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Stage 1 > Preparation and Brief: Supplementary Material: 1/SM4
1/SM4: Health and safety checklists
Legislation
The principal legislation is the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, which
sets out general duties on the part of both employers and employees. These
were reinforced with the introduction of the Management of Health and Safety
at Work Regulations 1999.
The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 are relevant at Stage
1. Although they place a duty on employers in respect of workplaces under their
control, there are implications for the way in which new workplaces are designed
and fitted out. This can be in respect of planning (e.g. traffic routes, escalators,
room dimensions, sanitary provisions), finishes (e.g. floors, wall surfaces) and
installations (e.g. lighting, heating, ventilation). The Regulations are concerned not
only with the initial provision of safe conditions for staff but also with safety for
cleaning and maintenance. The Workplace Regulations have been incorporated
within the CDM Regulations.
T he RIBA provides guidance on safety for personnel visiting building sites (see
Figure 1/2). This should be issued to staff and strictly observed.
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (‘the CDM
Regulations’) implement EU Directive 92/57/EEC, which requires that account be
taken of the general principles of prevention concerning health and safety during
the stages of project design organisation, construction and future maintenance.
The CDM Regulations impose statutory duties on designers and contractors
on all projects. They also impose duties on clients, except for domestic clients
undertaking work on their own residences solely for their own occupation. Where
construction work, other than for domestic clients, will be of more than 30 days’
duration or where more than 500 person days of construction work are involved
the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) must be notified by means of an F10 form
and a CDM coordinator appointed.
Client’s Guide to Health and Safety for a Construction Project (2008) might be sent
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to an inexperienced client at the initial approach, together with the practice’s
competence pack.
The architect’s role
The architect, when acting as lead designer or ‘designer’ (as referred to in the
CDM Regulations) should carefully study the text of the Regulations and the
Approved Code of Practice. It would also be wise to check the following:
