The CDM Regulations: Where now and where next?

This course reviews the CDM Regulations, their operation since 2007, established best practice and the likely impact of the adoption of the EU Temporary or Mobile Construction Sites Directive.

All property professionals need to know and understand the CDM Regulations, how they affect projects and to be confident about working with them. The current CDM Regulations have been in operation since April 2007 and, in
that period, a great deal of experience of their operation in practice has been gained. This course is designed to allow delegates to benefit from that experience. Now the HSE is looking to scrap the 140-page Approved Code of Practice and bring the CDM Regulations in line with the corresponding 20-page EU Temporary or Mobile Construction Sites Directive. That would have very significant implications, including with regard to the role of the CDM Coordinator.

The course covers:

• overview of the current CDM regulations
• purpose and significance
• notification
• application to non-notifiable and notifiable projects
• duties and responsibilities of clients, designers, CDM Coordinators, principal contractors and contractors
• information requirements
• the EU Temporary or Mobile Construction Sites Directive
• implications of alignment

Graham Dewey is a building surveyor and a health and safety specialist with enormous and wide-ranging professional experience. He is currently a Director of the WT Partnership specialising in health and safety work for major NHS trusts. He has been involved in more than 250 projects under the CDM Regulations.

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