The construction sector is a major employer accounting for around 6% of the workforce, but its practices account for 27% of all workplace deaths. The economic cost of construction industry injuries and illnesses is estimated by the HSE to have costed the UK £0.9 billion in 2013/14.
The Construction (Design and Management) regulations 2015 aims to improve health and safety in construction by helping those who work in the industry to sensibly plan the work so that the risks involved are managed, coordinated and communicated from start to finish.
Gotelee Orchard-Lisle are committed to their duty-holder status under CDM 2015, and all staff have undertaken CPD training to ensure that the roles undertaken by architects on construction projects and the subsequent duties ascribed are fully understood.