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CDM responsibilities and associated roles. Part 1

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CDM Responsibilities

As per Construction Design Management Regulations 2015, there are specific CDM responsibilities and associated roles. Here at Hawkeye Enterprise Ltd, we can support organisations to understand their liability and carry out their obligations by law.

Client

CDM 2015 defines a Client as someone who commissions and requires the construction project to be carried out. As a major change in this legislation, this can now apply to domestic, as well as commercial clients.
Main duties of Client are to ensure:
• There is suitable time, resources and arrangements allocated to manage the project.
• All duty holders are appointed
• Relevant information is prepared and provided to other duty holders in form of Pre-Construction Information pack – PCI
• Principal Designer (PD) and Principal Contractor (PC) carry out their duties
• Adequate welfare facilities are provided

Principal Designer (PD)/Designer

According to CDM 2015, “anyone who specifies and alters designs as part of their work” would be a Designer.
A Principal Designer is only appointed when more than one designer is involved in a construction Project. This normally applies to multi-discipline projects. However, if there is only one Designer required, they shall also take on PD responsibilities.
As part of their CDM responsibilities, PD has a coordinating role. PD shall be responsible for planning, management and monitoring of health and safety in the pre-construction stage of a construction project by
• Methods of identification, elimination or controlling foreseeable risks
• Ensuring designers carry out their duties.
• Finalising and communicating adequate and proportionate information to other duty holders, based on PCI
• Make Client aware of their duties and help Clients with Preparation of PCI and suitable H&S file.

All designers have a duty to assess or modify designs in order to eliminate, reduce or control foreseeable risks that may happen during construction or maintenance and use of an asset after it’s been constructed. Designing out any risks or potential hazards out at an early stage is one of the main objectives of CDM regs.

The PD or Designers are also responsible to provide ongoing support to other members of the project team especially Contractors, to help them fulfil their duties during Construction phase

Main CDM documents explained.

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CDM Documents Explained

As part of Construction Design Management Regulations,  there are several CDM documents that need to be in place in order to ensure compliance. Here at Hawkeye Enterprise Ltd, we can help you produce any of these CDM documents to a very high standard. However, the purpose for each document is explained in simple terms, to provide a better understanding.

Pre-Construction Information

Pre-Construction Information Pack – PCI

Pre-Construction Information – PCI Pack:

This CDM document is simply all the relevant information that the Client has in possession.

Most of the time, such information would come from the existing Health and Safety File. Information like asbestos surveys, lead surveys etc. could be included, dependant on the nature of the works. It is imperative to identify and communicate all the related hazards in this document. Overcoming design and construction risks should also be highlighted.

The PCI pack will be given to the Designer to carry out his duties, and the finalised version given to the Contractor in order to ensure that the project can be execute adequately, and above all safely.

The level of information provided should be proportionate to the level of project risk, be clear, and concise. For example, you wouldn’t provide the same level of information for a Contractor who is painting the fence on site, as opposed to one that is building a pipeline or a manifold.

 

Construction Phase Plan – CPP

Construction Phase Plan – CPP

Construction Phase Plan – CPP:

This document is produced by the Contractor and provides details, plans and arrangements for managing significant health, safety and construction risks associated with the Construction Project.

It is a live document for the duration of the construction phase, It is revised and reviewed to reflect the changing environment, under which the project is being executed.

You should expect to see details such as Welfare facilities, Fire and emergency procedures, key dates and communication/cooperation arrangements between project team members e.g. site meetings.

However, broad information, such as generic Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS) should not be included, as CPP needs to be concise and clear.

Although the provision of this document is the responsibility of the Contractor, the Client has a duty to ensure it is kept up to date.

 

F10 form

This form would need to be filled and submitted to the HSE for notifiable projects. Although the Client may not submit the form itself, it is their duty to ensure it has been submitted.

HSE must be notifies if a project is scheduled to run for longer than 30 working days and have more than 20 workers working simultaneously; or Exceed 500 person days.