Construction design and management regulations 2015
- Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 201.
- A designer is an organisation or individual whose business involves preparing or modifying designs for construction projects, or arranging for, or instructing, others to do this
The Construction (Design & Management) Regulations (CDM 2015) are the main set of regulations for managing the health, safety and welfare of construction projects. CDM applies to all building and construction work and includes new build, demolition, refurbishment, extensions, conversions, repair and maintenance.
What are the 2015 construction safety regulations?
The 2015 Regulations also provide for a more streamlined and less bureaucratic approach to co-ordination of health and safety information during construction projects
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The 2015 Regulations are deregulatory, and some gold plating of Directive requirements has been removed whilst maintaining or improving necessary standards of worker protection
What are the construction (design & management) regulations?
The Construction (Design & Management) Regulations (CDM 2015) are the main set of regulations for managing the health, safety and welfare of construction projects
CDM applies to all building and construction work and includes new build, demolition, refurbishment, extensions, conversions, repair and maintenance
What is the 2015 regulations?
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1 This instrument (“the 2015 Regulations”) is intended to protect persons from health and safety risks arising from construction work through the establishment of a systematic framework for management of those risks
The instrument revokes and replaces the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007
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×Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, or CDM 2015, are regulations for managing the health, safety and welfare of construction projects of all sizes and types in the UK. CDM 2015 came into force on 6 April 2015, replacing CDM 2007. CDM 2015 provides guidance on the legal requirements and the responsibilities of each dutyholder involved in the construction process, from concept to completion. CDM 2015 aims to improve the overall health, safety and welfare of those working in construction and to prevent injury and ill health.
To comply with the Building Act 1984 and the subsequent statutory instruments known as the Building Regulations, Building regulations approval is required to construct certain structures in England and Wales.
Construction projects falling into this category are sometimes referred to as notifiable, however this is different from the notification (which may also be required under the Construction Regulations 2015, which seeks to monitor health and safety in construction projects.
In the United Kingdom there are many regulations relevant to health and safety at work.
Many of these give effect to European Union directives.
Reduction of occupational hazards by early planning in the design process
Prevention through design (PtD), also called safety by design usually in Europe, is the concept of applying methods to minimize occupational hazards early in the design process, with an emphasis on optimizing employee health and safety throughout the life cycle of materials and processes.
It is a concept and movement that encourages construction or product designers to design out health and safety risks during design development.
The process also encourages the various stakeholders within a construction project to be collaborative and share the responsibilities of workers' safety evenly.
The concept supports the view that along with quality, programme and cost; safety is determined during the design stage.
It increases the cost-effectiveness of enhancements to occupational safety and health.
