CDM 2015 site checklist
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 — duty-holder summary. Not legal advice; refer to HSE L153 for the full ACOP.
Project
Date
Signed
Client duties
Every project — commercial or domestic (with agent).
- Appoint principal designer and principal contractor in writing where more than one contractor is on site.
- Provide pre-construction information (site history, surveys, existing services) to designers and contractors.
- Notify HSE via F10 where construction lasts >30 working days with >20 workers on site at once, or >500 person-days.
- Ensure welfare facilities (toilets, washing, drying, rest area) are in place before work starts.
- Allow adequate time and resources in the programme for H&S.
Principal designer duties
Design phase.
- Plan, manage and monitor pre-construction to eliminate foreseeable risks.
- Coordinate H&S in the design phase across all designers.
- Prepare and hand over the H&S file at project end.
- Liaise with the principal contractor throughout the project.
Principal contractor duties
Construction phase — where more than one contractor.
- Prepare a written construction phase plan (CPP) before mobilisation.
- Site induction for every operative and visitor — record signatures.
- Consult and engage with workers on H&S.
- Secure the site: fencing, signage, restricted access, PPE required.
- Provide and maintain welfare (toilets, wash, drying, rest, drinking water).
- Coordinate contractors and manage interfaces (deliveries, plant, lifting).
- Update the H&S file for handover to the principal designer / client.
Contractor duties
Every contractor and sub-contractor.
- Plan, manage and monitor own work — RAMS in place and read to operatives.
- Only deploy workers with the skills, knowledge, training and experience (SKTE) required.
- Comply with the principal contractor's site rules and CPP.
- Provide and inspect PPE; keep records.
- Report incidents, near-misses and RIDDOR-reportable events.
On-site daily checks
Site supervisor / working foreman.
- Toolbox talk delivered and signed.
- Permits (hot works, permit to dig, confined spaces) issued for today's work.
- Plant pre-use checks completed — MEWPs, telehandlers, excavators.
- Scaffold weekly inspection in date (Regulation 12, WAH Regs 2005).
- First-aider on site; first-aid kit stocked.
- Weather / environmental conditions logged in site diary.
- Waste segregated; SWMP updated (where used).