Construction Design and Management - CDM Regulations Course

Course Overview:

The Construction Design Management (CDM) Course offers the students and trainees the basics and more specifically the CDM Regulations 2015 on construction site risk management.

The course outlines the legal obligations of the participants within CDM, the practice of preparing the pre-construction information, construction phase plan, health and safety file, and the need for cooperation and coordination of all the project stakeholders. In addition, other issues such as, risk assessment concepts, responsibilities distribution among various duty holders, and more safety initiatives are also discuss.

This course is very useful for clients, contractors, designers, and all those interested in construction Management Safety.

Course Objectives:

At the end of this Construction Design Management (CDM) Course, learners will be able to do:

• Have an overview of the CDM Regulations 2015.
• Know what they are required to do by law under CDM Regulations.
• Know how to prepare the pre-construction information.
• Know how to prepare the construction phase plan.
• Know how to prepare the health and safety file.
• Understand why cooperation and coordination are integral to the CDM Regulations.
• Understand the importance of integrating safety management in the planning and design stage.

Who Should Attend?

The Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations Training course has been designed for:

• Anyone who is a key duty holder, whether they are the client, the principal contractor, the principal designer, the designers, or the sub-contractors.
• Workers of any role working on a construction site. These workers will be made aware of their responsibilities by understanding the purpose of the CDM Regulations.

Course Outlines:

Introduction to CDM Regulations

• Why manage health and safety?
• The costs of accidents.
• Construction industry statistics.
• Why CDM?
• Health and safety culture in the construction industry.

Overview of health and safety law and liabilities

• Criminal and civil law.
• Liability.
• Enforcement and prosecution.
• Compliance – how far do we go?
• Statutory duties.

Health and safety law in construction – The current framework

• The framework of relevant legislation.
• Health and Safety at Work etc Act.
• Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations.
• Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.
• Work at Height Regulations 2005.
• Who is responsible for the risks created by construction work?
• Shared workplaces/shared responsibilities.
• Control of contractors – the importance of contract law.

 CDM 2015 – the principles and current best practice

• Scope – what is construction?
• Application – when do they apply?
• The CDM management system.
• Duty holders (client, designer, CDM Co-Ordinator, principal contractor, contractor).
• Documents (HSE Notification, H&S Plan, H&S File).
• Management process.
• The 2015 Approved Code of Practice.
• Clarification of roles and responsibilities.

Risk assessment and the role of the designer

• Principles of risk assessment.
• Loss prevention/hazard management.
• What is a suitable risk assessment?
• Design vs. construction risk assessment
• The client is a designer?
• Whose risk, is it?

Risk assessment exercise

• Understanding the principles of design risk assessment.
• Identifying hazards under the control of clients and designers.
• Quantifying the risk.

Key documentation:

• Notification,
• Pre-construction information,
• Construction phase plan,
• Health and safety file

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