CDM Consultancy Dulwich

Construction, design and management services in Dulwich

Looking for a CDM Consultancy Dulwich? W M Barker & Son Ltd, have been implementing CDM Consultancy services since the commencement of the initial CDM Regulations in 1995. With over 30 years of expertise in construction health and safety, we continue to render CDM consultancy services to the construction trade. We can help with sustaining clients’ designers’ and contractors health and safety requirements.

WHAT ARE THE CDM 2015 REGULATIONS?

The current variant of the regulations, CDM2015, came into force on 6th April 2015 and are the 3rd iteration of the rules.  These regulations strengthen previous UK construction health and safety measures ensuring that health and safety issues are appropriately acknowledged throughout a project’s development.

So that the risk of injury to those who must build, use and maintain structures is lessened. The Regulations dictate that a “Principal Designer” needs to be appointed where greater than one contractor will be operating on a project at any one time. 

Domestic clients are no longer excluded, with the duties falling to the contractor or Principal Contractor where more than one is present on site. These duties can be assigned to the Principal Designer (where appropriate) or to the Principal Contractor).

CDM CONSULTANCY SERVICES DULWICH

Our extensive CDM consultancy services build on our numerous years’ background of the CDM Regulations in their multiple guises (Planning Supervisor > CDM Co-ordinator > Principal Designer) following 1995.

  • We can implement tailor-made solutions to ALL your CDM obligations. 
  • Our team of CDM advisors all benefit from construction history. We recognise and understand the ‘buildability’ and related issues encountered by designers and contractors equally.
  • Our expert ‘File Compilers’ are committed to the job of compiling health and files and additional development documentation.
  • We can administer a cost-effective ‘Cloud-based’ CDM Portal system to hold CDM documents in one spot and handle projects.

PRINCIPAL DESIGNERS (PD)

CDM2015 necessitates a designer to tackle the PD (Principal Designer) job for health and safety on projects.

We offer a complete Principal Designer service for lead-consultants or other designers designated to a Principal Designer role (CDM-PD) by a customer. This service gives expert guidance and direction on the CDM2015 statutes to ensure the PD can offer project health and safety duties efficiently. Our package of ‘essential’ CDM-PD services incorporates: 

  • Advice and direction for regulation compliance.
  • Health and Safety revision of drawings and specs.
  • Provision of PCI (Pre-construction Information)  for tendering contractors.

We can ‘intensify’ our service throughout the project:

  • Develop construction phase plans. 
  • Furnish advice and guidance on access and maintenance for structures in use.
  • Monitor and study method statements and risk assessments.
  • Advise on information to be presented by designers. 

After the project, we can likewise arrange the Health and safety file for the project.

CDM 2015 – CLIENTS DUTIES

Client duties are more focused in CDM2015. The new regulation acknowledges the value of the client as the head of the supply chain. Customers are best situated to set health and safety standard during the project. Most projects will include client discharging duties under CDM. 

As a client, you, therefore, must appoint a Principal Designer (PD) from the current design team on projects where greater than one contractor is predicted on-site. You must also pick a Principal Contractor.

If you do not make these selections, you will be considered, as the Client, to be taking on these tasks yourself.

A client’s additional duties include submission of an F10 to the HSE, provision of data to the PD for the expectations of pre-construction Information, responsibilities concerning welfare provision during the project. Also, clients need to ensure those they select are competent.

If we are implementing another service now for the project, we can also be selected to serve as the PD. Alternatively, suppose you chose as the client to take on these responsibilities yourself. In that case, we can offer a CDM consultancy service to provide this expertise and carry out the role on your behalf.

Although the PD replaces the previous CDM-C role, the PD is not obligated to provide clients with health and safety guidelines or ensure they comply with their obligations under CDM2015. We think that clients want and value a CDM advisor to assist them in complying with health and safety regulations, and we can extend this service.

DESIGNERS

Suppose you are appointed as ‘Principal Designer’ (PD) by a client. In that case, you will be expected to undertake most of the duties currently administered by the CDM Coordinator.

Including:

  • Pre-construction H&S Co-ordination;
  • Preparation/collation of the Pre-Construction Information (PCI);
  • Preparation/collation and issue of the H&S File (HSF) after the project;
  • Other duties 
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Suppose you are a design practice that does not have the necessary in-house capabilities to accomplish the CDM/H&S viewpoints of the new Principal Designer role. In that case, we can provide a CDM consultancy service to fulfil this role on your account as part of your organisation.

CONTRACTORS

For residential clients where no Principal Designer is elected, you will be expected to assume the responsibilities of the PD (including PCI and HSF).
You will require a Construction phase plan for ALL projects where you use different contractors, irrespective of project scope or duration.

