Posted By Brian John Abbs Dalston If you are looking for work as a CDMC, can you send me your CV please? In fact that's an open invitation to all prospective CDMCs brian_abbs "at" hotmail.com I am not an agent Many thanks El Bash

Posted By Dalston Arran I wasn't saying that these aren't important. My thoughts about design team experience were that this helps demonstrate experience. E.g. knowledge of likely technical problems, high level of safety knowledge. A CDMC is also an influencer and a negotiator. Some of the Architects and Engineers I work with are obtuse, awkward and arrogant. Having worked in a design team I feel that this has given me the ability to influence designers into making sensible decisions (as far as I can influence without being a designer myself of course). Now that we've had CDM2007, people are starting to wake up to the fact that there have been a large number of PS that have simply done the bare minimum and have in effect shortchanged the client. It's up to us now to get out there and start showing the industry that we are not just capable, but have a beneficial effect on project design and safety. And that needs both management and design knowledge. Good luck ;-)