SSSTS CDM 2015

Question 1

Under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, who has overall responsibility for the management of health and safety during the construction phase?

Accepted Answer

The principal contractor

Answer

Under CDM 2015, the principal contractor has overall responsibility for planning, managing, monitoring, and coordinating health and safety during the construction phase. They must ensure that the construction phase plan is prepared and implemented, and that all contractors comply with their duties.

Question 2

What is the client's duty under CDM 2015 before construction work begins?

Accepted Answer

The client must make suitable arrangements for managing the project, ensure adequate time and resources are allocated, and appoint a principal designer and principal contractor where required

Answer

CDM 2015 places significant duties on clients including: making suitable arrangements for managing the project, ensuring adequate time and resources, appointing a principal designer and principal contractor (for projects with more than one contractor), providing pre-construction information, and ensuring a construction phase plan is in place.

Question 3

What is the purpose of a construction phase plan under CDM 2015?

Accepted Answer

To set out the health and safety arrangements, site rules, and specific measures for managing high-risk activities during the construction phase

Answer

The construction phase plan (required under Regulation 12) sets out the arrangements for managing health and safety during construction. It includes site rules, arrangements for controlling significant risks, emergency procedures, and management of specific high-risk activities such as work at height or with asbestos.

Question 4

Under CDM 2015, what must a designer do to comply with their duties?

Accepted Answer

Designers must eliminate foreseeable risks where possible, reduce risks that cannot be eliminated, and provide information about any remaining risks to those who need it

Answer

Under CDM 2015 Regulation 9, designers must eliminate foreseeable risks so far as reasonably practicable through design choices, reduce risks that cannot be eliminated through design, and provide information about remaining significant risks to contractors and others who need it for safe construction and maintenance.

Question 5

What triggers the requirement to notify the HSE about a construction project under CDM 2015?

Accepted Answer

Projects lasting longer than 30 working days with more than 20 workers at any one time, or exceeding 500 person-days of construction work

Answer

Under CDM 2015 Regulation 6, notification to the HSE is required when the construction work is expected to last longer than 30 working days and have more than 20 workers on site at any one time, or exceed 500 person-days of construction work. The notification (F10) must be displayed on site.

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SSSTS CDM 2015