CDM Co-ordination
CDM co-ordination (formerly Planning Supervision) was added to our range of professional services in 1995 when The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 (CDM) came into force.
John Seggie is a member of the Association for Project Safety (APS), formerly the Association of Planning Supervisors, and the practice also holds corporate membership. Our construction background and experience provides us with a thorough understanding of the design process and construction health and safety. In addition to this, our membership of the APS also demonstrates that we have the training and experience which is necessary for the practice of CDM Co-ordination and accept the obligations imposed by the APS to Continuing Professional Development.
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM)
These regulations were developed in response to the construction industry’s unacceptable accident and occupational health record and are intended to protect the health and safety of people working in construction, and others who may be affected by their activities.
With the exception of domestic work and very small projects, the CDM Regulations affect almost anyone constructing, repairing, extending, altering, demolishing, converting or maintaining any building, works of civil engineering or engineering construction.
The CDM Regulations, and the new Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) which came into force on 06 April 2007, 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 and CDM has created a new duty holder - the CDM Co-ordinator.
The CDM Co-ordinator (formerly Planning Supervisor)
One of the client’s main duties under the CDM Regulations is to appoint a CDM Co-ordinator at the start of the project’s design phase to ensure that health and safety considerations are taken into account at an early date. The CDM Co-ordinator’s main responsibility is to ensure that all those carrying out work on a project collaborate and pay proper attention to the need to reduce risk wherever possible.
The degree of detail, as well as the time and effort required to comply with CDM’s legal duties, needs to be in proportion to the nature, size and complexity of health and safety risks involved in the project. Therefore for small projects with minimal health and safety risks, clients are only required to take simple, straightforward steps and few, if any, specialist skills are needed.
We offer a practical, common sense approach to CDM and we can advise whether the regulations apply to your project.