Safety in design
Making 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.
Safety in design
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
