Health & Safety

The health and safety of our operatives and the clients they serve is of paramount importance to us. We therefore invest in and adhere to the highest safety standards delivered through:

• Membership of the Building Safety Group

• Our own Health & Safety department which constantly monitors legislation to ensure we meet new Health & Safety and any other legal requirements

• Our own in-house Training Department for all staff 
   
• Close relationship with construction skills in making sure all operatives fully trained, not only for the job they do but for safety.

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CDM – Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007.

The information below was taken from the HSE website.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/cdm.htm

The Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007) came into force on 6 April 2007. Everyone in construction needs to know about the new construction health and safety regulations. CDM 2007 will help you to:

* Improve health and safety in your industry

* Have the right people for the right job at the right time to manage the risks on site

* Focus on effective planning and managing risk - manage the risk not the paperwork

CDM 2007 places legal duties on virtually everyone involved in construction work. Those with legal duties are commonly known as ‘dutyholders’. Dutyholders under CDM 2007 are:

 * Clients - A 'client' is anyone having construction or building work carried out as part of their business. This could be an individual, partnership or company and includes property developers or management companies for domestic properties.

* CDM co-ordinators - A 'CDM co-ordinator' has to be appointed to advise the client on projects that last more than 30 days or involve 500 person days of construction work. The CDM co-ordinator's role is to advise the client on health and safety issues during the design and planning phases of construction work.

* Designers - The term 'designer' has a broad meaning and relates to the function performed, rather than the profession or job title. Designers are those who, as part of their work, prepare design drawings, specifications, bills of quantities and the specification of articles and substances. This could include architects, engineers and quantity surveyors.

* Principal contractors - A 'principal contractor' has to be appointed for projects which last more than 30 days or involve 500 person days of construction work. The principal contractor's role is to plan, manage and co-ordinate health and safety while construction work is being undertaken. The principal contractor is usually the main or managing contractor for the work.

* Contractors - A 'contractor' is a business who is involved in construction, alteration, maintenance or demolition work. This could involve building, civil engineering, mechanical, electrical, demolition and maintenance companies, partnerships and the self-employed.

* Workers - A ’worker’ is anyone who carries out work during the construction, alteration, maintenance or demoliton of a building or structure. A worker could be, for example, a plumber, electrician, scaffolder, painter, decorator, steel erector, as well as those supervising the work, such as foreman and chargehands.

Davie is happy to act as Principal Contractor, CDM Coordinator or Contractor for any of your building projects. We are experienced and trained in all of these roles, and as developers we know how stressful being a Client can be.