ABSTRACT
Construction work 16.18 The CDM regulations apply only to construction work. Construction work is widely defined16 as ‘‘the carrying out of any building, civil engineering or engineering construction work’’ and includes:
(1) The construction, alteration, conversion, fitting out, commissioning, renovation, repair, upkeep, redecoration or other maintenance, decommissioning, demolition or dismantling of a structure;
(2) The preparation of an intended structure, including site clearance, exploration, investigation, excavation and laying the foundations of a structure;
(3) The assembly of prefabricated elements to form a structure, or the dismantling of such a structure;
(4) The removal of a structure or part of a structure or of any product or waste resulting from the demolition or dismantling of a structure or from disassembly of prefabricated elements which had formed a structure;
(5) The installation, commissioning, maintenance, repair or removal of mechanical, electrical, gas, compressed air, hydraulic, telecommunications, computer or similar devices which are normally fixed within or to a structure.
