ABSTRACT
Introduction 95
The planning supervisor’s duties explained 97 Notification to the Health and Safety Executive 98 Advising the client on the health and safety competence and resources of the team 99 Ensuring that adequate regard has been given to health and safety during design 102 Ensuring that adequate information is provided in or with the design 104 Ensuring cooperation between designers 104 Ensuring that a pre-tender health and safety plan (the plan) is prepared in good time 106 Advising the client on the initial contents of the construction phase health and safety plan 109 Ensuring that a health and safety file is collated and handed over to the client 111
Summary 113
The original European Communities Directive 92/57/EEC on which the United Kingdom legislators based the CDM Regulations called for the client to appoint a ‘coordinator for health and safety matters’. This appointee’s key objective would be to coordinate health and safety matters during the various stages of designing and preparation for a project. Consequently the UK lawmakers invented the ‘planning supervisor’ to fulfil this role.
