{"id":13757,"date":"2019-05-16T22:46:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T22:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/?p=13757"},"modified":"2019-05-16T23:00:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T23:00:07","slug":"contractors-duties-under-the-cdm-regs-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/contractors-duties-under-the-cdm-regs-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the Contractor&#8217;s duties under the CDM Regs 2015?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Contractors<\/strong> and the\u00a0workers\u00a0under their control are most at risk of injury and ill health from construction work. Contractors therefore have an important role in planning, managing and monitoring their work to ensure any risks are controlled.<\/p>\n<p>Contractors on\u00a0all projects\u00a0must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>make sure the\u00a0client\u00a0is aware of the client duties under CDM 2015 before any work starts<\/li>\n<li>plan, manage and monitor all work carried out by themselves and their workers, taking into account the risks to anyone who might be affected by it (including members of the public) and the measures needed to protect them<\/li>\n<li>check that all workers they employ or appoint have the skills, knowledge, training and experience to carry out the work, or are in the process of obtaining them<\/li>\n<li>make sure that all workers under their control have a suitable, site-specific induction, unless this has already been provided by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/principal-contractor-duties-under-the-cdm-regs-2015\/\">Principal Contractor<\/a><\/li>\n<li>provide appropriate \u00a0supervision, information and instructions to workers under their control<\/li>\n<li>ensure they do not start work on site unless reasonable steps have been taken to prevent unauthorised access<\/li>\n<li>ensure suitable welfare facilities are provided from the start for workers under their control, and maintain them throughout the work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to the above responsibilities, contractors working on\u00a0projects involving more than one contractor\u00a0must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>coordinate their work with the work of others in the project team<\/li>\n<li>comply with directions given by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/principal-designer\/\">Principal Designer<\/a>\u00a0or principal contractor<\/li>\n<li>comply with parts of the\u00a0construction phase plan\u00a0relevant to their work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Where a contractor is\u00a0the only contractor working on a project, they must ensure a\u00a0construction phase plan\u00a0is drawn up before setting up the site.<\/p>\n<p>When working as the only contractor for a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/domestic-client-under-the-cdm-regs-2015\/\">domestic Client<\/a>, the contractor takes on the client duties, as well as their own as contractor. However, this should involve them doing no more than they will normally do to comply with health and safety law.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h5>READ MORE<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/construction\/cdm\/2015\/principal-contractors.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Principal contractors: roles and responsibilities (HSE)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/uksi\/2015\/51\/contents\/made\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (Legislation.gov.uk)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contractors have an important role in planning, managing and monitoring their work to ensure any risks are controlled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11080,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,20],"tags":[113,178,784,115,189,190],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What are the Contractor&#039;s duties under the CDM Regs 2015? 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