CDM co-ordination
Ridge is able to undertake the role of CDM Co-ordinator under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 and is fully covered by Professional Indemnity Insurance. The role in undertaking the CDM Co-ordinator duties are as follows:
Give suitable and sufficient advice and assistance to clients in order to help them to comply with their duties, in particular:
Concept and feasibility
- The duty to appoint competent designers and contractors
- The duty to ensure that adequate arrangements are in place for managing the project;
- Notify HSE about the project
Design and planning
- Co-ordinate design work, planning and other preparation for construction where relevant to health and safety
- Identify and collect the pre-construction information and advise the client if surveys need to be commissioned to fill significant gaps
Tender/Selection stage
- Ensure any further notification details (we gather this information and complete the relevant forms) are sent to HSE
- Promptly provide in a convenient form to those involved with the design of the structure; and to everycontractor (including the principal contractor) who may be or has been appointed by the client, such parts of the pre-construction information which are relevant to each
Construction phase
- Manage the flow of health and safety information between clients, designers and contractors
- Advise the client on the suitability of the initial construction phase plan and the arrangements made to ensure that welfare facilities are on site from the start
- Produce or update a relevant, user friendly, health and safety file suitable for future use at the end of the construction phase
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