ABSTRACT
A key intention is to explain the essence of construction design and development (CDM) 2015 in comparison to its predecessors. The Regulations set out to support the coordinated workforce of client, designer and contractor to put together plans, select capable people to work together and produce systems of work to deliver successful architecture. The whole industry must therefore work together to effect change. There may be resistance but we must try; it is the designer institutes of the architects and civil engineers who can set the standards and level of acceptable practice. The HSE commissioned a number of research reports on CDM 1994 in the years running up to CDM 2007. The 1994 Regulations originally set the scene for our CDM legislative landscape, but it is worth looking again at the holistic development of CDM and how it was received by the experts.
