IOSH group warns events industry to prepare for CDM regulations

Safety & Health Practitioner

The new Construction (Design & Management) Regulations (CDM) could mean more training and investment is needed for those involved in the building of event structures, IOSH’s Sports Grounds and Events Group has warned.

 

The group has warned that the new CDM regulations, when applied to the events industry, could mean a change for organisers and all those involved in the build and break down of event structures.

 

Chair of the IOSH Sports Grounds and Events Group Carl Hagemann, said: “Event organisers and those working in safety at events really do need to realise the impact the new CDM regulations could potentially have on their day-to-day jobs. Although the regulations coming into play may seem like a lifetime away, there’s no time like the present to start preparing.”

 

The group will be hosting the ‘event health and safety game changers’ event on 12 November, which will look to address concerns surrounding the HSE’s current approach to health and safety enforcement at events. It will also consider how that may be exacerbated further under the new legislation.

 

Delegates will have an opportunity to discuss the interpretation and enforcement of general health and safety law and the financial impact of the HSE’s Fee for Intervention. The HSE will be attending the event to take questions.

 

Hagemann added: “Potentially organisers may need to map their existing safety management processes to an unfamiliar framework, there may be more pressure to buy more tenancy time for break downs and potentially more training could be required across the industry.”

 

The CDM regulations are due to come into force in October 2014. The HSE is due to launch a 12-week public consultation to seek views on the proposals.