For Health and Safety issues, 2002 will be a year of significant change and debate for the construction industry and the beginning of a process intended to culminate in revised CDM Regulations coming into force during 2004.
A revised Code of Practice to accompany the CDM Regulations was issued by the Health & Safety Executive at the beginning of December 2001 the first since the Regulations came into force in 1995. In addition, both the Health and Safety Executive and the Strategic Forum, headed by Sir John Egan, are now preparing discussion papers to be issued in May/June 2002. These discussion papers will present a high level review of the workings of the CDM Regulations, with particular focus on the roles of the client and the designer.
