Health and safety on site

Site safety is paramount on a self-build, so here’s what you need to know if you’re self-managing your project

CDM REGULATIONS The Construction, Design and Management (CDM) Regulations ensure health and safety issues are considered, by reducing the risk of harm to those who build, use and maintain the building. As a self-managing self-builder you will, in effect, become a contractor and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) demands sufficient health and safety capability to meet the requirements of CDM, including having a construction phase plan, which you can put together with the help of the CDM Wizard app from www.citb.co.uk. Visit www.hse.gov.uk for more details. DRAW UP A SITE PLAN A well-thought-through site plan will help comply with health and safety requirements and deal with the endless deliveries that will descend as the project progresses. Mark up a plan showing where everything will go, leaving enough space to…

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Homebuilding & Renovating (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2022

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