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The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM) can help you to: improve health and safety in your industry have the right people for the right job at the right time to manage the risks on site focus on effective planning and manage the risk - not the paperwork.
Everyone controlling site work has health and safety responsibilities. Checking that working conditions are healthy and safe before work begins, and ensuring that the proposed work is not going to put others at risk, require planning and organisation. This applies whatever the size of the site.

What do I need to do?
CDM 2007 places legal duties on virtually everyone involved in construction work. Those with legal duties are commonly known as 'dutyholders':
  • Clients
  • CDM co-ordinators
  • Designers
  • Principal contractors
  • Contractors
  • Workers
Background to CDM 2007 Regulations
Construction remains a disproportionately dangerous industry where improvements in health and safety are urgently needed. The improvements require significant and permanent changes in dutyholder attitudes and behaviour. Since the original CDM Regulations were introduced in 1994, concerns were raised that their complexity and the bureaucratic approach of many duty holders frustrated the Regulations' underlying health and safety objectives. These views were supported by an industry-wide consultation in 2002 which resulted in the decision to revise the Regulations. The new CDM 2007 Regulations revise and bring together the CDM Regulations 1994 and the Construction (Health Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 into a single regulatory package.

Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007
If you are doing or having construction and building work carried out, you will have health and safety responsibilities to consider before starting work.

clients, designers, contractors and others involved with construction work all have duties under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007) under CDM 2007, certain construction work must be notified to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
Does this affect me?
If you are having construction work done on your own home, or on the home of a family member, as a domestic client you do not have to notify the work to HSE and you will not have duties under CDM 2007 - although those doing the work on your behalf (such as designers or contractors) will.

If you are having construction work done as part of a trade or business, for example as a landlord or a developer, it may be notifiable and you will also have other duties as a client under CDM 2007.
What work is notifiable?
Construction work is notifiable to the HSE if the construction phase is expected to last more than 30 days or 500 person days of construction work.
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