Health & Safety: CDM Coordination

The Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007) concern occupational health, safety and welfare in construction. They place legal duties in relation to management arrangements and practical measures on a range of construction project participants, including clients, designers and contractors. The regulations replace and modify existing regulations (from 1994) with the aim of simplifying and clarifying the delivery of improved standards of health, safety and welfare and related business benefits.

For notifiable projects, they require clients to appoint a competent, adequately resourced CDM Coordinator (CDMC) as a key project advisor in respect of construction health and safety risk management matters. Their main purpose is to advise and assist clients to carry out their duties; to coordinate health and safety aspects of the design work and to prepare the health and safety file. Until such time as a CDMC is appointed, the client is deemed to be undertaking that role.

At TFT we have a clear structure and process for acting as CDMC for both notifiable and non-notifiable projects, ensuring full compliance with the legal duties set out in the regulations. TFT's CDMC services are controlled and undertaken by staff registered as competent by the Association for Project Safety. We promote involvement of the CDMC at the earliest possible opportunity in construction projects to provide a significant contribution to reduce risks during construction and post-completion.