Guidance Notes On CDM 2015 For Small Builders

The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 apply to construction projects in Great Britain, including work for domestic clients.

These guidance notes explain the responsibilities of clients and building contractors. Commercial clients must make suitable arrangements for managing their projects, including providing sufficient time and resources.

Where more than one contractor is involved, or this is reasonably foreseeable, the client must appoint a principal designer and principal contractor. The principal designer coordinates health and safety during the pre-construction phase, while the principal contractor manages the construction phase.

A construction phase plan is required for every construction project. For a project involving only one contractor, that contractor prepares the plan.

These Guidance Notes for CDM 2015 show how the regulations are aimed at the smaller building contractor in particular, and help to show what they need to do in order to be compliant.

We have written these guidance notes especially for smaller builders. It is acknowledged that smaller builders statistically have more accidents, so the HSE inspectors pay more attention to this sector.

These guidance notes have been written to give smaller builders useful information on compliance, with particular regard to those issues that the HSE inspectors have announced they will always look for.

These issues will include:

• Work at heights

• Site welfare

• General site tidiness

• Any asbestos hazards

• General dust or fumes management

The inspectors look for all sorts of hazards, but will always look for these. These guidance notes give smaller contractors a reminder of how they should be running their sites to remain legally compliant.

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