Description: The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (known as ‘CDM2007’) affect all construction work of any significance. The Regulations place duties upon all designers and this guide is designed to assist in fulfilling those duties with respect to Construction Work.

CDM2007 builds upon earlier health and safety legislation by imposing a framework of duties so that all the parties to a construction project must consider health and safety. The Regulations have an Approved Code of Practice L144 (known as the ACoP) titled ‘Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007, which has legal status and must be referred to alongside CDM2007.

This guide addresses workplace ‘in-use’ hazards; there is a companion CIRIA guide C662 which addresses construction hazards.

Keywords: health and safety, construction management, risk and value management

Contents: 1 Introduction 1.1 What the regulations require 1.2 How the approach required by CDM2007 relates to previous practice, 1.3 What are workplace “in-use” hazards for the purposes of CDM? 1.4 How are hazards to be assessed and managed by designers? 1.5 Who are affected by “in-use” hazards? 6 Who are designers? 1.7 Provision of information 1.8 How to use the “in-use” guidance for designers 2 Summary of specific welfare requirements in the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 and ACoP L24 21, 3. Information about hazards Physical environment, 4 Tables of information about typical workplaces 5 Appendices A Hazard checklist B Example of the use of the hazard checklist to record team discussions C References/sources of further information, List of tables List of figures