CDM 2015

Embedding the new

regulations

Simon Longbottom

18 June 2015

Content

• Context

• Summary of changes

• Delivery of coordination

• New approach to competence

• Domestic clients: unintended

consequences?

• Role of H&S professionals

• Supporting materials

• Challenges

Context

• Better regulation

– Simplification

– Less bureaucracy

– Focus on risk

• Directive implementation

• H&S outcomes

– Focus on risk

– Coordination

Simplification - CDM 2007

Part 1 Part 4

Part 2

Part 3

Simplification - CDM 2015

client appts designer PD Plan/file PC contractor

Part 4

General requirements

Part 2 Part 3

The structure of the Regulations has been simplified

Summary of changes

• Thresholds

• Domestic clients

• Competence

• Coordination

The Client’s ‘Principals’

client

PD PC

Coordination

• Poorly resourced in CDM 2007

• Function not role

• Embedded within existing team in CDM 205

• Not witchcraft

• External advice?

Competence

• Change counter-

intuitive?

• Regulating for

competence

• Unintended outcomes

– Individual

–Corporate

• Wider than HSE

Domestic clients

• Exemption removed

• Criminalise home

owners?

• Compromise

• Limited transfer of duties

• Risk of mis-selling

services

• No change in targeting or

enforcement expectation

Role of H&S professionals

• Proportionality

• Real risk

• Sensible H&S

CDM 2015 – guidance

• Legal commentary (L-Series)

• Duty holder-specific guidance authored by CONIAC – aimed at smaller projects

• Revised HSE web pages

• Template H&S plan – smartphone app

• Revised client leaflet

Post implementation:

• Simplified sign-posting ACoP?

Challenges

• What is good enough?

• Skills and growth

• H&S professionals – shared vision of sensible and proportionate

Thank you for listening