Understanding the CDM Regulations


Book Description

Understanding the CDM Regulations provides the construction professional with practical guidelines for the implementation of the Construction (Design and Management Regulations) 1994, with reference to the April 2007 changes to the regulations. These regulations have imposed significant duties upon construction clients, designers and contractors. This book introduces a coordinated framework for the management of health and safety during construction projects large and small.




Principal Designer's Handbook


Book Description

The new CDM regulations came into force on 6th April 2015 changing the face of pre-construction health and safety management on construction projects, large and small. This handbook provides a comprehensive road map to undertaking the new Principal Designer role brings pre-construction health and safety risk management into the hands of architects and other designers. Offering authoritative and straightforward guidance to carrying out these tasks, it also uses case studies and checklists to demonstrate how this can be done quickly and efficiently.




CDM 2015


Book Description

This is the designer’s essential guide to implementing the new CDM 2015 regulations. It provides both a straightforward overview of the key changes and new duty holders, including the Principal Designer, as well as full colour diagrams and annotated plans which demonstrate how to apply the principles in the real world. As the regulations come into force it aims to reassure those fearing a change in their obligations by outlining easy to use practical tools which will integrate the philosophy of the new regulations – of proportionate response, creative solutions and collaborative working – into day-to-day practice. It’s designed as a concise and handy quick reference guide, easy to carry around on site or use at your desk, translating what can be dry and often impenetrable legislation into a set of simple, intuitive, design friendly and safe messages.




CDM Regulations 2015 Explained


Book Description

CDM Regulations 2015 Explained provides a straightforward, independent and authoritative assessment and analysis of the new 2015 CDM Regulations. The individual roles of each party involved in a construction project are detailed in light of the latest updates to the Regulations.




CDM Regulations 2015 Procedures Manual


Book Description

CDM REGULATIONS CDM REGULATIONS 2015 PROCEDURES MANUAL The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM Regulations) initially came into force on 31 March 1995 to promote an integrated, holistic approach to the consideration of health and safety issues associated with all aspects of construction projects. The Regulations were updated in 2007, with the current version coming into force on 6 April 2015. The Regulations require all those involved in construction to adopt a team-based approach to health and safety, to be delivered through dutyholder responsibilities via project team risk management, accountability and effective, timely communication. The CDM Regulations 2015 Procedures Manual articulates and explains the statutory duties, and provides a documentation system to ensure associated compliance. It has been thoroughly revised to take account of the amendments to the CDM Regulations brought about by the 2015 update, which requires both subtle and significant changes in the management of health and safety within the construction industry.




Construction Health and Safety Management


Book Description

Provides knowledge, understanding and guidance to the detailed and complex requirements of health and safety legislation as applied to the construction industry. This book provides the knowledge, understanding and guidance to the CDM regulations that students in particular will need when they start working in the industry. It links in with the CIOB Education Framework at levels 2 and 3.




Practical Guide to Using the CDM Regulations 2015


Book Description

This succinct guide summarises the key features of the legislation and explains the best practice behaviours that will enable project teams to work more effectively, and at the same time satisfy the requirement of the law.




Health and Safety Law for the Construction Industry


Book Description

This work eliminates some of the complexity, as well as some of the mystery, of current health and safety legislation to encourage better understanding within the construction community.




RIBA Health and Safety Guide


Book Description

To ensure chartered architects are reaching a higher standard of knowledge in health and safety and the life safety of building users, the RIBA will be introducing an online test based on a comprehensive curriculum for all members to demonstrate their competence. This guide is designed to improve the safety of practitioners on site and their understanding and application of health and safety processes to create buildings that are safe to build, operate and use. It will help prepare architects for the forthcoming RIBA health and safety test, providing practitioners with the guidance they require regarding site safety, both before and during construction, significant hazards and design risk management to discharge their professional services and legal duties competently and safely.




ICE Manual of Health and Safety in Construction


Book Description

This manual advises readers on real-life situations, providing an authoritative, highly practical and invaluable reference for practising engineers, technicians and other construction professionals, as well as a comprehensive overview of the topic for students.