Changes to Health and Safety Regulations: Construction

Changes to health and safety Regs: Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015

The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) are the main set of regulations for managing the health, safety and welfare of construction projects.

On Monday 6 April 2015, the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 replaced the 2007 Regulations

Key changes of the new CDM Regulations 2015

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1. All projects must have:

• workers with the right skills, knowledge, training and experience
• contractors  providing appropriate supervision, instruction and information
• A written construction phase plan

2. Project where more than one contractor is involved (domestic or non-domestic) must have 1 above plus:

• principal designer and principal contractor must be appointed
• a health and safety file

3. If work is scheduled to:

• last longer than 30 working days and 
• have more than 20 workers working simultaneously at any point in the project
• OR exceeds 500 person days

All of 1 and 2 above plus

• Client must notify project to HSE