CDM 2015: A Practical Guide for Architects and Designers

Paul Bussey is an Associate Technical Consultant at AHMM Architects and has 35 years of experience as an architect, the last 20 years of which he has worked with architects and the wider industry to apply the CDM Regulations to design projects. He writes widely on CDM for the APS, RICS and other learned journals and also provides CPD for architects on implementing CDM for the RIBA. He was the author for CDM 2015: A Practical Guide for Architects and Designers, published by RIBA Publishing in 2015.

1. A practical and creative approach to the integration of CDM 2015 into architectural design. 2. CDM 2007 and 2015; the key duties and changes.3. The moral, ethical and cultural rationale for the CDM Regulations. 4. Healthy Design & Creative Safety: intuitive methods of learning about CDM. 5. A Historical Context of CDM. 6 The reasoning, intentions and principles behind the EU Directive and CDM 2015. 7. Safety Differently: a need for different ways of looking at Safety. 8. Clarification of Trade and specialist contractor expertise. 9. CDM Visually - Identification of construction danger on drawings. 10. Zero HARM: Hazard Awareness & Risk Management. 11. Proportionality. 12. Collaborative working. 13. Positive behaviours and cultures. 14. Simple, proportionate and practicable tools and processes for Designers. 15. CDM Analysis and Options assessment. 16. Further guidance on complex issues (when and where to get help). 17. Case Studies: the feedback loop. 18. Definitions and Acronyms