In the case of notifiable projects, clients must appoint a competent CDM coordinator.
A client is an organisation or individual for whom a construction project is carried out. Clients only have duties when the project is associated with a Business or other undertaking
Those clients without construction expertise should rely on the CDM co-ordinator’s advice on how best to meet their duties,
The provision of suitable and sufficient advice and assistance to the client to assist them with their duties, in particular:
(i) the duty to appoint competent designers and contractors; and
(ii) the duty to ensure that adequate arrangements are in place for managing the project;
Co-ordination of design work, planning and other preparation for construction where relevant to health and safety;
Identification and collection of the pre-construction information; advice to the client if surveys need to be commissioned to fill significant gaps;
Prompt provision in a convenient form, of the preconstruction information relevant to each party involved with the design of the structure; and to every contractor (including the principal contractor) who may be or has been appointed by the client;
The management of the flow of health and safety information between clients, designers and contractors;
Advice to 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;
The production of a relevant, user friendly, health and safety file suitable for future use at the end of the construction phase.
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