Health & Safety/CDM Co-ordination

Summers-Inman has extensive experience in providing a wide range of health and safety services across all sectors of the property and construction industry.

The company has provided advice and assistance to clients on the implementation of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations since their inception in 1995. Historically, we have undertaken the roles of planning supervisor, client agent and principal contractor and are now providing CDM Co-ordinator and Principal Contractor services in accordance with the 2007 revision to the Regulations.

The CDM Regulations 2007 require clients to put management arrangements in place to ensure that construction work can be carried out safely and without risk to health. This applies to all stages of all projects. For non- notifiable projects, where there is no requirement to appoint a CDM Co-ordinator, Summers-Inman offers a CDM support service to fill this gap in expertise. Projects are deemed non notifiable when they fall below a certain duration on site or employ fewer than a certain number of operatives on site. We also offer a site-inspection service to identify good working practices or deficiencies during the construction process.

Health and safety is becoming more and more important to businesses. Not only can legal compliance ensure damaging headlines are avoided, but research has also shown that businesses that manage their health and safety well are more profitable than those that do not. It is therefore important that you choose a professional, experienced health and safety consultant in whom you can have complete trust.

Summers-Inman provides reliable, high quality health and safety services not only for specific projects but also for training, consultancy and management system audits. The Practice is currently advising a number of Contractors on their overall approach, procedures and systems for ensuring Health & Safety compliance

Our Health & Safety/CDM Co-ordination service incorporates the sub-services below, click on a sub-service to view details

• Health and Safety Consultancy
• Health and Safety Audits
• Co-ordinator
• Principal Contractor

Health and Safety Consultancy

An expert team of H&S professionals enables Summers-Inman to assist clients in improving their existing H&S management systems or devising entirely new systems. H&S training is also provided in areas such as safety awareness and management, the requirements of CDM regulations and risk assessment.

A full asbestos identification and management service can be provided to enable clients to comply with their H&S duties under the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002.

Health and Safety Audits

By providing workplace audits on client premises, Summers-Inman can establish compliance with the latest H&S regulations on issues such as the control of Legionnella, Disability Discrimination Act compliance and fire safety.

An H&S management audit service also enables clients to demonstrate they are capable of carrying out their statutory duties under H&S regulations applicable to their business.

CDM Co-ordinator

The CDM Regulations 2007 require clients to put management arrangements in place to ensure that construction work can be carried out safely and without risk to health. This applies to all stages of all projects. For non-notifiable projects, where there is no requirement to appoint a CDM Co-ordinator, Summers-Inman offer a CDM support service to fill this gap in expertise. We also offer a site-inspection service to identify good working practices or deficiencies during the construction process.

Principal Contractor

Acting as principal contractor under CDM regulations, Summers-Inman maintains an up-to-date H&S plan on site and ensures all work is safe and in accordance with latest H&S requirements.