employees; provide information to their workers; 
comply with the requirements for health and safety 
on site detailed in Part 4 of the Regulations and other 
regulations such as the Work at Height Regulations; 
and ensure there are adequate welfare facilities for 
their workers
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everyone to assure their own competence; 
co-operate with others and co-ordinate work so as to 
ensure the health and safety of construction workers 
and others who may be affected by the work; report 
obvious risks; take account of the general prin-
ciples of prevention in planning or carrying out con-
struction work; and comply with the requirements in 
Schedule 3, Part 4 of CDM2007 and other regula-
tions for any work under their control.
Figure 3.6
Contractors at work.

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