Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 1994
Purpose and Scope
The purpose of this policy statement is to set out the principals which Norton & Associates Ltd will apply generally to all aspects of its business activities with regard to the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 1994.
Legislation and Recognised Good Practice.
When carrying out its Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 1994 responsibilities, Norton & Associates Ltd will meet its obligations with regard to all aspects of the Regulations and the Approved Code of Practice L45, as approved by the Health & Safety Commission.
Responsibilities.
Norton & Associates Ltd recognises and accepts its responsibilities as Planning Supervisor / Designer / Principal Contractor / Sub Contractor to provide all necessary resources for all employees / sub contractors to be able to comply with the CDM Regulations.
Planning Supervisor Role.
Will co-ordinate the health and safety of the project design and planning, including consideration of how the different aspects of design and planning interact with each other and to ensure that the relevant parts of the general principals of prevention and protection are applied by everyone contributing to the design and planning process.
Prepare the health and safety file and ensure it contains all information on the design of the structure and information added during the construction phase by the principal contractor and all other information such as that provided by the client to the planning supervisor or information gathered by the planning supervisor to prepare the health and safety plan.
Prepare and develop the health and safety plan sufficient for it to form part of any tender documentation or similar proposal and examine all of the available information and assess where and when the principal risks are likely to occur.
Designer.
Will design to avoid risk to health and safety, tackle the causes of risk at source, reduce and control the effects of risk by means aimed at protecting anyone at work who might be affected by the risk. Limit the reasonably foreseeable risk to persons building, maintaining or repairing the structure and any person who may be affected by the work of such a person at work. Examine the methods by which the structure might be built and analyse the hazards and risks associated with these methods in the context of the design and avoid risk completely or tackle them at source or reduce or control their effects. Make clear the principals of the design and describe any special requirements for the purpose of construction and any assumptions made or special requirements for the purpose of maintenance of the structure and pass onto the Planning Supervisor all necessary information to be included within the health and safety plan.
Principal Contractor.
Take responsibility of and develop the health and safety plan incorporating the management by which it will be implemented during the construction phase, including assessment under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992 and other legislation. Reviewing and modifying the health and safety plan to reflect the changing circumstances as the construction work progresses.
Prepare a risk assessment addressing risk to employees and to other persons who may be affected by construction activities. Examine the health and safety plan and assessments of other contractors to confirm that the seriousness of the risk has been properly evaluated an to identify areas where an inter-relationship problem might exist.
Make the health and safety plan available to contractors when they tender for the different work packages of the construction phase. Provide training and monitor compliance of the health and safety plan by all contractors, take advice from and the views of employees, their agents and sub contractors.
Contractor.
Support and co-operate with the principal contractor to fulfil his duties in managing the health and safety plan. Provide the Planning Supervisor with information for compiling the health and safety file.
Provide comprehensive information on the risk to the health and safety to all employees and self-employed persons, including the name of the Planning Supervisor, Principal Contractor and the contents of the health and safety plan or such part of it as is relevant to the construction work which any such employee or self-employed person, is to carry out.
