Posted By Andrew Our company has decided to expand it's premises and manage the project themselves. What would be required in such a project? Thanks Andrew

Posted By Ralph Baqar Andrew, what is your current role within the company? What sort of extension are we talking about e.g. contract size etc. I'd agree with the earlier comment that you need to be competent and this role can be both time consuming and complicated to someone who is not use to construction and health and safety e.g. You need to be able to ask all the right questions in relation to design issues, so that you are fulfilling statutory obligations. E-mail me direct if you’re struggling. You might also want to check this web-site out:-http://www.associationforprojectsafety.co.uk

Posted By Stacey R Collins It can be done. We're an office based business who saved 6 figure sums doing planning supervisors role in-house on small refurbishment work (£1m-5m budget). I suggest that at least one person in-house can undertake some specific training in CDM (over and above general H&S or specific construction safety qualifications) in order that, for the purposes of paperwork and insurance if nothing else, they can be nominated as the "competent person". But in reality we actually share responsibility for discharging the various duties under CDM around our team (consisting of a designer, architect, two project managers, myself as H&S and environment manager, a construction manager/clerk of works, a quantity surveyor and a team secretary). Only the architect, clerk of works and the QS were actually from outside our firm.

Posted By Ron Hunter Competency. If you ain't got it, buy it in.