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Safety in design

To make the management of hazards and minimisation of risk during construction and life of a building easier are increasingly important considerations for the building designer. The introduction of the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 1994 (CDM) has placed a duty on the building designer to consider the safety implications of the design at all stages.

Health and Safety Executive

To quote:

“These guidance notes have their origin in concerns expressed to the HSE, particularly by designers employed in smaller practices, that there was a lack of useable guidance to help them satisfy their duties under regulation 13 of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 [CDM]. Their requirement was for information, which was:

a) From an authoritative source;

b) Brief and user-friendly; and

c) Set out in the form of suggestions for design actions.”

There are 24 documents within the Design Guides series, each of which can be downloaded from the website:

Index
Preface
Review sheets
How to use guidance
Practice policies
Health and Safety file
CDM - What designers should know
Hazardous materials
Asbestos
Musculo-skeletal
Noise
Excavations
Erection of structures
Steelwork erection
Refurbishment
Temporary works equipment
Work at height
Roofs
Spatial designs
Suspended access equipment
Blockwork
Demolition
Manual handling
Lifting - cranes

http://www.safetyindesign.org