London 2012: The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007: Dutyholder roles and impact

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Posted on: 13 September 2012
By: mackene
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Frontline Consultants was commissioned by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and funded by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) to review duty holder implementation of The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007) on the construction of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (London 2012). The objectives of this research are to: review the effectiveness of the 2007 Regulations as implemented by duty holders for the construction of the new 2012 venues against the criteria set for the CDM revision during 2005/6; assess the extent to which the Regulations assisted the management of health and safety during the construction of the new 2012 venues; identify examples where the Regulations produced obvious and demonstrable benefits in both health and safety and business delivery terms and the extent to which such benefits can be transferred to the construction of other sites; identify any requirements within the Regulations which affected good health and safety performance or which were considered burdensome or unfair, or inhibited the competitive environment with little overall benefit to improved health and safety performance; and capture the good practice and present it for dissemination by HSE, ICE and ODA in a way that will inspire and enable a genuine and lasting health and safety legacy from the construction of the games to benefit construction across Britain. This report is part of a suite of research projects and independent evaluations undertaken on health and safety at work on the London 2012 construction programme.

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