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Consultancy Services 2007
Health and Safety File
•For notifiable projects, the health and safety file
(‘the file’) is a source of information
that will help to reduce the risks and costs involved in future construction work, including cleaning, maintenance,
alterations, refurbishment
and demolition
•Clients therefore need to ensure that the file is
prepared and kept available for
inspection in the event of such work
•It is a key part of the information, which the client,
or the client’s successor,
must pass on to anyone preparing or carrying out work to which CDM2007 applies
•As soon as a CDM-C is appointed, clients should discuss
and agree a suitable,
user-friendly format for the file and what type of information it should contain
•At the end of the construction phase, normally at
practical completion, the file must
be finalised and given to the client by the CDM-C