If you don't know already as from 6th April 2015 The
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 ("CDM
2007") will be replaced by The Construction (Design and
Management) Regulations 2015 ("CDM 2015"). These
regulations put in place arrangements to manage risks to the health
and safety of persons in the carrying out, maintenance, cleaning,
use and future alteration of construction works.
Almost everyone having an interest in construction projects
needs to have at least a general awareness of CDM 2015 –
developers, funders, tenants, employers, contractors, designers and
other professional advisers will all be effected in different
ways.
The Regulations are freely available from the UK
government website, guidance has been published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)
and professional bodies are rolling out training programmes for
their members (e.g. the ICE and RIAS). The CITB has also
launched an