Our CDM advisors can help with the formation of these plans on all sizes of construction projects. Our CDM portal system is another valuable tool for contractors.

It recognises if a project is notifiable or not and leads the contractor through the appropriate process so that all related property information is produced (Asbestos, H&S File etc.) and ensures critical risks are recognised, adequate control actions are in place. That suitable documentation is organised for each project also.

CDM PORTALS

We can provide a CDM Portal for our customers. This is a web-based system specially produced to ensure CDM compliance on construction projects. The advantages of the CDM Portal incorporate: 

  • A Cloud-based system.
  • Holds all (CDM) documentation in one place.
  • Simple, methodical and cost-effective.
  • Levels of accessibility can be modified.
  • Ensures CDM compliance
  • Provides an audit trail

The CDM Portal names, before start on-site, what relevant H&S File information is anticipated to be produced, who will implement the information and, after the project, provides a simple system to collate it all.

Once collated this information is instantly uploaded and ready within the CDM Portal giving access to all those who may require this. 

 Whether you are a Customer, Contractor, Architect, Designer or Contract Administrator etc. our CDM Portal solution can support you to satisfy your H&S obligations in an orderly, simple, cost-effective way. 

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CDM INFORMATION & PLANS

Following the debut of CDM in 1995, we have formed efficient and practical means of collating pre-construction information to be given to the Contractor.
In collating this data, we can work with design teams and different project stakeholders to produce a ‘hazard register’ which is refreshed as the project proceeds. This is the HSE-preferred process of identifying and coping with hazards. It provides a practical record which permits us to bestow our pre-construction information clearly and succinctly.

For smaller projects, we propose a ‘small works plan’ CDM portal. This is a frequently overlooked feature added in the CDM2007 regulations, where clients now have duties to ensure contractors’ orders are in place before the contractor starting on site.

Under CDM2105, this is particularly relevant where coordination is needed if more than one contractor is on site. We propose a cost-effective and candid system for dealing with these projects, and this has shown to be very helpful and popular with clients.

HEALTH & SAFETY FILES

The Health and safety file is a vital record for all projects. We have a dedicated team of extremely skilled file compliers whose single task is to assemble information into these documents.

 The advantages our file compliers provide are:

  • Principal Designers can focus on design and pre-construction concerns.
  • H&S Files are compiled without disturbance as the project proceeds.
  • There is a pro-active strategy to collating health and safety data.
  • Documentation can be made accessible for any specified deadline, including handover or practical conclusion.

Our team of compliers are also competent with most electronic filing and extranet systems. They can utilise these to better collate the files. 

HEALTH & SAFETY CONSULTANCY DULWICH

Our broad expertise of construction health and safety signifies we can offer clients health and safety consultancy guidance, leadership and systems for efficient management of health and safety and compliance with ordinances.
We can work as health and safety advisors expected under Regulation 7 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. We render a 24-hour helpline, and primary advice is free.
As an experienced  CDM Consultancy Dulwich areas, we recognise that no single technique or approach will satisfy all of our clients. Therefore, we can tailor our services to match your individual needs, whether you want a fully integrated service or wish to pick and choose from our stand-alone services.

  • Site Audits: Computer-based scoring system for auditing promptly classifies deficiencies. It facilitates the comparison of achievement scores, paving the way for ongoing reform. 
  • Development of health and safety policies: New or updating existing to suit your demands. 
  • Risk Assessments: Pragmatic project/activity explicit about complying with statutory conditions, prepared in association with the person providing out the works.
  • Workplace Assessments: Incorporating fire, emergency plans, first aid provision, display screen appraisals, workplace regulations, manual administration, rand provision for DDA orders, etc., under the numerous rules.
  • Health and safety training: Varying from toolbox discussions to full construction education and CDM CDP sittings and asbestos awareness training. 
  • Construction Management Plans: Where needed by planning applications as a condition of approval.

Get in Touch with W M Barker & Son Ltd

Our mission is to give you dependable construction, design and management services as safely as possible. We serve the entirety of London and Kent and are easily contactable on 0208 650 7839, where one of our team will be pleased to take your call.

Whatever building project you have in mind, you can rely on the expert CDM consultancy Dulwich and beyond. At W M Barker & Son Ltd to get the job done in no time.

Further to our CDM Consultancy Dulwich areas, we also offer our work in Bromley, Chislehurst, Keston, Bickley, Chelsea, Kensington, Blackheath, Greenwich, and the surrounding areas of London and Kent.

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