Construction, Design and Management Regulations (CDM) 2007

Safecontractor fulfils the CDM 2007 CORE criteria requirements for assessing contractors.

The aim is for health and safety considerations to be treated as a normal part of a project's development, not an after thought.

• CDM 2007 further defines the roles and responsibilites of each party involved on a construction project, with greater responsibility being placed on the Client and how they can influence safety on a project.

• The role of planning supervisor has been replaced with the new role of CDM coordinator.

• Projects will be notifiable if they last more than 30 days of 500 person days.

• The regulations now focus attention on effective planning and management of construction projects, from design concepts onwards.

• The importance of competent parties (individuals and companies) working on a project is a major driver to these regulations and so the HSE have developed a CORE Criteria to be followed in the assessment of competence for all construction related contractors.
• The Core Criteria is split into 2 Stages:

  Stage 1: Assesssing the company's organisation and arrangements for health and safety.

  Stage 2: Assessing the company's experience and track record to establish it is capable of carrying out the type of work it has tendered for.

Impact on Safecontractor

• Due to SAFEcontractor's continual development and evolutionary nature it already satifies the core criteria for the assessment of an extensive range of trades across many industry sectors. See Market Sectors & Work Activities.

Through CDM revision the construction industry is provided with the framework to significantly reduce occupational accidents & ill health. All dutyholders should recognise the important role they have to achieve this.