Workers have an important role and should take an active part in helping to manage health and safety risks.
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A Worker is anyone working for or under the control of a Contractor on a construction site.
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Contractors have an important role in planning, managing and monitoring their work to ensure any risks are controlled.
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A contractor is anyone who directly employs or engages construction workers or manages construction work.
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A Principal Contractor is appointed by the client to control the construction phase of any project involving more than one contractor.
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Under the CDM Regs 2015, a Designer’s role includes: to make sure the client is aware of the client duties under CDM 2015 before starting any design work…
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A designer is an organisation or individual whose business involves preparing or modifying designs for construction projects, or arranging for, or instructing, others to do this.
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While the CDM Regs 2015 place client duties on commercial clients in full, such duties for domestic clients normally pass to others.
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A domestic client is any individual who has construction work carried out on their home, or the home of a family member, that is not done as part of any business.
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Commercial Clients have a crucial influence over how projects are run, including the management of health and safety risks.
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A commercial client is any individual or organisation that carries out a construction project as part of a business.
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The Principal Designer’s role is very important in influencing how risks to health and safety are managed throughout a project.
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A Principal Designer (PD) is a designer who is an organisation or individual (on smaller projects) appointed by the client to take control of the pre-construction phase of any project involving more than one contractor.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has advised that planting and general horticultural work are not considered ‘construction work’.
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The CDM Regs 2015 apply in every building project in the UK regardless of whether it’s domestic, commercial, notifiable or non-notifiable.
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Under the CDM Regs 2015 when a project is notifiable, the notification also triggers the appointment of a Principal Designer, a Principal Contractor…
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The person responsible for Health & Safety on a project, depends on the construction phase and it is either the PD or the PC.
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Since the CDM Regs 2015 apply separately for each contract, individual Health & Safety files would need to be prepared. Even if these individual contracts are small sections/phases of a large project, they still require their own H&S file prepared.
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Under the CDM Regs 2015, the main duty holders on a project are: Client, Designer, Principal Designer, Principal Contractor, Contractor(s), Workers.
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