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Stage 0 > Strategic Definition: Supplementary Material: 0/SM3
To this list could be added:
•• advising the client on the competence and resources of designers as relevant
to health and safety obligations
•• ensuring so far as is reasonably possible that potential hazards are identified,
eliminated or reduced at design stages
•• ensuring that all design team members and others contributing to the design
(e.g. specialists/subcontractors) cooperate over health and safety obligations
•• attending pre-tender meetings with invited principal contractors to check
adequacy of resources for health and safety obligations, and written health
and safety policy statements
•• advising the client on the competence and resources of contractors relevant
to health and safety obligations
•• checking that the principal contractor is provided with reasonably necessary
health and safety information before construction commences
•• appraising the principal contractor’s initial construction phase health and
safety plan and advising the client
•• monitoring the principal contractor’s development of, or changes to, the
Construction Phase Plan following variations or additional work, and advising
the client as necessary
•• observing the principal contractor’s compliance with the Construction Phase
Plan during construction of the works, and advising the client if there are
departures
•• obtaining necessary information for the Health and Safety File during the
design and construction stages
• advising the client on the safe keeping of the Health and Safety File and its
future use.
The role of CDM coordinator is one which on major projects might be undertaken
by an independently appointed architect who has undergone the necessary
training. On simpler projects the architect as project lead might be well placed
to take on the additional but separate role of CDM coordinator. However, this is
a statutory appointment and the services to be provided need to be fully and
precisely indicated. Any architect accepting such an appointment will need to
understand fully the implications, be properly trained and have appropriate
indemnity cover. It is a function which could attract considerable liability in
the event of injury to persons, or losses to clients should the works be delayed
because of incidents or intervention by the HSE.
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