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Stage 1 > Preparation and Brief: Supplementary Material: 1/SM4
All days on which construction work takes place count towards the period of
construction work. Holidays and weekends do not count if no construction work
takes place on these days.
Where a small project that is not notifiable requires a short extension, or
short-term increase in the number of people, there is no need to notify the
HSE. However, if the work or the scope changes significantly so that it becomes
notifiable, the HSE should be informed.
The information that has to be sent to the HSE is set out in Schedule 1 to the
CDM Regulations.
A standard form (F10) can be completed and submitted electronically online
or downloaded for manual completion. This is normally submitted by the CDM
coordinator as soon as possible after their appointment. If the principal contractor
is not appointed at that time then another, updated, notification must be made
after they have been appointed. Any missing information must be notified once
it becomes available, and the notifier should make clear that it relates to an
earlier notification.
Pre-construction information
The pre-construction information provides information for those bidding for or
planning work, and for the development of the Construction Phase Plan. The
level of detail in the information should be proportionate to the risks involved
in the project.
The HSE’s Approved Code of Practice on the CDM Regulations notes the following
topics for consideration when drawing up the pre-construction information,
where the topic is relevant to the work proposed.
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Description of project
(a)
project description and programme details including:
(i)key dates (including planned start and finish of the construction phase),
and
(ii)the minimum time to be allowed between appointment of the
principal contractor and instruction to commence work on site
(b) details of client, designers, CDM coordinator and other consultants
(c)whether or not the structure will be used as a workplace (in which case,
the finished design will need to take account of the relevant requirements
of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992)
(d)
extent and location of existing records and plans.
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