Video: Designers' health and safety responsibilities

Our guests – Giles Meredith from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and James Ritchie from the Association of Project Safety (APS) – discuss the role of CDM coordinators, including how and when they should be appointed, how one judges competency, and how existing risks such as lead paint should (and should not) be handled.

More discussion follows on designer and architects’ responsibilities regarding ‘future-proofing’ schemes: for example where subsequent design changes could affect maintenance regimes. Giles and James then offer tips on ‘usability’ and how one quantifies ‘significant risk’ and the question of judging what is a proportionate response.

Throughout the programme, we highlight relevant HSE-led prosecutions, including a recent case where bad design directly led to the death of a contractor who was carrying out routine maintenance.

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