Getting construction safety regulations right

摘要

In Britain this April, Andrew Allan, a consulting engineer with over 30 years' design experience, was on charges brought under the UK's Construction Design and Management (CDM) (health and safety) regulations, following the death of a steel erector four years previously. Before the trial the court heard that contractors were satisfied with the information supplied to them by The British Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which brought the prosecution, said it was at the outcome of its case. Here Andrew Allan challenges the assumptions and Safety the UK's CDM regulations. Against the backdrop of moves by the Irish Health and Safety to revise Ireland's construction-related health and safety regulations, his comments will be of interest to comstruction industry stakeholders in this country.