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Posted By Paul Leadbetter
Good morning everybody
One of my clients has recently leased another bay in a light industrial unit and needed to knock through the blockwork wall to gain access to this extension to his premises. This was carried out by his maintenance man who used a fork-lift truck for the task, even though he was advised by another employee that the wall should be taken down a block at a time. While the use of the FLT probably contravened the Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regs (reg 10), would CDM have applied to this 'dismantling of a structure'?
Any thoughts on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Paul Leadbetter
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Posted By Frank Cooper
Paul,
I quote from the latest ACOP (2001):
"CDM applies to all demolition or dismantling work, whether or not the work has to be notified to the HSE. Demolition includes the deliberate pulling down, destruction or taking apart of a structure, or a substantial part of a structure. It includes dismantling for re-erection or re-use.
Demolition does not include operations such as making openings for doors, windows or services, or removing non-structural elements such as cladding, roof tiles or scaffolding. These operations may, however,form part of demolition or dismantling work when carried out alongside other activities."
The work will only be notifiable to the HSE if the work is to last more than 30 days or will involve more than 500 person days.
Hope this is of use to you,
Frank Cooper
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