Health and safety in construction - Guidance for construction professionals

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Health and safety in construction - Guidance for construction professionals

Health and Safety in Construction - Guidance for Construction Professionals offers clear guidance on the responsibilities of construction professionals for health and safety in construction. Construction professionals need to work together to ensure consistently high standards of best practice, and this essential guide will help achieve a measured and effective response to this challenge.

This guide will be an invaluable resource for the client, designer and contractor working together on construction projects.  

Contents

Professional duties
Civil liability
Statutory framework
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HSWA) General duties
Health and Safety Regulations and Approved Code of Practice (ACoPs)
Management of health and safety at Work Regulations 1992/99 (MHSWR) and risk assessment
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 (CDM Regulations)
Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996
Contractual provisions
Duty to warn
General conclusion  

For more information, please contact Matthew Parker (Matthew.parker@ice.org.uk)

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