Health and safety in construction. Designers shouldnt commence work on a project unless the client for the project is fully aware of his duties under the Construction (Design and Management)2007 Regulations.

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Health and safety in Construction                                                                                               Jacob Korsand

Designers roles and responsibilities in health and safety

Designers shouldn’t commence work on a project unless the client for the project is fully aware of his duties under the Construction (Design and Management)2007 Regulations. The duties of a designer would be to appoint a CDM coordinator, they must ensure this person is competent for the job otherwise they are liable

 Every designer preparing or modifying a design which may be used in construction work in Great Britain must avoid foreseeable risks to the health and safety of any person

(a) Carrying out construction work;

(b) Liable to be affected by such construction work;

(c) Cleaning any window or any transparent or translucent wall, ceiling or roof in or on a structure

(d) Maintaining the permanent fixtures and fittings of a structure; or

(e) Using a structure designed as a workplace.

(f) Eliminate hazards which may give rise to risks; and

(g) Reduce risks from any remaining hazards, and in so doing shall give collective measures priority over individual measures.

(h) In designing any structure for use as a workplace the designer shall take account of the provisions of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 which relate to the design of, and materials used in, the structure.

(i) The designer shall take all reasonable steps to provide with his team sufficient information about aspects of the design of the structure or its construction or maintenance as will adequately assist—

(a) Clients;

(b) Other designers; and

(c) Contractors, to comply with their duties under these Regulations.

Contractors Responsibilities

  1. like a designer no contractor shall carry out construction work in relation to a project unless any client for the project is aware of his duties under these Regulations.

  1.  Every contractor shall plan, manage and monitor construction work carried out by them or under their control in a way that ensures, it is carried out without risks to health and safety.

  1.  Every contractor shall ensure that any contractor whom he appoints or engages in his turn in

connection with a project is informed of the minimum amount of time which will be allowed to

him for planning and preparation before he begins construction work.

  1.  Every contractor shall provide every worker carrying out the construction work under his control with any information and training which he needs for the particular work to be carried out safely and without risk to health, including—

(a) suitable site induction, where not provided by any principal contractor;

 

(b) information on the risks to their health and safety—

(i) identified by his risk assessment under regulation 3 of the Management of Health

and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, or

(ii) arising out of the conduct by another contractor of his undertaking and of which he is

or ought reasonably to be aware;

(c) the measures which have been identified by the contractor in consequence of the risk

assessment as the measures he needs to take to comply with the requirements and

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prohibitions imposed upon him by or under the relevant statutory provisions;

(d) any site rules;

(e) the procedures to be followed in the event of serious and imminent danger to workers;

 and

(f) the identity of the persons nominated to implement those procedures.

  1.  every contractor shall in the case of any of his employees provide those employees with any health and safety training which he is required to provide to them in respect of the construction work by virtue of regulation 13(2)(b) of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.

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