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Essential CDM 2015 Regulatory Guides UK for Construction Projects
Regulation 4: What Suitable Arrangements Actually Means
Regulation 4 of CDM 2015 is four paragraphs long. Most clients have never read it. Those four paragraphs create the entire framework of client duty under the regulations. And they are more demanding — and more specific — than most clients realise.
Paul Scanlon
Jul 301 min read
No Principal Contractor Appointed: The Duties Fall to You
Don't appoint a Principal Contractor, and the role doesn't disappear. It lands on you. This is one of the least understood consequences in CDM 2015.
Paul Scanlon
Jul 301 min read
The Gateway Process and the Gateway 2 Hard Stop
On a higher-risk building, there is a hard legal stop before you can start construction. Many clients don't know it exists.
Paul Scanlon
Jul 301 min read
Regulation 8: The Four-Part Competence Test
Regulation 8 of CDM 2015 uses a four-part test for competence. Most clients only check one of the four.
Paul Scanlon
Jul 301 min read
Regulation 12: The Health and Safety File
Most clients receive the Health and Safety File at handover, file it, and never think about it again. That is the mistake.
Paul Scanlon
Jul 301 min read
What Must a Construction Phase Plan Actually Contain
"What actually needs to be in a Construction Phase Plan?" is one of the most searched CDM questions — and one of the most poorly answered in practice.
Paul Scanlon
Jul 301 min read
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