The pre-construction information provides information for those designing, bidding for, or planning work and for the development of the construction phase plan. The pre-construction information helps to fulfil the Construction Design and Management Regulation 2015 (CDM) principal designer role or designer role. The CDM 2015 requires that the Client provides pre-construction information. “Pre-construction information” means […]
Who is the client? CDM 2015 defines a client as anyone for whom a construction project is carried out. The regulations apply to both domestic and commercial clients. This guidance is aimed at commercial clients. A commercial client is an organisation or individual for whom a construction project is carried out in connection with a […]
At the end of the project, you must ensure that the principal designer provides you with the health and safety file. On projects where the principal designer’s role has finished before the end of the project, the principal contractor will have taken on responsibility for the file and for handing it over to you. As […]
There are a number of things that you should do while the construction work is being carried out. What the principal contractor must do in the “construction phase“? The construction phase plan will include the following information:- Description of project Project description and programme details including any important dates. Details of the project team Extent […]
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Mechanical systems can include elements of infrastructure, heating and plant and machinery, tool and components etc. Electrical systems may include telecommunications, computing instrumentation, and control systems and power supply and distribution etc. Systems that will be installed in buildings:- Building control systems. Energy distribution. Energy supply (gas, electricity and renewable sources such as solar, wind, […]
Embarking on a medium/large scale construction project requires notification to HSE under Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulation 2015, using a F10 form under the HSE website. Who must notify HSE If the client is a: commercial client, then they must notify HSE domestic client – notification must be carried out by the: contractor […]
The HSE have ensured contractors work within a construction legal framework called CDM when carrying out construction projects. The Construction Design and Management Regulations (CDM 2015) are the main set of regulations for managing the health, safety and welfare of construction projects. CDM applies to all building and construction work and includes new build, demolition, […]
Excavation can take place during the demolition phase of a construction project. Excavation is the process of removing earth to form a cavity in the ground. On small sites or in confined spaces, excavation may be carried out by manual means using tools such as picks, shovels and wheelbarrows. Larger scale excavation works will require […]
Architecture is both the process and the produce of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or any other structures. Planning drawings are designed by the architect and these approved by the local authority via the planning department. After approval from the authority and with no objections from the local residence the plans are given the green […]
