This document discusses the Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations 2015 and the roles and responsibilities of different duty holders under these regulations. It provides an overview of who the key duty holders are such as the client, principal designer, principal contractor, designers and contractors. It also discusses some of the important considerations and challenges for implementing CDM on construction projects, particularly for electrical work which carries inherent safety risks. Compliance with CDM is important to manage risks and prevent accidents on construction sites.

1. Graham Smith MInstCS
CEO – Highway Electrical Association
Peter Burbidge
Head of Lighting and Technology Design – Ringway Jacobs
& ILP LSE Technical Representative
Considerations, Interactions & Impact of
the Construction Design & Management
Regulations for ALL Duty Holders
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2. CDM Regulations 2015
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3. Interpretation
2.(1) In these Regulations—
“construction work” means the carrying out of any building, civil engineering or engineering construction
work and includes—
(a) the construction, alteration, conversion, fitting out, commissioning, renovation, repair, upkeep,
redecoration or other maintenance (including cleaning which involves the use of water or an abrasive at
high pressure, or the use of corrosive or toxic substances), de-commissioning, demolition or dismantling of
a structure;
(b) the preparation for an intended structure, including site clearance, exploration, investigation (but not site
survey) and excavation (but not pre-construction archaeological investigations), and the clearance or
preparation of the site or structure for use or occupation at its conclusion;
(c) the assembly on site of prefabricated elements to form a structure or the disassembly on site of the
prefabricated elements which, immediately before such disassembly, formed a structure;
(d) the removal of a structure, or of any product or waste resulting from demolition or dismantling of a
structure, or from disassembly of prefabricated elements which immediately before such disassembly
formed such a structure;
(e) the installation, commissioning, maintenance, repair or removal of mechanical, electrical, gas,
compressed air, hydraulic, telecommunications, computer or similar services which are normally
fixed within or to a structure,
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4. Clients
needs
Specify
Design
PlanInstall
Clean
Maintain
Replace
The Whole Project Lifecycle
Maintenance
Operation
Feasibility
Design
Construction
Phase
Contract Awarded

5. Key Supporting Documents

6. Roles and Responsibilities
Client
Principle
Contractor
Principle
Designer
Designers Contractors Workers

7. Roles and Responsibilities
Appoint the duty holders as required
Making sure all appointed persons are competent and have the
skills, knowledge, experience and organisational capability
Provide suitable time to carry out all activities and ensure welfare is
provided
Ensure management arrangements are in place at all times and
ensure PCI and CPP completed
Ensure PD creates the Health and Safety file and it is passed to
maintenance teams
Clients – ‘Organisation or individual who has commissioned a
construction project’

8. Roles and Responsibilities
•Type; Manufacture; Material; Height; Supply; Charge Code; No
of Units; Switch Regime;
Lantern Information
•Type; Material; Height; Supply; Age; Condition (RAG); Cranked
Root (cranked root orientation and dimensions, drawing to be
uploaded)
Column Information
•Foundation Type; Foundation Dimensions HxWxL; (if specialist
foundation attach drawing)
Foundation Information
•Fault History; Repair Type; Cost of Repair
Fault Information
•Results from Electrical Tests; Results from Structural Tests;
Records of Maintenance (date of BCC etc.)
Condition Information
•Where risk assessments are carried out, upload them to the
site location on the asset system
Risk AssessmentsDesigners
Contractors

9. Roles and Responsibilities
Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate health and safety in the pre-construction
phase
Help and advise the Client to ensure designers and contractors have the required
information they need to carry out their duties
Work with any other designers on the project to eliminate, reduce or
control foreseeable health and safety risks
Ensure that everyone involved in the pre-construction phase communicates and
cooperates, coordinating their work when required
Liaise with the Principal Contractor, keeping them informed of potential risks that
need to be controlled during the construction phase
Principle Designers – ‘Appointed by the Client, can be a person or
organisation’

10. Roles and Responsibilities
When preparing or modifying designs:
• Take account of any pre-construction information provided by the Client
• Eliminate foreseeable health and safety risks or reduce if not possible
Provide design information for the pre-construction information and the Health and
Safety File whilst helping the Client and (Principal) Contractor to comply with their
duties
Communicate, cooperate and coordinate with all involved to ensure designs are
compatible and ensure Health and Safety is considered throughout the project and
maintenance
Take into account Contractor knowledge and experience of building designs
Designers – ‘anyone that makes a decision in design including
specifying a material’

11. Roles and Responsibilities
Considerations
Selecting the
correct lighting
class
Whole life
costings
Materials
selection
Maintenance
Decommission
(are they still
required)
Recycling /
Reusing
How to update
Health and
Safety File
Designers Considerations
Risk Assessments
Drawings
Electrical Detail
Specification
Asset Schedule
Pre–Construction
Information
Health and Safety File

12. Roles and Responsibilities
Overhead Equipment
HV Cables
HP Gas Mains
Fibre Optic
Trees
Conflict Areas
Environmental
Design for Maintenance

13. Roles and Responsibilities
Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate the entire construction phase
• Liaise with Contractors
• Liaise with the Client and Principal Designer
Prepare a written Construction Phase Plan
• Regularly review to make sure it remains fit for purpose
Organise co-operation between Contractors and co-ordinate their work
• Ensure all workers have site-specific inductions, and any further information and
training is provided
Consult and engage with workers regarding their health, safety and welfare
• Ensure suitable welfare facilities are provided throughout the construction phase
Take steps to prevent unauthorised access to the site
Principle Contractors – ‘Appointed by the Client, to co-ordinate the
construction phase when there is more than one Contractor’

14. Roles and Responsibilities
Contractors – those doing the construction work, can work under
Principle Contractor
Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate work under their responsibility
Take account of the health and safety risks to everyone affected by the work
For projects involving more than one Contractor, co-ordinate with others in the
Project Team and comply with direction from Principle Designer / Contractor
For single projects take on applicable responsibilities mentioned for the Principle
Contractor

15. Roles and Responsibilities
Workers – ‘People who work for or under the control of
Contractors on a construction site’
They must:
Be consulted about matters which affect their health, safety and welfare
Take care of their own and others health and safety
Report near misses and incidents that are likely to endanger their own or others
health and safety
Cooperate with their employers and all parties on site

16. Onsite Reality Check

17. Importance of CDM
Inherently Dangerous
Working in the
highway
Use of plant
and machinery
Underground
services – we
specifically dig
around cables
Working at
height
Working with
electricity
Competency is Key
Compliance
with
Highway
Electrical
Registration
Scheme
(HERS)
Sector
Scheme 8
NVQ’s,
Diplomas
or Degrees
NERS
accreditation
for
connections
G39 for
access to
highway
electrical
equipment
BS 7671 for
wiring
installation
and design
Design to
lighting
standards
such as
BS 5489

18. Importance of CDM
When it goes wrong…
Workman ‘set
alight’ after cutting
through a power
cable at central
London building
site

19. Importance of CDM
Client
Principle
Contractor
Principle
Designer
Designers Contractors