Guidance
The industry-produced Guidance is structured by duty holder, with a number of annexes which apply to all duty holders. Please select the required duty holder from the listing below.
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Industry Produced Guidance:
Clients
A client is defined in the CDM Regulations as the person who in the course or furtherance of a business
CDM Coordinators
A CDM Co-ordinator is the client’s adviser in matters relating to construction health and safety.
Contractor
A contractor is defined in the CDM Regulations as any person...
Designers
A designer is defined in the CDM Regulations as any person...
Principal Contractor
A principal contractor is responsible for contractors and workers on site...
Workers
A worker is not formally defined in the CDM Regulations, but can be considered as anyone who works on a construction site and, for the purpose of this Guidance, anyone carrying out work on behalf of a contractor or principal contractor.
Annexes
A number of annexes currently being developed by the Guidance Working Group to be read in conjunction with the Guidance