Planning Supervisors
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
1994: CDM
Oldham Associates Construction Health and Safety
Consultants work with a wide range of organisations
in the construction industry from specialist
contractors employing less than ten people up to
international organisations such as H J Heinz
Company Ltd.
This guidance is issued by the Health and Safety
Executive. Following the guidance is not compulsory
and P Ss are free to take other action. But if you
follow the guidance you will normally be doing
enough to comply with the law. Health and safety
inspectors seek to ensure compliance with the law
and may refer to this guidance as illustrating good
practice.
Planning Supervisors Introduction
The degree of detail as well as the time and effort
required to comply with The P Ss legal duties need
only be in proportion to the nature, size and level
of health and safety risks involved in the project.
Therefore for small projects with minimal health and
safety risks, you will only be required to take
simple, straightforward steps and few, if any,
specialist skills will be needed.
For most projects the P S will be an organisation (eg,
specialist consultant, architectural practice,
consulting engineers, project managers, contractors,
etc) with design and construction experience and,
with relevant knowledge of health and safety. In
some cases, particular expertise may need to be
brought in. Except for the smallest projects it is
unlikely the planning supervisor will be an
individual.
What are the duties under the CDM Regulations?
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Ensure HSE is notified of the project
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Ensure co-operation between designers
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Ensure designers comply with their duties
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Ensure a pre-tender stage health and safety plan
is prepared
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Advise the client when requested to do so
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Ensure a health and safety file is prepared
Notification of project to HSE
The P S has to make sure that the Health and Safety
Executive office local to where the construction
work is to take place is notified of the project if
the construction work in it will last for 30 days or
more or involve more than 500 person days. HSE Form
10 (rev), which can be obtained free from any local
HSE office, can be used when making the
notification. The notification has to be sent as
soon as possible after the P S has been appointed by
the client.
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