Construction Design & Management (CDM) Awareness – Kendal

Outlines the regulation(s), various roles and core documentation required for a construction project to ensure that it is run safely from the beginning.

Location: J36 Rural Auction Centre (SatNav LA7 7NU) Crooklands, Stramongate, Milnthorpe, LA7 7FP
Date: Thursday 18 September 2025
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm

£250 + VAT per person. 20% discount available for Napthens & AfterAthena clients. Please get in touch with healthandsafety@afterathena.co.uk for the discount code.

The Construction Design and Management Regulations cover the management of health, safety and welfare when carrying out construction projects. Whatever your role in the construction industry these regulations are there to improve your health and safety. Effective CDM management is intended to ensure that projects are planned and run effectively and safely right from the start.

This awareness course covers the core concepts of the regulations and details the various roles that are required for a construction project along with the key documents that need to be produced. It starts with an introduction to CDM, then covers some of the parameters that need to be checked when a project is being planned. It finishes by detailing several example projects that illustrate how the regulations can be applied.

What you will learn

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

• Identify the main risks to health and safety in construction.
• Identify the duties and roles of the main duty holders in the CDM Regulations, including clients, principal designers and designers, principal contractors, and contractors.
• Recognise the additional duties placed on clients, principal designers, and principal contractors.
• Recognise the duties placed on those who manage or control construction sites in relation to named and specific activities.