CDM03 - Pre-Construction Information Checklist

Pre-Construction Information Checklist

1. Description of Project

Available/ Location Comments

Project description and programme details
including :
1.1 Key Dates (Planned start/finish of construction phase)

1.2 Minimum time allowed between appointment of the PC and

instruction to work on site.

1.3 Details of clients, designers, CDMC and other consultants.

1.4 Whether construction is used as a workplace. If so, finished

designs to take account of W(HS&W) Regs 1992.

1.5 Extent and location of existing records and plans.

2. Clients considerations and management requirements

Available/ Location Comments

Arrangements for:

2.1 Planning for and managing the construction work, incl.

H&S goals for the project.

2.2 Communication & liaison between client and others

2.3 Security of site

2.4 Welfare provision

2.5 Requirements relating to the H&S of the client’s employees

or customers or those involved in the project such as,

2.6 Site hoarding requirements

2.7 Site transport arrangements, vehicle

movements.

2.8 Client permit to work systems

2.9 Fire precautions

2.10 Emergency procedures and means of

escape

2.11 “No-go” areas or other authorisation

requirements for those involved in the project.

2.12 Any areas that the client has designated

as confined spaces,

2.13 Smoking and parking restrictions

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3. Environmental restrictions and existing on-site risks

Available/ Location Comments

3.1 Safety Hazards including:

3.1.1 boundaries and access, including temporary access –

e.g. narrow streets, lack of parking, turning or storage
space.

3.1.2 any restrictions on deliveries or waste collection/storage

3.1.3 adjacent land use – e.g. schools, railway lines, busy

roads

3.1.4 existing storage of hazardous materials

3.1.5 location of existing services particularly concealed –

electricity, gas, water etc.

3.1.6 ground conditions, underground structures or water

courses where this might affect the safe use of plant, e.g.
cranes, or the safety of ground works

3.1.7 info on existing structures – stability structural form,

fragile or hazardous materials, anchorage points for fall
arrest systems.

3.1.8 previous structural modifications, including weakening or

strengthening of the structure.

3.1.9 fire damage, ground shrinkage, movement or poor

maintenance which may have adversely affected the
structure

3.1.10 any difficulties relating to plant and equipment in the

premises, such as overhead gantries whose height
restricts access

3.1.11 health and safety info contained in earlier design,

construction or “as-built” drawings, such as details of pre-
stressed or post tensioned structures

3.2 Health hazards, including:

3.2.1 asbestos, including results of surveys

3.2.2 existing storage of hazardous materials

3.2.3 contaminated land, including results of surveys

3.2.4 existing structures containing hazardous materials

3.2.5 health risks arising from clients activities

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4. Significant design and construction hazards

Available/ Location Comments

4.1 Significant design assumptions and suggested work
methods, sequences or other control methods, sequences
or other control methods

4.2 Arrangements for co-ordination of ongoing design work

and handling design changes

4.3 Information on significant risks identified during design

4.4 Materials requiring particular precautions

5. The Health and Safety File

Available/ Location Comments

5.1 Description of its format and any conditions
relating to its content.

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