Summary and implications
The changes proposed by the HSE in the new draft CDM regulations
are underpinned by a desire to improve standards of health and
safety, particularly on smaller construction sites. The changes
attempt to provide a regulatory framework which is more appropriate
and relevant to smaller sites and generally to remove
bureaucracy across the industry.
The construction industry remains, statistically, one of the
highest risk industry sectors to work in. According to data
collected by the HSE, the construction industry still accounts for
an average of 53 work-based fatalities and around 31,000 new cases
of occupational disease and/or ill health in every year.
The current Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
2007 (the CDM Regulations 2007) came into force on 6 April 2007,
and brought together into one regulatory package the Construction
(Design and Management) Regulations 1994 and the Construction
(Health, Safety and Welfare)
