Contents Introduction .......................................................... 2 Designers .............................................................. 2 Principal Contractor.......................................... 3 Sub contractor .................................................... 4 Conclusion ........................................................... 5 Reference ..............................................................

Introduction
CDM is an abbreviation of Construction Design and Management (from the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2006). It applies to construction projects that are modifiable under the Regulations if they are to last longer than 30 days or will involve more than 500 person days of work.

The importance of construction management in construction is to eliminate higher costs and to eliminate any delay as well as value engineering. Depending on the size of your construction project, almost all the time, the general contractor may provide this service. On retail, commercial and some high-end residential projects, the architect may provide the client with a construction management company.

Designers
In CDM 2007, designer has a broad meaning and cover s person or organizations that prepare drawings, design details and those who specifies a particular method of construction or material. Therefore, by default anyone involved in the project is a potential designer, including the clients, architects, civil and structural engineers, building surveyors, building service

designers contractors, interior designers and shop fitters, temporary work engineers and anyone purchasing materials where the choice has been left open. Designers are in a unique position to reduce construction risks, and play a key role in CDM 2007. Designs develop from initial concepts through to a detailed specification, often involving different teams and people at various stages. At each stage, designers from all disciplines can contribute significantly by identifying and eliminating hazards, and reducing risks from hazards where elimination is not possible. Designers' earliest decisions fundamentally affect 2

the health and safety of construction work. These decisions influence later design choices, and considerable work may be required if it is necessary to unravel earlier decisions. It is vital to address health and safety from the very start. Designers' responsibilities extend beyond the construction phase of a project. The regulation places legal duties for them to consider the health and safety of those who maintain repair, clean, refurbish, and eventually remove or demolish all or part of the structure, as well as the health and safety of users of workplaces. For most designers, build ability considerations, and ensuring the structure can be easily maintained and repaired is part of their normal work. Considering the health and safety of those who do this work should not be an onerous duty. Failure to address these issues adequately at the design stage usually increases running costs, because clients are then faced with more costly solutions when repairs and maintenance become necessary. Where significant risks remain despite available remedies, designers must provide information with the design that ensures that the CDM coordinator, other designers and contractors are aware of these risks.

Principal Contractor
The principal contractor has a central role in managing health and safety during the construction phase. It is achieved mainly by developing a health and safety plan from the pre-construction information identified and collated by the CDM coordinator and provided by the client and designers, and by ensuring that the plan is followed. The principal contractor must be a contractor. A contractor is someone who performs or manages construction work and has been formally appointed as principal contractor by the client. The principal contractor is then also a contractor and must also comply with the contractor's duties. The principal contractor has the major responsibility for safety and health during the construction phase on modifiable projects only, and has the duties to:

Demonstrate their organizations competence and adequacy of resources to perform the principal contractor's duties on the particular project

Verify competence and resources allocation of any sub-contracted designers or contractors

Prepare, develop, communicate, implement and amend the construction phase plan

Plan and manage the construction processes and ensure other contractors manage their work, including inspections and audits

Ensure the provision of adequate welfare facilities, prevent unauthorized access to the site, prepare and enforce the site rules and manage effective co-operation and co-ordination between contractors

Make available to the other contractors key documents, e.g., health and safety file information, site surveys, designers' information, risk

assessments, and the construction phase plan

Inform other contractors of their mobilization time, which should be sufficient

Ensure the workforce is consulted on health and safety matters and provided with suitable inductions, information, and training

Liaise with the CDM coordinator for any design undertaken during the construction phase and provide information for the health and safety file Display the project notification on the site

Sub contractor
A subcontractor is an individual or in many cases a business that signs a contract to perform part or all of the obligations of another's contract. A subcontractor is hired by a general contractor to perform a specific task as part of the overall project and is normally paid for services provided to the project by the originating general contractor. While the most common concept of a subcontractor is in building works the range of opportunities for subcontractor is much wider and it is possible that the greatest number now operate in information sectors of business.

The incentive to hire subcontractors is either to reduce costs or to mitigate project risks. In this way the general contractor receives the same or better service than the general contractor could have provided by itself, at lower overall risk. Many subcontractors do work for the same companies rather than different ones. This allows subcontractors to further specialize their skills.

Conclusion
In conclusion, the aim made by the HSC is nothing more to address major problems of the regulations because the HSC is willing to admit that they dont have issues and they are intended to be the starting point to encourage and facilitate and responsibilities of members of the construction site. in delay of submission of the deadline of the may affect the new regulation are implemented in October 2006.it can be argued that contrary to the criticisms leveled a regulation of 2006, the responsibilities of the client have been increased to an appropriately that in a fair and proportionate manner perfectly obligation have also been places in participants in a project. It appears that even so the ultimate on us is upon the client to ensure planning good supervisors is being taking and he must be skilled and have experience project and to effective address the concerns regarding management

Reference
1. ^ http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/320/contents/made 2. ^ http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1592/contents/made 3. ^ http://osha.europa.eu/en/legislation/directives/sector-specific-andworker-related-provisions/osh-directives/15 4. ^ http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/cdm.htm 5. ^ http://www.citation.co.uk/health-and-safety/contraction-design-andmanagement-guidelinesCDM ALL SITES WERE ACCESSED ON 8 DECEMBER 2012