​​Project specific health and safety information

STFC have procedures in place to ensure that there is timely release of project specific health and safety information needed by Designers and Contractors to identify hazards and risks associated with the design and construction work. This will be known as – ‘the Pre-construction Information’.

Pre-construction information

• The Client and the Principal Designer will provide Designers and Contractors with project specific health and safety information needed to identify hazards and risks associated with the design and construction work.
• The information should be provided as part of the tendering or early procurement process. Responses from tendering Designers or Contractors to the issues should always be sought as they will help in the evaluation of competence during this stage.
• The information needs to be identified at an early design stage and issued to those who are either tendering for work or preparing to carry out construction work.
• Where there are gaps in the information STFC will arrange to carry out the necessary surveys in advance and provide complete and accurate information to those who need it.
• The information should be sufficient to identify the significant risks during the construction work. The focus should be on those issues that Designers and Contractors could not reasonably be expected to anticipate or identify.
• Where design work continues during the construction phase, the pre-construction information will need to be provided to Designers before work starts on each new element of the design.
• Generally information from STFC will consist of all or some of the following:
• A health and safety file from earlier work;
• Previously carried out surveys or assessments;
• Existing drawings covering construction, electrical and mechanical information.

The level of detail in the information should be proportionate to the risks involved in the project.​

Example CDM Pre-construction Safety Information for Small Projects - PDF | Word​

Checklist CDM Pre-construction Safety Information for Larger Projects - PDF | Word​
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