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Understanding CDM

A presentation explaining the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations: CDM 2015.

Overview of the implications of CDM 2015, covering an understanding of what health and safety offences are, our responsibilities, and the impact of getting these wrong in the workplace.

This video is from our 2018 Small Practitioners Conference.

Speaker

Mike Webster MIStructE is Director at MPW R&R and runs his own business specialising in construction health and safety, structural safety, CDM and risk. He provides consulting, forensic and expert witness services in these areas. He is a member of Structural-Safety and the Institution’s Health and Safety Panel.

 

Additional information

Format:
Video
Video Length:
00:27:03
Publisher:
IStructE

Tags

Training Safety Video Safety, Health & Wellbeing Panel

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