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Accreditation for CDM Co-ordinators

About the ICS

Introduction

The Institution of Construction Safety (ICS) is a non-profit-making membership organisation registered in the U.K. The ICS was established in 1995 from the requirements of the Council Directive 92/57/EEC of 24 June 1992 on the implementation of minimum safety and health requirements at temporary or mobile construction sites and the resultant Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994.

The Construction Design and Management Regulations 1994, revised in 2007, provide the opportunity for construction professionals in the UK to consider aspects of safety and health in design, construction, maintenance and use in a professional capacity and to deploy such expertise in the furtherance of the ideal of a safe built environment, particularly in the reduction of construction related accidents and fatalities. This comes with responsibility and practitioners have to achieve a level of expertise in the Regulations and practise to a standard that allows their work to be recognised within registers recognised by the Regulations and The Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

The ICS is a multi-disciplinary professional membership body dedicated to the continuous improvement of safety standards in the built and construction environment. The ICS provides accreditation for any construction professional with an interest in and commitment to health and safety in construction, wishing to practice as a CDM Co-ordinator.

Objectives

The objectives of ICS are:

  1. To provide a focus, and unite in a common purpose, all those interested in reducing injuries, damage and losses during the construction, maintenance and demolition of man-made structures.
  2. To encourage research into safer designs, construction methods, maintenance procedures and demolition techniques.
  3. To facilitate the free interchange of information between practitioners, and between industries, in order that best practices can be universally applied.
  4. To enhance and protect the standing of the professional CDM Co-ordinator through its membership requirements and independent third party accreditation scheme and register.
  5. To provide assurance to all concerned that those on the ICS Register are competent to fulfil the role of CDM Co-ordinator in accordance with the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2007 and all other relevant legislation.