Practical Guide to Using the CDM Regulations 2015 - Softcover

Putsman, Tony; McArthur, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0727759906 ISBN 13: 9780727759900

Publisher: ICE Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

Although the CDM Regulations first came into effect in 1995, there is still widespread misunderstanding regarding how project teams should perform in order to satisfy their legal obligations. Addressing the latest revisions to the CDM Regulations, Practical Guide to Using the CDM Regulations 2015: Teamwork not Paperwork unpicks the common misunderstandings and provides clear examples of how the regulations can be applied to real-life cases. Practical Guide to Using the CDM Regulations 2015: Teamwork not Paperwork examines the key principles of delivering quality projects, safely and within reasonable financial limits, and how to apply these principles in practice. 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. Reflecting the new CDM 2015 Regulations, this edition: outlines Health and Safety legislation, culminating in the CDM Regulations, and demonstrates a management framework for managing risk with the intention of preventing death, injury and ill health in construction. provides an appreciation of legal requirements and best practice guidance to satisfy legal standards emphasises the importance of structured development of the team, establishing purpose and promoting a collaborative culture includes case studies demonstrating the application of the CDM 2015 Regulations to real-life projects demonstrates the fundamental management principles required to ensure quality service can meet the schedule, the budget and the legal requirements of a project.

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About the Author

Tony Putsman BSc (Hons), MICE, C Eng is a chartered civil engineer with 40 years construction experience. He has managed a variety of projects in the UK and Africa, including water supply, highway, industrial and residential schemes. A leading advocate of team-based risk management, he now acts as an independent risk management consultant and is a founder-director of Construction Team Technologies Ltd. Paul McArthur BA (Hons) MSc, MiFL is a people-development specialist, having worked in the field of personal and organisational change for nearly 30 years. Paul has delivered leadership and behavioural safety IOSH-accredited tailored courses to hundreds of managers and supervisors in petrochemical, chemical and nuclear energy industries, and has worked on team development with a host of public and private sector organisations. He is also a founder-director of Construction Team Technologies Ltd.

Review

Though they are the main regulations for managing the health, safety and welfare of construction workers, the Construction (Design and Management) (CDM) Regulations have not promoted high levels of dutyholder compliance or approval. That s one of the reasons they are now in their third iteration. Practical Guide to Using the CDM Regulations 2015It s also fair to say CDM has always been associated with bureaucracy, which is reflected in the book s subtitle, Teamwork not paperwork . The authors, who are specialists in managing people and teams in the engineering and construction industries, look at CDM from the people perspective. The book is in two parts, each comprising three chapters. After considering the concept of dutyholders in CDM and the Health and Safety at Work Act, the authors look at the paperwork generated by the 1994 version of CDM. This is explored further in the chapter CDM 1994 2007 , where they acknowledge there was often a greater desire to create an audit trail than to consider real risk issues. They also criticise, quite rightly, the concept of using generic risk assessments. The book then considers changes introduced by the 2007 Regulations, including the replacement of the planning supervisor role with a CDM coordinator, a change that didn t deliver the benefits the legislators had hoped for. As well as talking about the spirit of CDM requiring communication, coordination and cooperation, the authors touch on the real need to focus on competence and common sense. The first part of the book concludes with a brief chapter on CDM 2015, referring to the inclusion of domestic projects and explaining the abolition of the coordinator role. The second section focuses on building an effective team and how to use CDM principles to do this. Here, the authors add real value, considering why successful teams differ from the average. They look in detail at the different phases for managing the design risks of the project, including project preparation (building the team), construction (building the facility), post-construction (building the business), and the demolition phase (end of the business). Concluding with a look at how a project team could fulfil the requirements of CDM 2015 in a way that benefits the team and the client, the authors argue effective communication is key and emphasise the need to ensure the right people get the right information at the right time. The guide s positives are the case studies, think points and quotes scattered throughout the text. I defy anyone not to pause and think about the statement: We don t invent new ways of killing and injuring people in construction we use the tried and tested methods. My only reservation is that, at just 90 pages, it is a relatively expensive read. --Donald Muir Health and Safety at Work December 2015

Edition details

• Publisher: ICE Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0727759906
• ISBN 13: 9780727759900
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112