Construction regulations

Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994

The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (sometimes called ‘CDM Regulations’) are aimed at improving the overall management and co-ordination of health, safety and welfare throughout all stages of a construction project. The regulations are designed to reduce the large number of serious and fatal accidents and cases of ill health, which happen every year in the construction industry.

The CDM Regulations place duties on all those who can contribute to the health and safety of a construction project. Duties are placed upon clients, designers and contractors. The regulations also create a new duty holder - the planning supervisor. Furthermore they introduce new documents - health and safety plans and the health and safety file.

The CDM Regulations are aimed at improving the overall management and co-ordination of health, safety and welfare throughout all stages of a construction.

If you have any doubt about whether the CDM Regulations apply to your project, or whether you have legal duties as a client, you should contact your local Health and Safety Executive (HSE) office.

Leaflets on the CDM Regulations and other aspects of construction are available from the HSE website.

Further information

E-mail: healthandsafety@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Phone: 020 7364 5008
Fax: 020 7364 6901

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