CDM regulations

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The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (the CDM Regulations) are intended to make health and safety a proper and routine consideration in the planning and management of construction projects and ensure that the duties of the various parties are clear. The CDM Regulations aim to reduce the risk of harm to those involved in the building, use, maintenance and demolition of structures and set out a framework to make this happen. See Practice Note: Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.

The the CDM Regulations came into force on 6 April 2015 (replacing and revoking the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007). See Practice Note: CDM Regulations 2015—what's changed? [Archived] and Checklist: CDM Regulations 2015 vs CDM Regulations 2007 [Archived].

The CDM Regulations apply to all 'construction work' (as defined in regulation 2). The definition of 'client' in the CDM Regulations ('any person for whom a project is carried out') is broad enough to cover both domestic and commercial clients.

The CDM Regulations impose duties on five key parties to a construction project who are referred to as the duty holders,

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