CDM 2015

The following is taken from the HSE website. Subject to Parliamentary approval, new Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) will come into force on 6 April 2015. About this guidance This draft Legal (L) Series guidance [2] is on the legal requirements for CDM 2015. It’s being made available before the Regulations come into force on 6 April to help anyone who has duties under the Regulations to prepare in advance. Please note the draft Regulations within the guidance have been amended following consultation. The Regulations and this draft Legal series guidance may be subject to change while the Regulations are awaiting Parliamentary approval. The final version of the Legal series guidance to support CDM 2015 will be available on 6 April 2015. What will change? Principal designer. The replacement of the CDM co-ordinator role (under CDM 2007) by principal designer. This means that the responsibility for coordination of the pre-construction phase – which is crucial to the management of any successful construction project – will rest with an existing member of the design team. Client. The new Regulations recognise the influence and importance of the client as the head of the supply chain and they are best placed to set standards throughout a project. Competence. This will be split into its component parts of skills, knowledge, training and experience, and – if it relates to an organisation – organisational capability. This will provide clarity and help the industry to both assess and demonstrate that construction project teams […]

Heathrow Terminal 3 Transfer Bag Capacity

Provision of additional capacity to existing T3 Baggage Transfer Facility MM designed solution included extended off-loads, pre-sort facility and Early Bag Sore. Urgent project Benchmarked at £6.5m delivered for £4m – inception to completion 12 months. Concept design options, scheme design and project management including all testing and commissioning and operational readiness. The transfer baggage ADP in Terminal 3 Shelterspan was very poor caused by a lack of capacity, The lack of capacity causing queuing and impacting on other airport operations. MM designed a number of concept proposals the ones adopted allowed full utilisation of HBS capacity and created additional output capacity via a new Early Bag Store. Terminal 3 transfer baggage went from the worst performance to the best at Heathrow as the project went live. The added bonus was Heathrow received savings as a result of the efficient management of the project.