1. Design Risk Management Spotlight on CDM 2015
Gillian Birkby

2. Topics covered Where are we now – CDM 2007
Where are we going – CDM 2015
Tall buildings
BIM
Working with other designers
Existing buildings

3. HSWA
“2(1). It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all his employees ... The matters to which that duty extends include ... the provision and maintenance of plant and systems of work that are, so far as is reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health.”

4. HSWA
“3(1). It shall be the duty of every employer to conduct his undertaking in such a way as to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that persons not in his employment who may be affected thereby are not thereby exposed to risks to their health or safety.”

6. Where are we now – CDM 2007 Competence:
No one to appoint duty holder unless reasonable steps to ensure that person is competent
No one must accept an appointment unless they are competent

7. Where are we now – CDM 2007
Cooperation : Every person who has a duty must cooperate with anyone else involved in the project at the same or an adjoining site. They must also seek cooperation of anyone involved in the project at the same or an adjoining site if that is necessary so that they can carry out their own duties.

8. Where are we now – CDM 2007
Co ordination: Anyone who has a duty must coordinate their activities with other duty holders to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, health and safety for anyone on the site or affected by it.

9. Where are we now – CDM 2007 Domestic clients – no duties
Notifiable – more than 30 days or more than 500 person days of work
Multiple clients can appoint one of them

10. Where are we now – CDM 2007 Designers
“No designer shall commence work in relation to a project unless a client for the project is aware of his CDM duties”
Avoid foreseeable risks to the health and safety of anyone in preparing or modifying design
Eliminate hazards if possible
Reduce remaining hazards

11. Where are we now – CDM 2007 Designers continued
Collective rather than individual measures
Take account of other relevant design considerations
Provide information with design to assist other duty holders

13. Health warning
Final wording of CDM 2015 is not yet published. These slides are based on consultation version of CDM 2015

14. Where are we going – CDM 2015 Overview Domestic clients have duties
CDMC role disappears
No mobilisation period
Notification changes
New role – principal designer

16. Principal designer – domestic clients
PD takes on domestic client duties if client appoints
More than one contractor – the client must appoint PD
No appointment of PD or principal contractor – first designer appointed deemed to be PD

17. Principal designer duties
Plan, manage, monitor, co-ordinate preconstruction phase to ensure:
project carried out without H&S risks
assist client in preparing preconstruction information
identification, elimination or control SFARP of foreseeable risks to H&S to workers including maintenance/cleaning
co-operation of everyone working on the project

19. Principal designer duties
all designers comply with their duties
preparation and revision of health and safety file
provide pre-construction information
liaison with principal contractor

20. Duties of designers
“A designer must not commence work in relation to a project unless satisfied that the client is aware of the client duties under the regulations”
What are the client duties?

21. Client duties
Make arrangements for managing the project suitable to ensure that:
construction work SFARP without risk to H&S
Schedule 2 requirements met (welfare)
provide pre-construction information to designers/ contractors
Reasonable steps to ensure that these arrangements maintained and reviewed

22. Client duties - continued
Ensure that:
principal designer complies with duties
principal contractor complies with duties
before construction phase, contractor/principal contractor draw up construction phase plan
PD prepares H&S file including asbestos information and revises as appropriate and keeps it available
pass H&S file to new purchaser

23. Duties of designers Preparing or modifying design
Eliminate SFARP foreseeable risks to H&S of construction works, maintenance/cleaning, using structure as workplace
Reduce and control risks through design process
Information about risks to PD
Ensure appropriate information in H&S file

24. Duties of designers - continued
All reasonable steps to provide information about design, construction or maintenance to “adequately assist” the clients, designers and contractors to comply with CDM duties

25. All duty holders
Co-operate with any other person in relation to a project at the same or an adjoining construction site so far as necessary to enable that person to perform CDM duties

27. General duties
If required to provide information, ensure it is comprehensible and provided as soon as practicable (BIM?)

28. Appointment of PD and PC
Client must appoint in writing as soon as practicable
No appointment – client must act as PD and PC

29. Notification
Longer than 30 working days and more than 20 workers at the same time; or
Exceed 500 person days
Client has duty to notify

30. Tall buildings

31. Tall buildings - continued
Fit out contractor starting fire
Inadequate fire watching
Are evacuation lifts the answer?
Timber framed buildings

32. BIM Benefits for FM Reducing repair and maintenance times
Collection of bricks or a tiled wall?
Using the same language
Sharing a model – testing more options

38. BIM - continued Sufficient client demand? Culture change
Effective collaboration
Cost?
BIM protocol
Repair – advance permits
Inspection of fire dampers

39. BIM – the vision
“The industry is still very reluctant to work collaboratively. Collaboration is the key to unlock the benefits of BIM. If we share the model and work in line with a common data structure and classification process … the true benefits can be achieved.” (MD of Rapid 5D Limited)

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41. Working with other designers
Co-operation is a statutory requirement – CDM Regulations
Can BIM make this work?

42. Existing buildings Previous uses The asbestos survey
Understanding the risk

43. Gillian Birkby Head of Construction Fladgate LLP 16 Great Queen Street | London WC2B 5DG Direct Dial: +44(0) Direct Fax: +44(0) |