Different rules apply to the smaller Domestic Projects, with responsibility falling mainly on the Contractor or Principle Contractor who takes on the clients duties. It is important that when coordinating sites, particularly with installers working on the external facade of the building where they are exposed to danger that the appropriate supervision is provided including information and instructions to workers under their control.
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The current version CDM introduced the latest set of changes. You no longer need a CDM coordinator. Instead, a principal designer must be appointed in addition to the principal contractor , on projects with more than one contractor. It's been mentioned already, but I'm really emphasising this point because it's true even more so under CDM Although under CDM , duties applied to every project, some projects non-notifiable and domestic were exempt from many of the CDM requirements.
However, this is no longer the case under CDM Regardless of whether or not your project is notifiable, you will still have duties to discharge under CDM.
And you could still get a visit from the HSE to check that you are complying. CDM failures can lead to enforcement, fines and even prison. Everyone involved in construction work has a part to play in working safely and complying with CDM. This includes making the necessary appointments, coordinating with other duty holders, and producing CDM documentation.
You don't have the CDM coordinator to help you any more. There used to be someone on your team whose sole purpose was to manage CDM compliance, but now this role has gone.
So, it's really important that the principal designer and principal contractor know their CDM duties. They must now assist the client, as well as performing their own duties under CDM. Need help complying with your duties under CDM ? Follow our free CDM duty holder guides. But pre-construction information must still be developed, inductions need to be carried out, the construction phase plan still needs to be produced, and the site must be made safe.
On every project. When there is only one contractor , the sole contractor takes on additional duties such as the requirement to produce the construction phase plan and carry out site inductions etc. The duties that would usually be carried out by the principal contractor. And the client must still comply with their client duties, without the support of the principal designer. That includes providing pre-construction information.
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