Construction (Design Management) 2007

CDM 2007 places legal duties on virtually everyone involved in construction work. Workspace Technology are a CHAS approved “Principal Contractor”. Our Health & Safety experience and expertise enables us to ensure sure that all duties fulfilled to the highest of standard throughout any project.

CDM Legal Duties

Those with legal duties are commonly known as ‘duty holders’. Duty holders under CDM 2007 are:

Clients – A ‘client’ is anyone having construction or building work carried out as part of their business. This could be an individual, partnership or company and includes property developers or management companies for domestic properties.

CDM co-ordinators – A ‘CDM coordinator’ has to be appointed to advise the client on projects that last more than 30 days or involve 500 person days of construction work. The CDM coordinator’s role is to advise the client on health and safety issues during the design and planning phases of construction work.

Designers – The term ‘designer’ has a broad meaning and relates to the function performed, rather than the profession or job title. Designers are those who, as part of their work, prepare design drawings, specifications, bills of quantities and the specification of articles and substances. This could include architects, engineers and quantity surveyors.

Principal Contractors – A ‘principal contractor’ has to be appointed for projects which last more than 30 days or involve 500 person days of construction work. The principal contractor’s role is to plan, manage and co-ordinate health and safety while construction work is being undertaken. The principal contractor is usually the main or managing contractor for the work.

Contractors – A ‘contractor’ is a business who is involved in construction, alteration, maintenance or demolition work. This could involve building, civil engineering, mechanical, electrical, demolition and maintenance companies, partnerships and the self-employed.

Workers – A ’worker’ is anyone who carries out work during the construction, alteration, maintenance or demolition of a building or structure. A worker could be, for example, a plumber, electrician, scaffolder, painter, decorator, steel erector, as well as those supervising the work, such as foreman and chargehands.

Benefits of Workspace Technology’s CDM

    Workspace Technology will ensure the construction project is safe to build, safe to use, safe to maintain and delivers good value by:

  • Focusing on planning, management, and practical on site safety
  • Delivering clarity – so making it easier for duty holders to know what is expected of them
  • Encouraging integration – strengthening the requirements regarding co-ordination and co-operation between all parties
  • Simplifying the assessment of competence to help raise standards
  • Maximising flexibility

Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 Summary Table