CDM applies to all building and construction work and includes new build, demolition, refurbishment, extensions, conversions, repair and maintenance.
As a client, Snap Fitness have a significant role to play. Clients set standards and ensure work is carried out without risking the long-term health and safety of those on site. Appointing competent Principal Contractors
One of the main duties of the client is to ensure that those proposed to appointed are able to demonstrate that they can deliver the project in a way that secures health and safety.
This means that they should:
- have the necessary capabilities and resources
- have the right blend of skills, knowledge, training and experience
- understand their roles and responsibilities when carrying out the work.
Entitled “Construction Pre-qualification Questionnaires”, but commonly referred to as PAS91, it is a publicly available specification that contains question sets suitable for use to assess construction supply chains. The definition of construction was taken from the CDM Regulations, so as well as new build PAS91 can also cover other areas, such as demolition, refurbishment, extensions, conversions, repair and maintenance. There are mandatory question modules that cover commercial aspects of the company (including governance, financial, key contacts) and health & safety.
Although PAS91 provides a framework for asking questions of a supplier, it does not set a standard for what may be acceptable or adequate as a response. Setting an assessment standard was never within the scope of PAS91, its purpose is restricted to providing a standardised set of questions. PAS91 does, however, provide some guidance as to the type of evidence a supplier may provide in response to specific questions
Safetyform have many years of experience supporting clients in assessing companies capability in Health & Safety and go over and above what main stream accreditation such as Safecontractor / CHAS carry out.
