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How on earth are small companies to manage the new CDM 2015 regs Re; Construction phase plans for every job ?
If we send an operative to an emergency one off job ie; water leak or lock change while they are out on the road who will prepare the CPP and is this CPP to be on the person carrying out the work?
Our office is not permanently manned.
Don't suggest them having CITB Wizard installed on their phones because we cannot make them install this on to their personal phone and its only available on Android format at the moment.
As a small company it is not cost effective for us to supply the operatives with company phones.
With regards to CDM 2015 being introduced to simplify thing, I think it's made things more complicated.
I would appreciate other peoples thoughts on this matter.
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Paul
This and other ancillary issues re CDM 2015 have been discussed on these forums recently. The general consensus agrees with your assertions. The most likely result of the requirement for a CPP for all construction related activities regardless of size is either non-compliance, or a proforma designed to capture a few salient factors related to the work - in effect, meaningless paper safety.
Ray
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I agree, unfortunately CDM 2015 has made it more complicated for companies like yours. However in your case I would think of the CPP as a way of recording how you manage H&S and not as a single document. A lot of the information in your CPP will be repeated from job to job so it can form part of your written policies and procedures, and generic RAMs. A copy of which can be kept in the vans.
Then all you have to worry about is the site specific risks. These can be collected over the phone, assessed once on site and recorded on a job sheet.
You can make this as complicated as you like but remember CDM is all about eliminating and reducing risks.
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What Alfeserv describes above is exactly how I see streetworks gangs operating when I'm doing their audits.
Whether it's trench digging, paving or tarmacking, they have a generic RAMS together with a site-specific assessment supplement which will go into additional controls related to the site conditions, public safety, traffic management arrangements, change of equipment, weather, special underground utility conditions etc
It's like each hole they dig, each patch they repair, the RAMS becomes pre-CP becomes CPP.
And the documentation is not difficult if it's designed properly.
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